SOLD - Vulcain Sensilarm Cricket in Stainless Steel Vintage 1950s cal. 120
SKU:
10002667
$900.00
$875.00
$875.00
per item
Offering for sale is this 100% original Vulcain Cricket from the 1950s with manual wind caliber 120 and its original box and papers! This iconic Cricket is very minty and barely worn by its original owner. Working perfectly and just overhauled - very tough to find in stainless steel.
Vulcain earned its noblest title in the mid-20th century. In 1947, the “Fabrique de Montres Vulcain” presented the first genuinely operational alarm wristwatch. The idea of incorporating an alarm within a watch was not entirely new. But no watchmaker had ever succeeded in developing a standard-size movement capable of producing a sound powerful enough to awaken its owner. In rising to this challenge, Robert Ditisheim called upon the talents of the finest watchmakers and engineers. After five years of research and development, he presented the famous mechanical hand- wound Cricket calibre, equipped with two barrels, one for the movement and the other for the alarm, emitting a strident sound reminiscent of the shrill chirping of a cricket – hence its name.
Dial: White/Cream Original (not refinished)
Markers: Applied gold original
Hands: Gold original
Case: Original finish stainless steel
Crowns: Original / signed
Pusher: Original
Size: 34MM not including crowns
Box/Papers: YES
Movement: Manual Wind Caliber 120 / just overhauled
Date: 1950s
Strap: New Hadley-Roma black leather white contrast stitching; padded; stainless steel buckle
Condition: Excellent
Vulcain earned its noblest title in the mid-20th century. In 1947, the “Fabrique de Montres Vulcain” presented the first genuinely operational alarm wristwatch. The idea of incorporating an alarm within a watch was not entirely new. But no watchmaker had ever succeeded in developing a standard-size movement capable of producing a sound powerful enough to awaken its owner. In rising to this challenge, Robert Ditisheim called upon the talents of the finest watchmakers and engineers. After five years of research and development, he presented the famous mechanical hand- wound Cricket calibre, equipped with two barrels, one for the movement and the other for the alarm, emitting a strident sound reminiscent of the shrill chirping of a cricket – hence its name.
Dial: White/Cream Original (not refinished)
Markers: Applied gold original
Hands: Gold original
Case: Original finish stainless steel
Crowns: Original / signed
Pusher: Original
Size: 34MM not including crowns
Box/Papers: YES
Movement: Manual Wind Caliber 120 / just overhauled
Date: 1950s
Strap: New Hadley-Roma black leather white contrast stitching; padded; stainless steel buckle
Condition: Excellent
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