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THOUGH GSW/MWB OPERATES AN AWESOME BRICK AND MORTAR STUDIO & GALLERY & 5 WEBSITES ON A DEDICATED SERVER WITH OVER 30,000 PICTURES OF RESTORATIONS, AND HAVE OFFERED OUR SERVICES SINCE 1989 [JOINED THE INTERNET 1992], EBAY HAS BECOME OUR EXCLUSIVE MARKETING ENTITY FOR OUR OPERATION. WE NOT ONLY SELL EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE BAY, WE INVEST IN DOZENS WATCHES FROM FELLOW WATCH SELLERS ON THE BAY EVERY MONTH THROUGH SEVERAL ACCOUNTS. GSW STRIVES TO ABIDE BY EBAY POLICES WHILE PROVIDING INFORMATION TO EDUCATE AND ASSIST YOU IN MAKING A DETERMINATION ON WHY YOU SHOULD INVEST WITH GSW/MWB FOR THIS OR ANOTHER GSW VINTAGE WATCH OFFERING, AND/OR ASSIST YOUR INVESTMENT THROUGH A COMPETING SELLER. THUS, WE HAVE PLACED THESE POP-UP LINKS TO PAGES THAT WILL ASSIST YOU WHILE MAINTAINING ADHERENCE TO EBAY POLICY.
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BEFORE YOU INVEST IN A MILITARY WATCH BE SURE TO CHECK TIMEFRAUD.COMAND READ TO SEE IF THE OFFER IS GENUINE TIMEFRAUD DOES NOT SELL, OFFER OR PROMOTE SALES
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I LOVE THESE FINDS THEN I LOVE RESTORING THESE FINDS THEN I LOVE OFFERING THESE FINDS THEN I HOPE I CAN FIND ANOTHER RARE TIME PIECE
RESTORED RARE 1920 HATTORI SKS SEIKOSHA

RED CROSS NURSE WRIST WATCH DOUBLE CASED DUAL CRYSTALS MOUNTED ON ORIGINAL NEAR MINT CONDITION JAPANESE LEATHER MILITARY STRAP
22 MM WIDE 8 INCHES LONG FITS UP TO 7 1/4
WITH
ORIGINAL SKS SIGNED MOVEMENT INNER CASE 23 X 27 MM W/O CROWN OUTER CASE 29 X 34 MM STORED IN A JAPANESE MILITARYWATCHBOX
WITH MEMORABILIA
PLUS FREE PROFESSIONAL ONLINE APPRAISAL WITH HISTORY PICTURES AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION OUTLINED BELOW
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ABOVE ARE WATCHES ROCK COMPLETED TODAY. THEY ARE AWESOME. EACH A SERIOUS MILITARY OR NURSE/DOCTOR WATCH. ABOVE IS THE WATCH LISTED HERE IN THIS OFFER A KILLER ALL ORIGINAL NEAR MINT CONDITION NORMANDIE WITH MINT CONDITION ORIGINAL RADIUM DIAL, AN ORIGINAL HELIOS PILOTS WATCH WITH ORIGINAL EVERYTHING EXCEPT ROCK RELUMED THE NUMERALS AND REPAINTED THE HANDS AS WELL AS RE-ILLUMINATED THEM. tHEN THERE IS THE GALLET NURSE DOCTOR POCKET WATCH. IT IS AWESOME AND FROM THE OLDEST AND MOST RENOWN COMPANIES THAT INTRODUCED CHRONOGRAPH WATCHES. THEN THERE IS THE RARE 1920 DOUBLE CASED JAPANESE RED CROSS WATCH WITH A SEIKO SIGNED DIAL AND SEIKOSHA SKS SIGNED MOVEMENT. ALL THESE ARE AVAILABLE. THEY ARE ALL HIGH END TIME PIECES AND GREAT FOR THE COLLECTOR. ALL CAN BE WORN/UTILIZED EVERY DAY EXCEPT HE JAPANESE RED CROSS WATCH. WHILE ONE COULD WEAR EVERY DAY, THE SERIOUS LACK OF PARTS MAKES OUR RECOMMENDATION TO A WEAR NOW AND THEN. IT SHOULD BE STORED IN A GSW/MWB WATCH BOX FOR DISPLAY!
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WOW WHAT A FANTASTIC MILITARYWATCHBOX™
WE BEGIN WITH THE WATCH

