Minerva Avus

On the wrist today in sterling silver. Valjoux 71 manual wind. One of 32 pieces made circa 1997 by the Frey father and son team.

... Number 44/50, loved it at lot and still miss it. :-( Sold it to a Minerva collector in Germany when I was in urgent need for money due to financial crisis in 2009. One of my decisions related to watches, I regret most. Today everything's fine again, t

I’m going with the Minerva AVUS to start the day.

When my Minerva AVUS was sent to MB it took a year. I was not thrilled, but when I received it back they did a great job. Luckily I had a few watches to hold me over though 😁. The Singer is really cool. Do you have one of their Porches as well? I think th

I would have tagged you if there was a way to do so. And the LE of 32 Valjoux 71 AVUS II that I have was a different batch of calibres that JJ Frey found in Minerva storage. They also found 26 Valjoux 22 in storage (also with no Incabloc and with the Breg

I think it works quite well here. Quick bit of history: 32 examples were made in Sterling Silver in 1997 to mark the 100th year of the Minerva name as the official brand name. (The maison used to be called another name). Made by the Frey watchmaking fathe

But made also in 1997 (same as the AVUS II family) Translation MANUFACTURE D'HORLOGERIE CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN "Aviation '45," Half a Century of Watchmaking Art Minerva AG hereby certifies that your "Aviation '45" chronograph, powered by the original Valjo

So this one seems to need some clarity in terms of its name…. It’s part of the AVUS II family of three models. Yours is a the Aviation 45. Do the other two model have names? All three models were released in 1997 to mark the 100th year of the use of the “

Friends, Trying out some new straps for my Minerva AVUS II with a Valjoux 71 calibre and had a few minutes to snap some pics. Next week, some Horween straps arrive. ☺️ I predominantly collect NEO-vintage (circa 1990-2010) pieces these days. A magical tran

So I wanted to give the original black ostrich Minerva some rest. It’s been humid here. The journey continues with something different. I don’t believe I have seen a Minerva on a rubber strap before. Could this be a first ? 😄 🫶🏼 My cat was cooperative tod