North American Auction Company
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Legends of the West: Western & Native American Sale

Sat, Sep 23, 2023 11:00AM EDT
Lot 408

Ca. 1950's Oris 461 & USSR VEB Services Watches

Estimate: $100 - $200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
The lot features two circa 1950's- men's wrist watches including the Oris caliber 461 gold plated Swiss made wristwatch and a "Services" USSR VEB Ruhla, East Germany watch sold in Britain. The first watch shows the Oris 15 jewel caliber 461 manual wind wristwatch in a gold-plated case, being Swiss Made by Oris Watch Co. The watch shows a nice champagne to silver / white dial with black indices having gold plated indices numbers, gold hands and a small second’s gold sweeping hand. The back is marked ORIS WATCH Co. SWISS FIFTEEN JEWLES CAL. 461. The watch has a gold-plated case with a leather band having diamond cutouts. The second watch is marked Services Antimagnetic Foreign. Services was a British brand with this watch being a VEB Ruhla East Germany USSR watch imported into the UK under the “Foreign” mark during the 1950-1960’s. Inside is a no-jewel Ruhla 24-33 manual wind movement. The watch has a single date window with brushed metal face having black indices in roman numerals. This has an alligator style pattern leather band. The Oris is likely crystal and the Services, not; both showing slight cracks. Both watches wind and appear to work as they should.

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