THE PEARL WHITE DIAL IS PORCELAIN
WHILE LARGE CRACKS IN PORCELAIN CAN BE FILLED AND SUBDUED THE PORCELAIN ITSELF WITH WRITING AND NUMERALS CANNOT BE RESTORED
THAT IS WHAT MAKE THIS 1920’S DIAL SO AWESOME
IT IS IN MINT CONDITION

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RED CROSS SEIKO 24 HOUR DIAL WITH SUB-SECONDS
WITH
OUTER BLACK MINUTE CHAPTER INNER RED 24 HOUR MILITARY TIME SEIKO IN BLACK UPPER CENTER RED CROSS IN RED BELOW
DEFINITELY A WESTERNIZED DIAL PERFECT AS TO HISTORICAL FACT

THE HANDS ARE ORIGINAL ALSO WESTERN INFLUENCE
JAPANESE RED CROSS HISTORY

Founded on 1 May 1877
Honorary President: Her Majesty the Empress Honorary Vice-Presidents: · Their Imperial Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess · Her Imperial Highness Princess Akishino · Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Hitachi · Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Mikasa · Her Imperial Highness Princess Tomohito of Mikasa · Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado
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1877: The Society was founded by Count Tsunetami Sano, as the Philanthropic Society, during the battles of the Southwestern Rebellion. 1886: The Japanese Government pledged to adhere to the Geneva Convention of 1864. The Society’s first hospital was established in Tokyo. 1887: The Philanthropic Society changed its name to the Japanese Red Cross Society and was recognized as such by the International Committee of the Red Cross on 2 September 1887. In July the Society first engaged in disaster relief by assisting casualties of the Mt. Bandai eruption. 1890: Training of nurses began at the Red Cross Hospital in Tokyo. 1906: The San Francisco earthquake and fire in April gave the Society its first opportunity to extend relief to a foreign country. The Society collected US$146,000 for the American Red Cross. 1912: On the occasion of the 9th International Conference of the Red Cross in Washington, D.C., Empress Shoken contributed 100,000 yen to the International Red Cross to encourage its peacetime activities and established the Empress Shoken Fund. 1919: The Society was one of the five National Societies that took the initiative in establishing the League of Red Cross Societies. 1920: The first Florence Nightingale Medals were awarded to three JRCS nurses. 1922: The Junior Red Cross was started at a school in Shiga Prefecture. 1923: On 1 September a major earthquake hit the Tokyo area, causing serious damage, and the JRCS conducted relief activities for the victims. 1926: The Society hosted the 2nd Oriental Red Cross Regional Conference. 1934: The Society hosted the 15th International Conference of the Red Cross. 1947: The Society created Home Nursing, First Aid, and Water Safety programs similar to those of the American Red Cross.
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SEIKOSHA WATCH HISTORY
Kintaro Hattori
- 881 — Kintaro Hattori opens the watch and jewelry shop “K.
Hattori” (Hattori Tokaiten in Japanese; currently named Seiko Holdings Corporation) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan.
- 1892 — Seikosha is established in Tokyo as the clock
manufacturing arm of K. Hattori.
- 1917 — K. Hattori becomes a company (K. Hattori & Co., Ltd.).
- 1937 — The watch production division of Seikosha is split off as
Daini Seikosha Co., Ltd. ( “Daini” = “The Second” Seikosha).
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- 1942 — Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd. is founded in Suwa, Nagano by Hisao
Yamazaki.
- 1943 — Daini Seikosha establishes a factory in Suwa for
manufacturing watches with Daiwa Kogyo.
FROM 1874 TO 1917, JAPAN HAD SHED HER ANCIENT OUT-DATED WAYS AND MOVED WITH UNEXPECTED FORCE INTO THE MODERN WORLD. JAPAN HAD BECOME A BUILDER OF HER OWN ARMAMENTS, SHIPS, PLANES AND HAD EVEN IMPROVED UPON THE ADVANCEMENTS OF THE MODERNIZED WORLD. IN FACT, AFTER THE 1904-05 ANNIHILATION OF TWO VAUNTED AND POWERFUL RUSSIAN FLEETS, SHE HAD BECOME A WELCOME TREATY PARTNER OF THE USA, BRITAIN AND THE WORLD AT LARGE. BY 1917, DAINI SEIKOSHA WAS SEEKING WESTERN TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THEIR CAPABILITIES TO PRODUCE MODERN WATCHES. THEY INVITED SWISS AND AMERICAN WATCH COMPANIES TO JAPAN. THEY DID WHAT THE JAPANESE DO BEST. UNDER THE BANNER OF POSSIBLE EXPORTS, THESE COMPANIES WOULD, IN FACT, TEACH THE JAPANESE WOW TO MAKE WATCHES THAT, BY THE 1950’S, WOULD COMPETE TOE TO TOE, WITH THE ENTIRE GLOBAL WATCH COMMUNITY.

