Gruen Gold-Filled Art Deco Ladies

Creator: Gruen
Case Material: Gold-filled
Movement: Manual Wind
Style: Art Deco
Place of Origin: United States
Period: 1940-1949
Date of Manufacture: 1940
Condition: Excellent Wear consistent with age and use. It is worth noting that this watch only had a 12-month warranty when it was new. However, we are so confident of our workmanship and team that we offer an 18-month warranty on all our watches, even those over 100 years old.


FACTORY / HOUSE: Gruen Watch Company
STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco
METAL / MATERIAL: 10Kt Gold-Filled
CIRCA / YEAR: 1940
DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 35mm X Diameter 15mm
MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Manual Winding / 17 Jewels / Caliber 570
DIAL / HANDS: Silvered Dial with Gilt Arabic Numeral Markers / Gilt Hands
ATTACHMENT / LENGTH: 10Kt Gold-Filled / Regular Length
WARRANTY: 18 months on the movement
In the early 1930s at the height of the depression, a competing jeweler in our neighborhood sent in a "shill" to buy a Hamilton Watch from us. We had discounted the watch by 10%, which was illegal at the time, but everyone did it to survive. Hamilton terminated our contract for this however.
We quickly turned to the Gruen Watch Company, and we became Gruen Agents in Los Angeles California. Gruen was a great company to work with because they had large collection, great styling, they were innovative and offered great service to their customers. We considered it a "blessing in disguise."
A few months later the competing jeweler in the area went out of business. Hamilton came back to us and made us a proposal and asked us to take their line back. But, we so happy with Gruen that we told to "no thanks."

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