Gruen Curvex, 1942

Creator: Gruen
Case Material: Gold-filled
Strap Material: Leather
Case Dimensions: Height: 1.42 in (36 mm) Width: 0.99 in (25 mm)
Style: Art Deco
Place of Origin: United States
Period: 1940-1949
Date of Manufacture: 1942
Condition: Good Minor losses.


Gruen Curvex
Year of Production: 1942
10k Gold filled case, approximately 36 mm in length, approximately 25 mm in width (excluding crown) Thickness 9.8 mm
Rug width: 16mm
The crown winds and sets smoothly
Strap Material: New genuine brown leather strap
Dial Color: champagne dial good conditions, with luminous numerals.
Movement: Cal.440 Curvex Manual winding
Crystal: Original clean high dome curved crystal
Quite good general conditions
In its glory years from the 1920s through the 1960s, the Gruen Watch Company of USA & Switzerland was one of the leaders in wristwatch design and quality, even collaborating with Rolex from its factories in Switzerland. Prior to WWII, Gruen was better known in the USA than Rolex, which at that time was concentrating on the British and Commonwealth countries. Hans Wilsdorf and Gruen were friends and neighbors in Switzerland (their factories were just yards away), and even agreed to market their watches as Rolex Gruen in Europe, but the Great Depression (and more urgent matters) prevented this.

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