IN 1917, JAPAN HAD AGREEMENTS WITH THE MOST ADVANCED COMPANIES IN SWITZERLAND AND THE UNITED STATES. THE ABOVE ADD IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THIS OFFER AND ITS HISTORY. MANY SEIKOSHA MILITARY WATCHES CONTAINED WALTHAM MOVEMENTS! IN ADDITION, SWISS TECHNOLOGY AND FINISHING TECHNIQUES CAN BE FOUND IN THE LIMITED ANTIQUE VINTAGE JAPANESE TIME PIECES AVAILABLE TODAY, SUCH AS THIS SEIKOSHA SEIKO TIME PIECE WITH SEIKOSHA MOVEMENT THAT HAS ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SWISS OR AMERICAN TIME PIECE OF THE DAY. THE SEIKOSHA WATCH > SEIKO > NATION + DELIKATA + OTHERS…. I SPEND MOST OF MY “SPARE” TIME SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR RESTORATION,. I DO NOT COLLECT THEM, I SELL THEM– SO I CAN DO IT OVER AND OVER. SO, I COULD NOT BELIEVE MY LUCK WHEN I DISCOVERED THIS ORIGINAL SEIKOSHA SEIKO/NATION AFTER THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR [1905], WITH JAPAN’S STUNNING VICTORY, JAPAN WAS ON THE MOVE. HER EMPIRE ON THE BUILD -MOTIVATED BY A GROWING RIGHT WING IMPERIAL MILITARY WING – JAPAN, WITH FULL SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, RECEIVED THE RIGHT TO “COLONIZE” KOREA. IN REALITY, THE US-BRITISH AND FRENCH GOVERNMENTS SIMPLY HANDED OVER KOREA [1910] –WHICH HAD BEEN A RUSSIAN SEMI-COLONY–AS A “REWARD” OR THE LATE “SPOILS RESULTING FROM THE WAR. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT JAPAN SOUGHT WESTERN TECHNOLOGY IN A BID TO FURTHER WHAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY FROM A BACKWARDS TECHNOLOGY NATION OF 1875, TO A NATION THAT DESTROYED TWO RUSSIAN FLEETS IN 1905. THE ONE AND ONLY POWERFUL SEIKOSHA COMPANY TRAVELED THE GLOBE ABSORBING ALL THE INNOVATIONS IN TIME KEEPING AND SOON BECAME THE MAIN WATCH AND CLOCK DRIVING AND PRODUCING FORCE IN JAPAN. THE FOLLOWING PICTURES REPRESENT SEIKOSHA’ CULMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; A LINE OF STANDARD & MILITARY WATCHES (THERE WERE MILITARY ACTIONS IN KOREA, CHINA, MANCHURIA AND OTHER PLACES 24/7) WITH UNIQUE NAMES SUCH AS “NATION” [ SIGNIFYING THE JAPANESE NATION] SEIKO [WAS NOT A BRAND YET], DELIKATA AND OTHERS. THESE WATCHES WOULD BE WORN AND CHERISHED JAPANESE SOLDIERS.

