I had never heard of Surabaya or Soerabaja before. If you do a Google search for Tavannes Pleiades, it will lead you to a Tavannes Pleiades watch posted on Roland Ranffts excellent website. I knew about the watch but now I have learned something about a part of the world about which I knew very little. Your Tavannes watch is the distinctive Pleiades calibre, so named because the layout of the jewels in the watch train resembles the bright stars in the constellation Pleiades.
I also found interesting material on the naval base located there. Or right here on this board, you can use the search function near the top of this page and enter "Tavannes cal?" which should bring up, among other threads, that thread started by "Horologist" back in 2007.īack at Google, you can search Soerabaja which was the old name of what is now Surabaya (search that spelling also), and learn about the second largest city (pop. Below Roland's listings on Google is a listing for a previous discussion of a Tavannes Pleiades watch right here on the NAWCC message board from 8-3-2007, that should tell you plenty about this intriguing movement. If you scroll down to the bottom of that page, watch out for Roland's little dog at the bottom left. The watch Roland shows is a 15-jewel version and in a silver "niello" case, and is somewhat older than your watch. The watch is opened by pressing the two green buttons on the sides and hold the clock with the two little. The enamel is a bit opaque from the use of the years. Slightest signs of wear commensurate with age and use. Lovely quality & so collectible CONDITION: All original and very good. Your Tavannes watch is the distinctive Pleiades calibre, so named because the layout of the jewels in the watch train resembles the bright stars in the constellation Pleiades. An Art Deco Swiss solid sterling silver folding travel pocket watch, with black ang green enamel to the case. Marty didn't leave much to say, for which I'm grateful because I hate typing. I think the hands have an earlier look, but I have no doubt that they are original.Īltogether, a fine watch and a great family heirloom which I hope you will be proud to pass down to future generations. I agree with Kent on the date - 1910 to 1930 (through the Art Deco period) is where those numerals on the dial belong, as do those concentric circles of the seconds dial. It would be great to see a wider shot of the whole movement. The movement at 21 jewels and 5 adjustments would also be top quality, and probably right at the top of Tavannes' range. The engraving and (I assume) enamel fill on the band is super. The case, in case you didn't know, is 18 karat solid gold, and it's an excellent quality case. They must have been a good quality retailer to justify the private label status they had with Tavannes, since almost certainly the name was put on the dial by Tavannes.
Teichert - Soerabaya is the name and location of the retailer of the watch. my guess is that you have other hobbies than horology Sandoz Hong Kong products are assembled in Hong Kong using Swiss movements from ETA SA.My compliments on your excellent photographs. Sandoz Swiss manufactures high quality watches, while Sandoz Hong Kong and Sandoz Singapore manufacture cheaper watches of lower quality. All of these produce watches under the Sandoz name, but each production company has its own line of products. This has led to four separate brands, Sandoz Singapore, Sandoz Hong Kong, Sandoz Swiss, and Sandoz Spain (Munreco). Since 1971 the Sandoz brand name has been split into four main areas of production, due to its licences being leased or sold. By 1938, it was manufacturing four thousand items a day. After the death of Sandoz, the company he founded went on growing. Other names used by the Tavannes company at various times include Tavannes-Cyma, Bijou Watch Co., Tacy Watch Co., and Lisca. Sandoz was reported to have a paternalistic policy towards his workforce, exercising a fierce social control. The enterprise occupied a 'model factory' employing one thousand workers and producing 2,500 watches a day.
By the time of the death of Sandoz on 18 March 1913, many watches were made under the name of Henri Sandoz & Fils. Their new business was known as Tavannes Watch Co.
In 1890, in partnership with two families named Schwob, Sandoz established a watchmaking firm at Malleray, near Tavannes, in the French-speaking Bernese Jura of Switzerland. Henri Frédéric Sandoz (sometimes Frédéric Henri Sandoz), born in 1851, was a self-made man of Le Locle who in the 1870s founded Henri Sandoz & Cie., later producing complicated watches under the name of Cyma. A 1968 magazine ad of Sandoz watches in Persian, Zan-e Rooz.
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