Gents 1960s Cortebert Wrist Watch

Cortebert was founded in Cortebert, Switzerland in 1790 by Abraham-Louis Juillard although he did not officially register the name until 1855. Cortebert traded very successfully earning a reputation for manufacturing both high quality watches and movements. They also supplied railroad watches, where accuracy and reliability is paramount, for Turkey and Italy.

The company ceased trading in the 1970s, as did so many other mechanical watch manufacturers, with the advent of the quartz era.

This particular watch has a Cortebert 271 automatic movement, based on the ETA 2452, which is working nicely.

The watch measures 35mm diameter excluding the winding crown and the lugs so a good wearable size. The gold plated case is in good condition, just a little rubbing to the lugs but difficult to see with the naked eye. The case back has the Cortebert logo.

The lens is in lovely condition.

The signed dial is in its original finish with original hands, centre seconds hand and a date display (hands moved backwards and forwards between 12 midnight and 9pm). The dial has an interesting number 12 marker in the form of the Cortebert logo.

A new leather strap has been fitted.

The watch will be sent in a new presentation box.

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All of our watches are checked over before listing, and are also checked for accuracy which is usually within around +/- two to three minutes over 24 hours (unless otherwise stated), which is considered respectable for a vintage watch.

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