without looking it up, do you know where gruen is from?
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net>wrote: > Actually, there are quite a few of them kicking around, but they were high > end watches, not department store mass market watches. 21 jewel versions > are uncommon, but the 15 and 17 jewel ones can easily be found in decent > condition. > > The Wristside one is quite rare -- very much curved and intended to be > worn on the side of the wrist while driving, but never caught on. Other > Curvex watches are easily found, if not as common as say Bulova 17 jewel > watches of the era. > > They are beautifully made and with a few quirks easy to work on (too many > similar but not interchangeable screws that cause trouble) and the "flat" > version of the Curvex was produced until the mid to late 50's in > significant numbers. > > Sadly, post WWII management failures killed the company in the late 50's, > and while Gruen watches were produced until the late 70's when mechanical > watches more or less vanished, it was not by the original family owned > company. Rolex now uses the old Gruen building in Switzerland. > > Peter > > > > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
