What's on your wrist? / What are you wearing? (WRUW)

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Another odd one, don't know much about this other than it was the house brand for the extinct Dutch department store Vroom and Dreesmann.
That's not quite true.
Commodoor watches were imported by the Zurel company in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands.
Zurel was (and is) known as a flower exporter. The flowers were sold to Switzerland, among other countries.
Since Swiss francs were worthless in the Netherlands, Zurel accepted payment in watches, which were then sold in the Netherlands.
Zurel distributed the watches through department stores like Vroom & Dreesmann, Kijkshop and Hagen but many more stores.

Commodoor, not to be mistaken with the famous computer firm Commodore.
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That's not quite true.
Commodoor watches were imported by the Zurel company in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands.
Zurel was (and is) known as a flower exporter. The flowers were sold to Switzerland, among other countries.
Since Swiss francs were worthless in the Netherlands, Zurel accepted payment in watches, which were then sold in the Netherlands.
Zurel distributed the watches through department stores like Vroom & Dreesmann, Kijkshop and Hagen but many more stores.

Commodoor, not to be mistaken by the famous computer firm Commodore.
Thanks, that's really interesting to know, an unusual trade arrangement!
I spent some time researching the watch but that information is completely new to me 👍

It looks like in the 60's,70's and early 80's the quality was quite good, there are Valjoux powered chronographs etc.
Then the quality seems to have fallen and it was just fashion watches in the 90's and 2000's.
 
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