Wonderful and rare Vintage DesCartes Men's Watch German Design, 1968, with German PUW 631 17 Ruby Manual Mechanical Movement. Charming seventies strong character timepiece, featuring a gorgeous cushion case in solid steel. Total Black Dial original in excellent condition in Military style with large luminescent Arabic indexes with very high readability, date at 3 o'clock and matched military/tool-watch taste balls. Clean design, technical and extremely modern even today. Inside mounts a robust and precise manual mechanical caliber PUW 561 “Pforzheimer Uhren Rohwerke”, historic German movement 17 Jewels Shockproof, reliable and highly regarded by vintage European watchmaking enthusiasts. Large presence steel case on the wrist, alternating glossy and satin surfaces. Steel caseback Stainless Steel Waterproof. Equipped from its new vintage style black strap never worn. Rare and uncommon watch, produced in Germany late '60s / early '70s in small series, today very interesting for vintage microbrand collectors, space-age design enthusiasts and German mechanical watchmaking.

Never Worn Timepiece, New and Original, Working and of great aesthetic charm.
Photos and video are an integral part of the description and represent the actual condition of the watch.

"German Vintage Steel!"

SDA courier shipping and packing included.

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The following applies to all watches I offer:

- Being used or "Vintage" watches, accuracy and waterproofness are not guaranteed.

-Photos are part of description and show item condition.

-Any defect seen in photos and not exposed is to be considered described.


NOTE: Mechanical watches, need maintenance, i.e. cleaning and oiling from time to time. 

Therefore, it must be borne in mind that you never know exactly how long and in what way works a used mechanical watch.

Do not expect watches just out of the factory.

Being antique they should be treated as such i.e. with extreme care.

Please also refer to the photos which are an integral part of the description and show the exact condition of the watch.