Glycine Dress Three-hand 1950s
Condition — Original dial and hands visible; case not shown in photos so its condition cannot be assessed
Provenance — Bought at auction online, like most of what I keep.
I pulled this dial-and-movement set out for closer study before it went back in the tray, and the sector layout is what held my attention: brushed silvered outer minute track giving way to a darker, almost graphite-toned centre, with Roman XII and III and IX against slim painted batons elsewhere on the chapter ring. The dauphine hands and subsidiary seconds at six are clean, with only light aging to the lume-free finish, and "Glycine Bienne Genève" sits crisply under the sector break. The 16-jewel manual movement is unsigned beyond the maker's name, finished with Geneva stripes on the bridges, a jewelled escapement visible under the balance cock, and a legible serial I won't reproduce here. There's no case in these shots, just dial and movement, so this suits a buyer restoring or casing a 1950s Glycine rather than someone wanting a complete piece off the shelf. I'd class it as a builder's component, not a finished watch.
Buying from a stranger, in short. Every fault I know of is in the listing, and if you find one I missed, the return stands. Take the watch to a watchmaker of your choosing before you pay — I have never once objected. Fourteen days to send it back, for any reason at all.
Privatverkauf. Everything described above — case, dial, hands, lume, rate and service history — is agreed condition for this watch and I stand behind all of it. Beyond that, the watch is sold excluding liability for material defects, as is normal between private individuals for a vintage mechanical object of this age. That exclusion does not cover anything I have misdescribed or failed to disclose, and never covers injury or intent.
Fourteen days to return it for any reason — my own promise, not a statutory withdrawal right. Terms · How I describe condition
