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As with all our vintage watches the case has been ultrasonically cleaned
What is particularly notable about this watch is that the design matches that used on the famous Edmund Hillary - Tenzing Norgay ascent of Everest in 1953
then pull out to put it in handset mode)
However for a manufacturer like Cyma
The balance spring on the watch has a Breguet overcoil
Movado FB case (c. 1950s) Current Collection As with all our vintageThis is a super Movado manual wind watch, with a case made by the famous firm of Francois Borgel. The case is made of stainless steel with rose gold capped lugs. This is a fairly unusual combination, but rather attractive. Borgel supplied cases to a number of firms in the 1940s and 50s, most notably Pate Philippe. They were specialists in creating waterproof cases with screw down case backs. I believe this watch would originally have had an inner dust