Charilaos
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My pocket watches
Dear Alkiro!
As I promised to you here are the pictures and the small stories of my pocket watches.
First I will present the oldest one. The watch from my grandfather!
A Cortebert that he bought in Marseille more than 100 years ago. Actual it was the watch that "push" me to start all this crazy horological voyage!
It was abandon in my fathers office for many years as it was not working and he wanted to repair it "as per manufacturer".
Unfortunately Cortebert closed end of 60's and there was not spares available neither a technician able to fix it.
After came to my hands found Ioannis (a specialist in watch making and focusing in vintage ones with passion and certification) and I manage to restore it in a way that didn't lose it's vintage characteristics but was 100% in original mechanical condition!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have it for almost 4 years in continuous usage and is giving extremely accurate results (+8 sec/24 hours)!!!!!!!!!!!
Here are some pictures for your eyes satisfaction:
My pocket watches
Dear Alkiro! As I promised to you here are the pictures and the small stories of my pocket watches. First I will present the oldest one. The watch from my grandfather! A Cortebert that he bought in Marseille more than 100 years ago. Actual it was the watc...
As I cannot post properly all my pics with the App
I will split my posts in parts and hope that will not be boring in the end!
Another pic with an old OMEGA pocket watch
More pics and small story of the OMEGA will follow later! ...
Here are the "secret" of the modern horological history
CORTEBERT was the company that supply ROLEX and PANERAI (and many other brands) with their calibers as well the whole design of the watches. You can see in the below pictures the "similarity" of the caliber of my grandfather's CORTEBERT and a ROLEX calibe...
Thank you
I didn’t know that. My pocket watch was same as you to blame for what followed. Sadly I don’t have the same story to go with mine. I appreciate the lecture! Best regards
Dear claes_t
I'm not blaming. Just try to put CORTEBERT in the correct place of the SWISS brands that not exist any more
For better understanding review the below table
Self explanatory for the "transition" of CORTEBERT calibers to other modern brands ones! With a few words: CORTEBERT absorbed and disappeared from the horological map creating the new brands that currently rules the world market! I believe that we must gi...
Just last week at our watch club we were discussing Cortebert :D I love your pocket watch and what great family history to it :) here is some details about the brand and others that used it.
I know the the USSR bought the rights to produce Cortebert in Russia (even some of the machining), it is called Molnija (as pictured in your post) the interesting thing is they were still producing them up to 2010 in a way Cortebert lives on In addition M...
Dear Rogi
Thanks for your addition in this topic. Extremely valuable information. Hope that will help everyone to understand better the importance of CORTEBERT in modern horological history
Thank you for this post Charilaos
Look at this Cortebert and you couldn’t imagine it was made more than 100 years ago. So pure, nice, timeless... It’s so cool you can still own the pocket watch of your grandfather and, more importantly, in very good condition and perfect working order. Th...
This is a nice pocketwatch with a perfect movement. I bring a old Vikiing to life again with a Cortebertmovement.
Bring this old Viking pocket watch to life again after years of rest and it turned out that the same movement as Rolex used the 30 century Cortebert Cal 532 ...
Dear Tony
Amazing job and photos!!!! Are you a technician on restorations or just an aficionado on vintage watches??!
Superb post
It's funny to read how we shared same pattern www.watchprosite.com Sincerely D
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Now let’s pass to my second CORTEBERT
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Let’s pass now to another pocket watch
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Now let's go to my OMEGA pocket watch
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