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SURPERBLY RECONDITIONED ORIGINAL MILITARY STRAP
WITH OUTER CASE
AND
INNER CASE
MOUNTED
THIS HATTORI SEIKOSHA RED CROSS NURSES WATCH IS AS CLOSE TO ABSOLUTE RARITY AS ANY WATCH YOU WILL EVER DISCOVER
THE INNER CASE HOLDS A 7 JEWEL SKS EARLY MILITARY/UTILITY MOVEMENT

NOTE THE JAPANESE STITCHING THIS AGED HISTORICAL STRAP IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION NO BREAKS CRACKS TEARS

WHILE THE OUTER CASE SHOWS SIGNED OF AGE IT IS A WONDERFUL AGED BEAUTY THAT PROTECTED THE INNER CASE AND MOVEMENT FOR 92 YEAR S
AND IT WORKS LIKE IT SHOULD THE ORIGINAL CELLULOID CONTENT CRYSTAL HAS BEEN RESTORED AND 80% OF YELLOWING REMOVED

THIS IS WHAT AN ANTIQUE JAPANESE LEATHER MILITARY STRAP IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE THEY WERE MADE WITHOUT FAN FARE UTILITY AT HEART MANY HAVE LASTED THE AGES OF YEARS
YOU CAN SEE THE TEXTURE CREATED BY THE KNIFE WHEN SPLITTING THE LEATHER SO THIN YET SO RUGGED IT CAN ONLY BE THE WORK OF THE JAPANESE

PERFECT CLOSE UPS

AGAIN WE SEE THE HAND STITCHING EVERY THING CREATED IN JAPAN IS SPECIAL AND THE TECHNIQUES AMAZING
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READY TO WEAR BUT THIS BEAUTY SHOULD NOT BE WORN EVERY DAY PARTS ARE SO HARD TO COME BY! IT WILL BE WORTH 10 TIMES WHAT YOU PAY TODAY IN 10 YEARS!
WITH ORIGINAL TO THE PERIOD HAND STITCHING IT DISPLAYS AN AWESOME COLOR THE ANTIQUATED BROWN IS STUNNING

ABOVE ARE THE TWO PIECES THE STRAP & THE OUTER CASE
THE INNER CASE WITH MOVEMENT IS “CARRIED” BY THE STRAP AND OUTER CASE

OVER HAULED CLEANED I MUST SAY THE DIAL BEING PORCELAIN ONE NEED NOT WORRY WHEN CLEANING AND POLISHING LIKE A KITCHEN SINK AND THOUGH IT CAN CRACK OR CHIP IF DROPPED OR BENT
IT CAN STAND THE HARDSHIP OF TIME
THE CASE IS NICKEL WITH CHROME PLATE HIGHER STANDARD THAN BRASS AND CHROME
SIGNED
GOLD COIN EMBLEM – PICTURE OF COIN WITH HEAD & STARS UNDERSIGNED WITH 1920 NICKEL CHROME PLATE 920963
AGAIN 1920 WAS WHEN THE US AND JAPAN WERE CLOSE IT WAS 15 YEARS AFTER JAPAN DEFEATED RUSSIA AND TWO YEARS AFTER WWI THE VERY CASE HERE HAS WHAT LOOKS LIKE A US COIN AND IT IS IN ENGLISH

EASY TO POLISH THE DIAL IS ILLUMINATING NOT WITH GLOWING LUMINOVA BUT WITH JAPANESE HISTORY

WANT ONE?

WOW

A LITTLE CREEP OF THE CHROME FINISH BUT THIS IS A NON-ISSUE THIS WATCH IS SIMPLY TOO RARE FOR THIS TO MATTER

7 JEWEL SKS MOVEMENT
NEARLY EVERY EARLY JAPANESE MILITARY WATCH HAS SKS ON THE CASE INTERIORS. I FACT IT IS A SIGN TO LOOK FOR YET, THIS BEAUTY REPRESENTS THE TRUE EARLY PERIOD OF HATTORI AND SEIKOSHA IT IS THE FIRST I HAVE SEEN WITH ONLY SKS THIS IS A BASIC EARLY 7 JEWEL MODEL THE ESCAPEMENT IS JEWELED WITH BALANCE PALLET FORK
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THE MILITARY WATCH BOX AND MEMORABILIA
IT IS FACT THAT EARLY VINTAGE JAPANESE RED CROSS MEMORABILIA IS SO RARE HARDLY ANYTHING EXISTS BESIDES MEDALS
THIS WATCH AND ASSOCIATED ITEMS WILL ONLY RISE IN PRICE AND IF THE ECONOMY WAS RIGHT THE PRICE, IN FACT, WOULD BE $2200.00 TODAY

