Stowa Dress Automatic, 1960s
Calibre PUW 1360Condition — Gold plating shows brassing and wear at case edges and lugs; dial clean with minimal patina
Provenance — Bought at auction online, like most of what I keep.
What pulled my eye first was the double date windows sitting at 12 and 6 rather than the usual single one at 3, framed in gold surrounds against that clean silvered dial. The applied indices and dauphine hands still throw a sharp gold glint under light, and the printed 25 Rubis Automatic line sits low above six o'clock, untouched. I've turned it over: the acrylic crystal has a soft, rounded dome and the gold plating on the case is thinning at the lugs, brassing through to the steel beneath in a way that tells you this has seen real wrist time, not shelf time. Flip it and the PUW 1360 automatic is fully exposed through the display back, rotor and jewels visible, a serial engraved and legible if you look closely, though I'm not quoting it here. This is a case-worn 1960s piece for a buyer who wants to watch the movement run, not just read about it.
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
