Timex Electric Watch West Germany

With us funding of course.

Timex electric watch west germany. The timex marlin is the king of the hill in the timex line due to durability aesthetics and the recent re release of the model in 2017. They were sold as timex us laco in germany and as a private label saga uk. The first movements had laco on them and were not very reliable. Timex bought the west german company durowe laco at the end of 1958 after first trying to buy bulova junghens and gruen.

This is a very rare 1970s timex electronic west germany model watch. The gold plating still looks impeccable and that is a great sign for the current condition. I came across a timex electric from west germany in my collection and was wondering what this watch is worth the movement is 67 and it s in great shape thank you if you can help quote link to post. Congrats on the electric timex larry.

What i have is one of the earliest of the timex electric watches. Timex bought durowe laco in pforzheim west germany in 1958. They were cheap movements and most of the models calibres were produced in large volumes. Epperlein had his moments of short triumph when his erratic epperlein 100 reached the market in 1958 but laco was the first to produce a reliable german electric watch in 1962.

This watch is also waterproof. The watch is in amazing condition given the fact it is 50 years old. Actually the name of the movement was laco no n. 22h left thursday 13 44 from united states.

Setting the watch will be done from the back a very interesting feature timex thought of adding back in the 70s. Vintage ladies timex west germany 8 jewels electric 10 rolled gold plated watch. I think the west german back sets were only made for a year or two. It is highly desirable and the manually wound two plate movements are rock solid.

Part of a private collection this unique battery operated watch was considered high tech at the time because it was the precursor of the quartz movement watch. Paul is correct in that they bought it to get a leg up in the electric watch field. If you are looking for a gold timex watch this is the perfect choice for you. Up for sale is an extremely rare vintage collectible timex ladies electric watch with a 10k rolled gold plated casing made in west germany in the 1960s possibly 70s.

Timex timex were very successful with their electric watches. The movement is pretty simple robust and reliable. This is because model 67 is actually a laco design. Timex model 67 series to confuse things even more with movement model numbers versus calibre numbers the timex model 67 is also known as calibre 861.

Surprisingly the early models like the 67 were of moderate quality being fully jewelled and with polished screws although still with plated base metal cases.