WE BEGIN WITH THE BOX A PADDED & CUSHIONED INTERIOR THEN WE COVER IT WITH ACID FREE BLACK SYNTHETIC FELT

THUS WE HAVE THE HARD PRESSED CARD BOARD BACK A COUSION ON TOP THEN BLACK FELT FOR THE JAPANESE MILITARYWATCHBOX™ BLACK IS THE COLOR OF CHOICE THE REASON WE DO NOT USE WOOD FOR BOX BACK IS THE DRILLING WE HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH TO MOUNT ITEMS AND FOR THE PINS TO BE SET

THE REASON WE USE SYNTHETIC FELT IS THE FACT WE USE NON-ACIDIC GLUES, RESINS AND ADHESIVES TO MOUT OUT ITEMS. WE DO NOT WANT DUMED TO BE RELEASED INTO THE BOX, MEMORABILIA OR WATCH THE ABOVE VINTAGE PAPER FLAG HAS BEEN PLATICIZED THEN MOUNTED TO THE FELT TO OFFER AN AWESOME LOOK AND FEEL TO THIS RED CROSS MILITARYWATCHBOX™

YOU CAN SEE HOW THE LOOK IS IMPROVED WITHOUT THE MEMORABILIA THE BROWN PAPER COLOR AND ORANGE SUN ARE ENHANCED BY THE PLASTIC AND HE PAPER WILL STAY JUST AS IT LOOKS FOR UP TO 50 YEARS

NOTE: THE ABOVE INFO IS JUST TO EDUCATE THE USAF BOX ABOVE WAS SOLD
THE BOX AT UPPER LEFT IS A WESTCLOX AIR FORCE VIETNAM MILITARYWATCHBOX™ WITH A RARE 3 ROW RIBBON BAR WITH BOTH A ARMY AND AIR FORCE GOOD CONDUCT RIBBON, WITH EITHER BAR AND KNOT OR OAK LEAVES MEANING THE USAF DOLDIER SERVED BEFORE AND AFTER 1963 IN KOREA AND IN VIETNAM
ARMY AIR CORP VERSION 1947-1963 – AIR FORCE VERSION 1963 ON USAF SOLDIERS COULD WEAR BOTH!
FOR THE MAJOR EARLY JAPANESE RED CROSS MEMORABILIA THAT HAS COMPLETE THIS BOX
JAPANESE RED CROSS DONOR BADGE
SMALL SIMPLE BUT FACINATING THE ABOVE VINTAGE ENAMELED PIN IS FOR BLOOD DONARS NOTHING CHEAP ABOUT IT

WE HAVE ADDED THIS VERY NICE ENAMEL INLAY JAPANESE RED CROSS DONOR BADGE AND YES, I STUCK MY SELF

WE, OF COURCE, HAD TO ADD A JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDAL AND PIN. WHAT WOULD A JAPANESE RED CROSS BOX BE WITHOUT THEM!

AN AMAZING & AN AWESOME POST CARD FEATURING THE FOUNDERS OF THE JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY INCLUDING THE JAPANESE PRINCESS

WE WILL SEAL IN ACID FREE PLASTIC THEN MOUNT IN BOX

WE THEN USE ADHESIVE TO MOUNT SAID PLASTIC CONTAINER TO THE PLASTIC OVER FLAG THEN PIN THE SAME SO THAT YOU MAY REMOVE IT WITH OUT DISTURBING THE PLASIC POST CARD HOLDER

THIS POST CARD WAS NEVER SENT, MARKED ADDRESSED. THOUGH THERE IS MINOR STAINING THE CARD COLOR AND CONDITION IS EXCELLENT TO FINE

HERE SHE IS ENCASED AND READY TO MOUNT
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THIS WAS A 58.00 DOLLAR ITEM. IT IS A TEAM OF JAPANESE RED CROSS MEMBERS IN SAN FRANSICO AFTER ARE COMPLETING A “PROMOTIONAL TOUR” THROUGH THE U.S.A. BEFORE EMBARKING TO THE TRENCHES OF EUROPE DURING WW1.
HERE IS THE FACT THAT THE RED CROSS WERE IN FACT PART OF THE ARMY OF JAPAN THE HEAD LINE READS
“THE JAPANESE ARMY INVADES EUROPE ON A MISSION OF PEACE AND MERCY. ”

