1960s Vintage Orvin Diver Watch Swiss Sears Roebuck and Co Heuer Black Beauty

1960s Vintage Orvin Diver Watch Sears Roebuck and Co Heuer Black Beauty. Up here for sale very beautiful and rare Vintage Diver Watch by Sears and Roebuck & Co 17 Jewels back case marked sears roebuck co Swiss made 10571 chromium plated bezel Stainless steel back water resistant. (if you are using in water please show it to the watchmaker before, it may require airtight closing). Watch is serviced so its working smooth and keeping good time.

You may find some age marks and scratches on the watch, which are quite normal with use and age, measurements are of this watch provided in photos please see them, if you got any questions please message us. Anchor at many American malls of the 20th century, Sears or Sears, Roebuck and Co. Should be a name that sounds familiar at least. Orvin on the other hand, may not. Just as with Baylor with Zales, Orvin was an inhouse brand name for some Sears watches.

Rather than slap their own name on the dial, these retailers chose to choose something that could be perceived as "fancier" or more reliable at least. This Orvin is going for more reliability. As a Skin Diver style tool watch, Sears looked to provide their customers with a simple, robust, go-anywhere dive watch in this Orvin. The resulting watch has a bit of a Tudor Ranger look to it combined with a Submariner.

We also appreciate the minimal text on the dial. Confirming the Sears provenance are case stampings from Sears as well as a US import code on the movement reading SOX. People say Heuer had a lengthy history as a private-label maker of watches for other companies. Vintage watches branded as Abercrombie & Fitch by Heuer are popular examples, and today, we have a watch that Heuer made for Sears in the 1960s. The movement is signed "SEARS ROEBUCK Co" and the case is signed SEARS, ROEBUCK, AND Co.

Many of the watches made for Sears were chrome-plated. Please don't forget to check my other items & ADD me to your Favourites list. T suffer at later stage. Pictures often disclose condition far better than verbiage as many people have different views on what terms may mean. Specially for that reason these watches made with regulators.

So you can regulate it. Cheap services does not give any tracking or cover. T forget to check my other items & Add me to your Favourites list.

---