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Gruen Guild "Belmont" [message #4963]

Tue, 27 January 2015 14:49

mikey
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Registered: May 2013
Location: Paris, Ontario

Gruen Master

Model name : Belmont
Type : Barrel case
Period/date : 1934-1935
Gender : Mens

Case Maker : Wadsworth
Case Material : 10k GF
Case Serial : 3089509
Case Style no : 3

Caliber : 3157 - 17 jewel
Movement Maker : Gruen Guild
Movement Serial: 212233

Bracelet : Brown leather, 16mm lugs

Other info : Confirmed in 1934 advertisement selling for $37.50. Same style# & movement# as Thoji's Strap 156 posted here and Timeliz' Strap 157 posted here.

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Still here....

[Updated on: Tue, 27 January 2015 14:51]

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Re: Gruen Guild "Belmont" [message #4967 is a reply to message #4963]

Tue, 27 January 2015 21:06

MikeTheWatchGuy
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Registered: May 2013
Location: North Carolina

Gruen Guildsman

If you do not have the advertisement, a few places you can find images of the Belmont are in the Gruen Model ID Guide Vol 2, page 46, and several locations in "The 1930s" - page 63 (1934), 76 (1935). I like the ads from the decade series of books because they are descriptive using colorful language. The ad copy on page 76 reads:

Gruen "Belmont" -- Smartness through simplicity is the keynote of this 17-jewel Gruen masterpiece. Smart new SUN-GOLD case.

And this particular jeweler offers a $10 trade-in allowance to bring the price down to $27.50 (you'r old watch as down payment, then 75 cents a week)

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Re: Gruen Guild "Belmont" [message #4968 is a reply to message #4963]

Tue, 27 January 2015 21:07

timeliz
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Registered: May 2013
Location: Northern California

Gruen Master

Congrats!, Mikey. Nice one.

I did have this watch in my list but it was my b-day weekend & I was away from my computer.

I also didn't like the $35 shipping! I thought for sure others would bid it up. But all in all, it was a really good score!

"Some days are diamonds, some days are stones..." -John Denver

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Re: Gruen Guild "Belmont" [message #4971 is a reply to message #4967]

Tue, 27 January 2015 22:07

afire
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Registered: May 2013
Location: Wisconsin

Gruen Authority

MikeTheWatchGuy wrote on Tue, 27 January 2015 15:06

Smart new SUN-GOLD case.

Totally different from "coin gold," I'm sure. Twisted Evil

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Re: Gruen Guild "Belmont" [message #4973 is a reply to message #4968]

Tue, 27 January 2015 22:11

mikey
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Registered: May 2013
Location: Paris, Ontario

Gruen Master

timeliz wrote on Tue, 27 January 2015 16:07

Congrats!, Mikey. Nice one.

I did have this watch in my list but it was my b-day weekend & I was away from my computer.

I also didn't like the $35 shipping! I thought for sure others would bid it up. But all in all, it was a really good score!

I saw that $35 shipping cost and set a limit of $15 for the watch. Then no one else bid on it... Smile

I did receive it all the way from Johannesburg, SA in just 4 days though.

Still here....

[Updated on: Tue, 27 January 2015 22:11]

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Re: Gruen Guild "Belmont" [message #4974 is a reply to message #4971]

Tue, 27 January 2015 22:12

mikey
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Registered: May 2013
Location: Paris, Ontario

Gruen Master

afire wrote on Tue, 27 January 2015 17:07

MikeTheWatchGuy wrote on Tue, 27 January 2015 15:06
Smart new SUN-GOLD case.

Totally different from "coin gold," I'm sure.

I saw that term 'coin' gold in a '34 ad i have. What is 'coin gold' ?

Still here....

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Re: Gruen Guild "Belmont" [message #4975 is a reply to message #4974]

Tue, 27 January 2015 22:33

afire
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Registered: May 2013
Location: Wisconsin

Gruen Authority

I've read a few theories, but I personally believe it's just a way of saying yellow gold with a little more flair (but less flair that "sun gold"). It's all over the 1931 catalog supplement and ads from the early '30s. There are lots of references to watches being available in white gold, green gold, and coin gold. But looking at actual watches in the wild, they all appear to be white gold, green gold, or yellow gold. And of course, coins are yellow gold. So, I think that's all it really means.

[Updated on: Tue, 27 January 2015 22:34]

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