WE ADDED A BUTTON FROM A RED CROSS LADIES JACKET 1922. A JAPANESE MILITARY STAR AN
AMERICAN RED CROSS PATCH AND A VINTAGE PLATED SILVER RED CROSS PIN BOTH IN RECOGNITION OF THE TIES AND SEEDS AND PARTNERSHIP AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME AND HISTORY BETEEEN THE US RED CROSS AND THE JAPANESE RED CROSS

AN INTERESTING PERIOD KNIFE WITH COMPASS SAUID TO BE CARRIED BY JAPANESE NURSES. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS FACT BUT THE KNIFE WAS WITH OTHER ITEMS FROM PERIOD

HAD NIPPON CARVED INTO THE STEEL BLADE

SMALL YET A WEAPON OR UTILITARIAN KNIFE

A UNIQUE KANJI SIGNATURE STICK WITH POINTER

VERY INTERESTING MAKE A GREAT WEAPON COULD HAVE BEEN UTILIZED TO OPEN LETTERS.
PRETTY SHARP, STRONG, HEAVY AND WELL MADE

FINISH IS GREAY

KANJI

A JAPANESE NIPPON WATCH FOB SHIPS WHEEL COMPAS THAT WORKS

BEFORE IT WAS CLEANED

PLATED METAL FRAME & LEATHER

QUITE NICE AND LOOKS GREAT IN THE BOX

THIS PAPER NOTE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND IT IS THE MOST FAMOUS WITH MOUNT FUJI IB THE BACKGROUND ROCK SHOT THE PIC OUT OF FOCUS
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WITH YOUR INVESTMENT YOU RECEIVE:
C) FREE A ONE YEAR GSW LIMITED WARRANTY D) 1790.00 PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE **APPRAISAL NOTE: PRO APPRAISALS ARE APP DOUBLE KEYSTONE. IN THE EVENT YOU LOST THIS WATCH, THE INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD HAVE TO MATCH THESE VERY TIME PIECES. MOST TIMES A WATCH THIS RARE IS OFFERED FOR 1000+ RUNNING AS IS . TO HAVE ONE LIKE THIS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT RESTORED– WHICH IS AT LEAST 350.00. ADD TWO WATCHES AND THER ITEMS AND YOU HAVE: SO 1450 X 2 = 2900.00 ** APPRAISALS ARE STORED ON A GSW DEDICATED SERVER APPRAISAL WEBSITE WHERE YOU MAY DOWN-LOAD, COPY-TO OR FORWARD TO YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY OR JEWELERS MUTUAL ONLINE 24/7
PLEASE WRITE OR CALL 800 438 6894 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS!!
UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE all watches offered by GSW have been SERVICED. Some required REPAIR AND RESTORATION! Normal Servicing of Mechanical Watches by an EXPERT PROFESSIONAL will run between $180.00 to 580.00, depending on the complication of the movement and that is WITHOUT parts that may be required. SERVICING means DISASSEMBLING THE ENTIRE WATCH AND MOVEMENT, CLEANING SAME, OILING, LUBING AND REASSEMBLING, timing and Sealing. RESTORATION is a separate service from SERVICING and may include CRYSTAL, DIAL, HANDS, CASE, LUGS and BAND. So, WHEN YOU VIEW VINTAGE AND CLASSIC WATCHES OFFERED BY OTHER VENDORS/DEALERS, the question is: WAS THE WATCH SERVICED?
All watches, from mechanical to quartz devices, require periodic cleaning and inspection. GSW provides both cleaning and repair services with our main specialty that of restoring and repairing classic & vintage watches. GSW has established parts accounts with the oldest watch parts houses in the world as well as a network of watch dealers and repair centers around the world. GSW also provides dial restoration services. In addition to servicing new, vintage & classic watches, we also service high grade wristwatches. Think of your watch as you would a fine automobile, it is worth maintaining as it will increase your pleasure of ownership and also enhance the resale or trade-in value. If you plan on passing your watch on to the next generation, skilled periodic maintenance will be greatly appreciated in the future.
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