Helbros with Peseux Movement

I purchased this as a lot on for $11.79 after shipping with two other Helbros watches, an older man's and a cheaper built woman's.

 The case is marked Gold Plated G 10. I am assuming that this means that it is plated to either 10 microns or 10 karat as a far possibility. It is a very slim watch and is characteristic of the Swiss Peseux 330 movement that powers it.

The dial wouldn't have been my first choice. There is no second hand. The movement would have used a small seconds hand at the 6 o'clock position, which would have made this a much nicer watch in my opinion. The watch ran when I first opened it. but ran extremely fast and the hairspring looked like a few coils were stuck together. I removed the balance assembly and swished it in a saucer of rubbing alcohol and fixed the problem.

This movement has been seen in much more expensive watch cases that are solid gold such as Cartier and Tiffany. It is easily identified by the very slim case they are fitted in.

Helbros Invincible Sunbirst Dial: My First Mechanical

This was the first watch I purchased from Ebay for $17.75 after shipping from Lexington, Nebraska. It was listed as running and I found that there was a kink in the hairspring and hairsprings are a pain. Luckily I had another watch from a garage sale purchase several years ago that had a bad dial and face and transplanted the entire balance assembly into this watch.

I have seen one other Helbros Invincible with this face, but it had a different set of hands that were thinner. Mine's hands to me looked much better. The case has a 9 stamped between one of the lugs and appears to be gold plated brass with a decent gold plated Speidel band.

The movement is marked Helbros R76 85b. It is a Lorsa P75a watch movement from Annemasse, France.