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Do you like Marvin?
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer
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bubba48
·I am a huge fan of vintage Bucherers and Favre Leubas, and know very little about Marvin.
What sort of movements do they typically use? I am referring to vintage Marvins of course.
Many of them were in house calibers
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GuiltyBoomerang
·My recent Valjoux 23 pick-up:
And also a bit of a grail for me, a proper Flying Dutchman (not in hand yet though!)
And also a bit of a grail for me, a proper Flying Dutchman (not in hand yet though!)
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septentrio
·Marvin is a superb, underrated brand!!
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Professor
·Wow! That wrist alarm is something else a real eye catcher.
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aap
·Did you guys see this - "Rare MARVIN Competition Chronometer Watch, Cal. Peseux 260, Mint Condition, 34mm"
Posting contents here in case it gets lost on the bay:
You are bidding for original extremely rare and fine, 34mm stainless steel Marvin watch housing famous Peseux 260 competition chronometer movement No. 263 (very rare shock resistant version). Also features stunning and clean dial with arabic numerals.
Competition chronometer-quality wristwatch movements are not “ordinary” C.O.S.C. certified movements. These movements were designed and finished to excel in the rigorous world of Observatory Competitions, as conducted in Geneve and Neuchatel in the years 1944 through 1967.
Back when the development of observatory chronometers and occurrence of precision timing competitions in Geneve and Neuchatel were in effect, the Peseux 260 was introduced purely for research purposes. This ebauche made by Peseux S.A. was made exclusively for the Observatory Competitions and supplied to a number of different independent and high-end manufactures as a starting point for their competition entries. Because of this, it is said that watches bearing the Peseux 260 were never made available to the public consumer, so over the period of 23 years Peseux produced a little over 3300 movements.
Thoughts, comments?
Posting contents here in case it gets lost on the bay:
You are bidding for original extremely rare and fine, 34mm stainless steel Marvin watch housing famous Peseux 260 competition chronometer movement No. 263 (very rare shock resistant version). Also features stunning and clean dial with arabic numerals.
Competition chronometer-quality wristwatch movements are not “ordinary” C.O.S.C. certified movements. These movements were designed and finished to excel in the rigorous world of Observatory Competitions, as conducted in Geneve and Neuchatel in the years 1944 through 1967.
Back when the development of observatory chronometers and occurrence of precision timing competitions in Geneve and Neuchatel were in effect, the Peseux 260 was introduced purely for research purposes. This ebauche made by Peseux S.A. was made exclusively for the Observatory Competitions and supplied to a number of different independent and high-end manufactures as a starting point for their competition entries. Because of this, it is said that watches bearing the Peseux 260 were never made available to the public consumer, so over the period of 23 years Peseux produced a little over 3300 movements.
Thoughts, comments?
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Professor
·Thoughts, comments?
looks like the dial was scratched in removing or replacing the sub seconds hand.
PS
Apparently a very few unissued 260 movements have turned up and been incorporated into custom built watches.
A few test stand chronometers are in private collections. Some mounted in alloy block cases, others in wooden cases.
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bubba48
·Redial IMO
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valjoux72
·I do A LOT since I sourced this Motorist...
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kov
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Thread resurrection with my very first Marvin watch. Hopefully not the last. Powered by a decorated valjoux 22 movement - will open it and post some pics during the weekend.
It is surprisingly big (38mm w/o crown) for an early 50s watch, isn’t it?
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oinkitt
·Surfing the Marvin website, I found an email address dedicated to "vintage Marvin" so I sent a mail in order to obtain some information about my watches..
The answer was disappointing: "...After checking, we are sorry to inform you that we cannot give more details about your watches as we lost an important part of our company archives...". Since my watches range from the 30's to the 70's, what part of the archive has been saved? Why offer a service they aren't able to give?
What year is the one I sent you?
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Centenaire Hermetic
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