The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

Description

Gents 1970s Meister-Anker automatic wrist watch.

The Meister-Anker brand name was registered in 1968 by Quelle, a German mail-order company. They bought in watches from various German watch manufacturers such as Bernhard Förster, GUB, and UMF.

This particular watch has a 25-jewel automatic watch by the manufacturer Herman Becker of Pforzheim. The movement is working nicely.

The watch measures 32mm wide excluding the winding crown and 32mm high excluding the lugs. The gold tone case has a little rubbing and general light surface marking but overall the condition is good. The stainless steel case back states that the watch is 100% waterproof but, as with any vintage watch, it should be kept away from water and moisture.

The lens is in lovely condition.

The signed dial is in good original condition with original hands, seconds sweep and date display. This is an early form of quickset date where the hands are moved repeatedly backwards and forwards between quarter past midnight and 8.30pm.

A new 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 \'Buy Securely\' 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.