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Sharing a vintage Favre-Leuba Daymatic today. 

I believe it's from the late 50s or early 60s... Date was first included as a window in the dial around this time.. The pioneer was.. Rolex. 

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Up close the dial looks pretty aged but at least it's legible and even across the dial. 

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Case is not overly polished and the edges are still distinct if not sharp. Crown has marking but not FL. 

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And between the lower lugs the number 1944 is engraved. Probably a serial or model number as this watch is not that old I think. 

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The number 1944 is repeated on the case back as well. Perhaps 1944 is the model number and 64003 is the serial number?  The case back is nicely done and we can see the hourglass  which was later stylized to become the FL trademark. 

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This inside of the case back is only marked with... Vacuum.. 

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An inside is a nicely finished movement.. I think it's a Felsa of some sort. Again we see the hourglass.. Quite a good effort.

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But what really attracted me to this watch was the band..  It's in really nice condition and fills the lugs nicely without any gap.. Not surprising as its... 

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...meant for a Favre-Leuba! ..this is a stylized version of the hourglass on the case back. 

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It's manufactured by Aristo..anyone heard of this brand? 

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Hope u enjoyed the pictures!

 

Anilv 


 

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That's a very nice quality watch the case is made by Taubert and stamped with the Francios Borgel trade mark which they owned the watch is as you say mid 50's which is when Taubert started using the word "Vacuum" as a trade mark. Most of the Taubert cases of this period where stamped with serial numbers between the lugs so I'm not sure if they are from the case maker or watch manufacturer but I have West end watches and Movado watches with these cases that are stamped in a similar way.

The strap I believe is a Vollmer which are a German watch bracelet manufacturer founded in 1922 and know for quality mesh watch bracelets they used the trademark Aristo

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Hi John,,

Favre-Leuba brand has been revived and as their marketing is dependant on the brand history their webpage has a section on historic models.

https://favre-leuba.com/brand-world/historic-models/

You can also post some pictures under a new topic. If you can remove the back then that will help to give an idea of when the watch was made.

Anilv

 

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