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REVUE WATCH Co. UNIQUE AND RARE EXAMPLE OF TIMEPIECE VERY BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE WATCH CA 1910’s VERY BEAUTIFUL MECHANICAL WORK This auction is for a pristine example of a men’s “REVUE WATCH COMPANY” timepiece that dates to ca 1910’s. This timepiece features an elegant METAL DIAL with ENGRAVED PLAYING CARDS with RED COLORS HEARTS. MANUFACTURE HISTORY: After the construction of the Basel-Olten railway line in the 1850s, the little Jura town of Waldenburg, situated on the Basel-Geneva trade route, was forced to fight the unemployment and poverty in its population. In 1853, the borough decided to introduce the watch and clock making industry and founded the “Société d’Horlogerie à Waldenburg”(Waldenburg clock and watch making company). Gédéon Thommen, 1831-1890 But the enterprise didn’t flourish until it was privatised and taken over by the young merchant Gédéon Thommen in 1859. Manufacturing and assembly methods were fundamentally improved and a particular importance was attached to the production of quality watches. The company, managed under the name of “Gédéon Thommen –watch makers”, originally gave its watches the brand mark “G.T.”. The “système à pièces interchangeables”(interchangeable components system), which consisted in the interchangeability of individual watch components, was groundbreaking, and made it possible to transfer to series production. An invention protected by a “Remontoir patent” led to the simplification of the spring winding device and hand adjustment. The Waldenburg factory in 1859 While 4 000 watches were produced in 1870, an output of 13000 watches was reached in 1890. G. Thommen was becoming less and less dependent on suppliers, as the aspiring company could produce movement blanks in its own workshops. From 1875 the company was not only making cylinder watches – they were also producing lever pocket watches. An invention patented in 1885, and which is still amazing today, was the G.T. “Springeruhr” with a very modern looking mechanical digital display. G. Thommens’ far-sightedness and capacity for work were no secret to the public, to whom he devoted himself in many ways. He was co-founder of the “Waldenburger Bezirksblatts” (Waldburg local newspaper) and played an eminent part in the founding of the Waldenburg railway, which was opened in 1880 as the smallest narrow-gauge railway in Europe operated by steam and brought traffic to the Waldenburg valley. He was a member of the national assembly for 26 years. The education system was a particular matter of his concern. After the death of the industry pioneer G. Thommen, his son Alphonse founded the company Thommens Uhrenfabriken AG in 1905. The REVUE watches produced with their own production machines according to modern methods met with general approval among experts. The increasing demand for wristwatches was based on the product’s outstanding quality and the opening up of new markets. Subsidiaries were opened in Gelterkinden and Langenbruck and another production facility was built in Waldenburg. The currency breakdown in many countries, the severe economic crisis of the 1930s and the “templating”, i.e. the mass exportation of watch components, which was damaging to the prestige of Swiss watches, also caused the Waldenburg watch manufacturer a lot of trouble. The Thommens Uhrenfabriken AG research and development department surprised the industry experts more than once with innovations, which marked their epoch. To mention just a few: the self-compensating Nivarox balance spring, the timing machine for watch timing and the REVUE-SPORT wristwatches meeting the toughest demands for the first time. In the 1980s, the company’s management decided to strengthen the link with “THOMMEN” navigation instruments for aviation and to rename the watch brand “REVUE THOMMEN”. Revue Thommen, supplier of precision instruments for the aviation industry since 1936 is indeed the most legitimate manufacturer of pilot watches. Their Airspeed and Streamline models in the upper middle market and the elegant creations Wallstreet and Open Heart attracted a lot of interest. The Revue Thommen “Cricket” wristwatch almost attained cult status. Several American presidents, including Truman, Eisenhower or Johnson, wore these watches. The table clocks, whose design was based on the “Thommen” on-board chronometers for civil and military aircraft, complete the Revue Thommen range. Until 1961 about a hundred different G.T. calibres were developed and produced. From 1961 onwards, further calibres were added, and were identified by initials. The initials from the beginning of the alphabet were for small watch movements, and the initials from the end of the alphabet were reserved for the larger watch movements. For example, the ladies calibre K12 corresponds to the size 8 3/4”’, the T-range to 11 1/2”’ and the calibre S to 13”’. These calibres are all produced today with the G.T. marking. The manufacturing tradition of Revue Thommen was almost lost. Up until about 1998, movements were simply assembled with parts from the old stock. The Revue Thommen brand was produced for decades within the MSR holding by the company “Vulcain & Studio” in La Chaux-de-Fonds. In 2000, “Vulcain & Studio” ceased activity. Thanks to the MSR holding’s long-term vision, an exclusive licence agreement was concluded with the company “Grovana Uhrenfabrik AG” in Tenniken/BL. The Grovana company is an old and traditional company in the Swiss watch-making industry. The firm was founded in 1924, and is managed today by the second generation of the Bitterli family. Grovana has a worldwide distribution and service network at its disposal, and is as such the most suitable company to perpetuate the sales of Revue Thommen watches in their traditional environment. This timepiece features an elegant new custom made METAL DIAL with in excellent condition. This dial features a 60 minute outer track border with hour markers of ENGRAVED PLAYING CARDS with COLORS HEARTS, steel Breguet-style hands and a sub-seconds dial with 60 second outer chapter and “sweep” seconds hand. Signed REVUE below the hour markers KING of COLORS HEARTS. It is a registered design model that features a three piece CHROMED STEEL CASE that provides with glass cover of back lid. This watch was converted from pocket watch. The case, new custom made, fantastic, build specially for this excellent REVUE movement. This watch was converted from pocket watch. The lugs are in great condition while the winding crown is in very good shape and operates properly. Peeking inside via the glass lid I find a high quality, manual wind gold plated lever escapement movement with jewel settings that is signed REVUE, G.T. (Gédéon Thommen). This beautiful wristwatch has the ORIGINAL movement in an excellent status which was very well saved, considering age of this watch. It comes complete with a new 22mm black high quality genuine leather strap with matching chrome steel buckle for a most excellent look. Diameter (with crown): 49.00 mm Diameter (without crown): 44.00 mm Watch crystal diameter: 39.00 mm Thickness: 13.00 mm This cleaned, oiled and regulated vintage watch winds and sets very smoothly while keeping very good, accurate time. Because of the vintage nature of the watch I cannot guarantee its absolute time keeping accuracy even if they are in good running condition and in some rare occasions may require additional adjustment. 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