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Watch : Gents 1950s Minerva Doctor’s Chronograph Wrist Watch (1 of 5)
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Watch : Gents 1950s Minerva Doctor’s Chronograph Wrist Watch

REF: LA512927
£465
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Description
The watch has a 17-jewel Venus 188 hand-winding movement which is working nicely. The watch measures 37mm diameter excluding the winding crown, buttons and lugs. The case is gold plated while the case back is stainless steel. There is a little wear and marking to the plate and some scratching to the case back. The lens is in good condition. The signed dial has been refinished over the years but the two subsidiary dials are in the original copper coloured finish. The sub dial at the 3 o’clock position records up to 30 minutes (including the markers at three, six and nine minutes. These were aimed at the business man who made international telephone calls which were very expensive at the time. The calls were rounded to chargeable chunks of three minutes and so watch making companies came up with this scale to help people control their talking duration). The other sub dial is for constant seconds. The perimeter of the dial has a pulse scale, "base 30 pulsations"… this refers to the watch being calibrated to 30 pulses which means that when you check someone's heart rate, you start counting the beats as soon as you start the chrono. After you count 30 pulses, you stop the chrono and look to see where the chrono hand points to, that will give you the Pulse rate in beats/minute. A later leather strap has been fitted. The watch comes in a new presentation box. All Prices Include UK Postage (excluding Northern Ireland). Please contact us before placing international orders so that we can advise of shipping prices and to see if customs regulations allow us to post watches to your country. The international buyer is responsible for paying any import duties and taxes. 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. We are a Vat registered company and all purchases are covered by Consumer Regulations. Credit / debit card purchases can be made over the telephone on 01386 750238 or you can proceed via the red 'Buy Now' button on each listing page. We are an on-line only business and do not have facilities for callers. Our offices are open from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. With regards to appraisals / valuations, we receive a huge number of information requests each day and unfortunately do not have the manpower to deal with them all individually. Our advice would be to contact a local auctioneer for a full appraisal.
declaration
The Vintage Wrist Watch Company has clarified that the Watch : Gents 1950s Minerva Doctor’s Chronograph Wrist Watch (LA512927) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1950s
additional info
Material:
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Origin:
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Date of Manufacture:
1950s
location
This Watch : Gents 1950s Minerva Doctor’s Chronograph Wrist Watch is located in Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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