| Gruen Celebration [message #8352] |
Sat, 02 September 2017 18:51  |
Joyce
Messages: 1
Registered: September 2017
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Model name :Gruen Celebration
Type :Gruen 21
Period/date :1953
Gender :Gents
Case Maker :Gruen
Case Material :Unknown
Case Serial :Unknown
Case Style no :
Caliber :335
Movement Maker :Gruen
Movement Serial:
Bracelet :
Other info :
I have my fathers wind up Gruen which is in a Curvex style with plastic crystal. Under Gruen where Curvex would be is a logo instead. Do you know when logos were added to the face? The back says Gruen Base Metal with logo & no numbers. I am assuming this is a watch from the 60s. He died 20 years ago at 80.
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| Re: Watch identification [message #8362 is a reply to message #8359] |
Wed, 06 September 2017 07:07  |
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Barney Green
Messages: 1747
Registered: February 2014
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
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Yes, I'd agree with afire, this should be the "21" logo.
Joyce: this is indicating that this watch is incorporating a US made higher end 21 jewel movement. These watches were mainly produced mid fifties, so it should be a bit older than you expected.
This should be a Strap 812 from 1953/54. It is part of the 1953 "All Star" series which was introduced late 1953 and sold under the sales name "Gruen Celebration". Introduction price was $59.50, the SRP was $69.50. Crystal and strap are replacements, but in very good shape, the band comes pretty close to the original.
Here is a snipping from an advertisement from November 1953:
Gruen, Gruen, Gruen ist alles was ich habe... Gruen, Gruen, Gruen is all I have...(German folklore song)
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