You Won't Believe What I Found Inside This 99p 17 Jewel Geneievre Watch with a ORA 234 Movement!

Hello and welcome to another episode of HorologyHubub, the channel where we explore the fascinating world of vintage watches. Today we are going to take a look at a vintage watch movement that is not very common, but has some interesting history. It is the ORA 234, a pin lever movement that was made in Italy by the Società d’Orologeria ORA di Vogt & Co in the 1950s and 1960s.

The ORA 234 is a 11.5 ligne movement, which means it has a diameter of 25.9 mm. It has a small second hand at 6 o’clock, a hidden ratchet, and 17 jewels. It runs at 18,000 beats per hour, and has a power reserve of about 40 hours. It is a manual-winding movement, so you have to wind it every day to keep it running.

The ORA 234 was produced by the Società d’Orologeria ORA di Vogt & Co, a company that was founded in Como, Italy, in 1927. The company specialized in making movements and watches of the Roskopf type, which were also known as “poor man’s watches” or “dollar watches”. These were cheap and simple watches that used a pin lever escapement instead of a more precise lever escapement. The pin lever escapement was easier and cheaper to produce, but also less accurate and reliable. The ORA 234 was one of the better pin lever movements, as it had more jewels and a higher frequency than most of its competitors.

The ORA 234 was used in some watches of the Roskopf type, but also in some more prestigious watches, such as the Cyma WWW, one of the “Dirty Dozen” watches that were issued to the British soldiers in the late 1940s. The Cyma WWW had a stainless steel case, a black dial with Radium lume, and a sub-seconds dial. It was one of the largest and most affordable of the twelve watches.

The watch that I have here is a Genievre, a brand of Swiss watches that was active in the 1950s and 1960s. The name comes from the French word for juniper, which is also the main ingredient of jenever, a traditional liquor from the Netherlands and Belgium. Genievre watches were usually manual-winding, with gold cases and stainless steel backs. They had a calendar function and were antimagnetic. They are not very well-known or valuable, but some collectors may find them interesting. I bought this watch on eBay for only 99 pence, which is a bargain for a vintage watch.

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eye loops
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