Wednesday, December 24, 2014

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.

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