Vintage Cortébert Swiss Mechanical Pocket Watch

Offered is an attractive vintage Cortébert Swiss open-face pocket watch, believed to date from approximately the 1930s–1950s.

This classic Swiss pocket watch features a silver/cream dial with raised gold-tone Arabic numerals, gold-tone hands, subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and an outer minute scale. The gold-tone case features an attractive engine-turned/checkered back with decorative detailing around the perimeter.

Inside is a traditional Swiss manual-wind mechanical movement with gilt-finished plates and visible jeweled bearings. The regulator is marked in French “Avance/Retard.”

The inner case cover is marked “Métal Plaqué Or – Garanti 10 Ans,” identifying the case as gold-plated metal with an original 10-year plating guarantee. Case number 66930 is also visible.

The watch shows normal age-related wear, scratches and patina consistent with a vintage pocket watch. Please review the photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the description.

Details: Cortébert Swiss manufacture; mechanical manual-wind movement; open-face pocket-watch configuration; subsidiary seconds; gold-plated case; engine-turned case back; case no. 66930; vintage Swiss manufacture.

Condition: running and keeping time. No recent service history is known unless otherwise stated.

A handsome and increasingly collectible example of traditional Swiss pocket-watch manufacture from Cortébert.