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Minerva Chronograph Ref. VD 712

Pre-owned () | Year of production 1965 | No original box | No original papers
£3,073
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Basic Info
Listing code B8KQF5
Brand Minerva
Reference number VD 712
Movement Manual winding
Case material Steel
Bracelet material Leather
Year of production 1965 (Approximation)
Condition
Scope of delivery
No original box, no original papers
Gender Men's watch/Unisex
Location United States of America, New York, New York
Price $3,750 (= £3,073)
Availability Item is in stock

Caliber
Movement Manual winding
Caliber/movement Valjoux 72
Number of jewels 17

Case
Case material Steel
Case diameter 36 mm
Thickness 14 mm
Bezel material Steel
Dial Silver
Dial numerals Arabic numerals

Bracelet/strap
Bracelet material Leather
Bracelet color Blue
Clasp Buckle
Clasp material Steel

Functions
Chronograph

Other
Small seconds

Description
Minerva manual wind stainless steel chronograph, ref. VD 712, circa the 1960s.

Fine, manual-winding, stainless steel chronograph wrist watch with round chronograph buttons, and three registers.

Case: Three-body, screw-down case back.

Dial: Silver with three subsidiary dials for chronograph and subsidiary seconds. 30 minute counter at 3, chronograph seconds at 6, and small seconds at 9. Signed Minerva under 12.

Movement: Valjoux 72, 17 jewels, signed Minerva Watch Co, Swiss Unadjusted.

Diameter: 36mm, thickness: 14mm

More about Minerva:

Minerva Watches began their history in 1858 in Villeret, Switzerland when it was founded by the Robert family. The company name changed several times, becoming Fabrique Robert Frères in 1898, then Fabrique des Faverges in 1902, Fabrique Minerva in 1923 and eventually in 1929 it became Minerva SA.

In 1902 Minerva became a "manufacture" of watches designing and manufacturing the most critical watch parts, such as the movement, in their own engineering workshops. The earliest Minerva wristwatch was manufactured in 1909, but Minerva's greatest success came in 1923 with the introduction the No. 20, a caliber which was a chronograph with a column-wheel mechanism, a Breguet balance-spring and 17 jewels. With the launch of this watch, the company earned its reputation as a manufacturer of complicated movements of exceptional quality.

Minerva, up until 2000 when it was purchased by an Italian company who later was sold to the Richemont Group with Minerva SA movement production being integrated to Montblanc. Minerva was one of very few companies to produce their own movements, especially the chronograph and one of even fewer who had done so continuously for close to a hundred years.

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