Cortebert Sport - Herenhorloge - jaren 40-50 Verguld

In goede conditie verkerende klassieker in militaire stijl met zeer fraai 'High Grade' 16 jewels manufacture uurwerk (766S). Burgerversie van een militair model voor het Engelse leger.

Loopt goed met een afwijking van maar max 2 min per dag. Is helemaal nagekeken en kan direct gedragen worden. De dial heeft mooie patina. Cijfers op de even uren (2,4,6,8,10,12). Met seconden aanduiding (militair). Voorzien van een nieuw bandje. Relatief forse kast voor de periode (33mmX36mm). Van een bekend merk wat o.a. ook uurwerken voor Rolex leverde. De kast ziet er in het echt beter uit dan de (sterk) vergrootte foto's. Al zit hier en daar wel een gebruiksspoor, er zijn geen storende plekken. De Cold Capped laag behoorlijk erg dik. De wijzers hebben nog alle lumen. De kroon is origineel.

History:

Cortébert used to be one of the highest regarded premium watch brands, manufacturing their own movements, supplying movements to other brands such as Rolex and introducing the jump-hour arrangement. When the quartz crisis hit the industry in the '70s, the majority of prestige brands ceased production including Cortébert. Others have already been resurrected (Baume et Mercier admits, while most companies like to pretend their production was continuous) and today Cortébert is the only remaining brand that has potential to be restored to its historic status.

Abraham-Louis Juillard opened his small watchmaking store in Cortébert village in Switzerland in 1790. This date is commonly used as the date of founding although the Cortébert brand name was only registered in 1855 using the bottony cross as a logo.

Cortébert Turkish Railroad watch

Cortébert went on to being one of the most desirable premium watchmakers, appreciated for their extensive range of own movements.

In the 1930s the company started distributing their Italian railroad watches through the Perseo brand, as the fascist Italy was rejective of foreign brand names.

By 1944 Cortébert had a lineup consisting of 20 different calibers and a range of special railway watches that became synonymous with the marque.

In the early 1970s Cortébert mysteriously blended into the Perseo brand name, not producing Cortébert watches anymore.

Today the brand is owned by Perseo, while Perseo is owned by a very small family business the Fernus Company. They still sell watches under the Perseo name but these are merely logo-printed promo watches with ETA, Valjoux or Venus movements.^[2]

Example, year: signature; shock device
ca. 1945: Cortebert, Cal. 677, 16 Rubis; Incabloc

Fig. 1 Fig. 2

Cortebert 677S Features manual wind sweep second Data 12''', Dm= 26.6mm H= 4.8mm 16 jewels f = 18000 A/h power reserve 45h Balance staff U1895 Stem W2138 Main spring / battery Zf1394, 1.70 x 10.0 x 0.10 x 350mm Hands 1.60 x 0.90 x 0.18mm