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Veri-Thin 401-420

Mon, 17 November 2025 17:34

Model name: ?
Type: Veri-Thin
Period/date: I think between 40 and 50, but I can’t confirm it.
Gender: I think for men, if I’m wrong, it’s not a big deal, I would still wear it ;-)

Case Maker: Star watch case CO
Case Material: 10K GFD bezel and guildite back
Case Serial: 773518
Case Style no: 401

Caliber: 420
Movement Maker: Gruen watch CO
Movement Serial: 2-220654

Bracelet: New, 16/14, lizard leather, brown color, glossy finish and a pink gold-colored buckle.

Other info:
- I found this Gruen Veri-Thin by chance on the Internet, I found it simple, in good condition, and I really liked the pink gold color. I am not disappointed, it is very clean. I think the dial is redone at the level of the varnish.
- I put on a brown bracelet and a pink gold-colored buckle.
- To be honest, I present to you my Christmas gift ;-) Yes, it’s me who gives me my gifts, like that, I’m not disappointed...

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1940's | 2 comments

Veri-Thin Arlington

...or with black dial VT Addison; Fri, 25 July 2025 04:04

Model name: VT Arlington
Type: Strap watch
Period/date: 1945 - 1948
Gender: Men's

Case Maker: Wadsworth
Case Material: Gold Fill and Guildite
Case Serial: G570849
Case Style no: 447

Caliber: 405
Movement Maker: Gruen
Movement Serial: A 52968

Bracelet: Shown in ads with a metal bracelet for the Arlington

Other info:

Adds and the Master book show the case style with a black dial. This is the VT Addison

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1940's | 2 comments

Dietrich Gruen Pentagon

Ultra Thin; Thu, 24 July 2025 18:56

Model name: Dietrich Gruen
Type: Pentagon
Period/date: 1911-1920
Gender: Gents

Case Maker: Gruen Watch Company
Case Material: 14K Yellow Gold
Case Serial: 7405
Case Style no: N/A

Caliber: Unknown
Movement Maker: Patek Philippe, Lecoutre and Gruen?
Movement Serial: 150120
Bracelet: N/A

Other info: Adjusted in all positions and temperatures. 19 Rubles. Chronometer Balance and Isochronism. Stamped u.t.

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1910's and prior | 2 comments

Gruen Alarm

Sun, 01 June 2025 16:05

Model name: Gruen Alarm
Type: wristwatch
Period/date: 1958-1960
Gender: male

Case Maker: unknown, waterproof
Case Material: 10k RGP bezel, stainless steel back
Case Serial: none
Case Style no: 258A

Caliber: 940RSS (seventeen jewels, unadjusted.
Movement Maker: Venus (cal 230)
Movement Serial: none

Other:
Dial has RA Swiss on it. Yup, still radioactive. When the alarm is on the dot is green, normal mode the dot is red. Unusual is only one barrel. Movement patent is 2803940 ( https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=patentimages.storage.goog leapis.com/pdfs/US2803940.pdf)

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1950's and Up | 2 comments

Groovy Led

Thu, 15 May 2025 19:18

LED watches were the very first digital watches. Interestingly the American watch manufacturers were in the lead in the digital watches market in the seventies. Not Gruen but Hamilton was the first to advertise a LED watch.

Model name: unknown
Type: LED
Period/date: 1972-1979 (suspect feb 1976 for this watch)
Gender: male

Case Maker: microsonic corp swiss
Case Material: base metal bezel, stainless steel back
Case Serial: -
Case Style no: -

Caliber: 9300?
Movement Maker: unknown
Movement Serial: -

Bracelet: stainless steel.

Other info: A LED watch is an electronic quartz watch with a digital display. Generally has 4 digits with 7 segments each. It is controlled by a tiny digital circuit with one ore more microchips. A 70s LED watch always needs two 1.5 V button cells, every 3 months. 😅 It has several leds in one segment. It is hard to get a good picture of the time… when pushing the button it only appears briefly.

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1950's and Up | 1 comment

Silver baguette 821

Thu, 24 April 2025 20:07

Model name: bag 821
Type: baguette (I would call it a cartouche)
Period/date: 1934
Gender: female

Case Maker: gruen (national quality)
Case Material: silver
Case Serial: 6006484
Case Style no: 85

Caliber: 833
Movement Maker: aegler (guild a)
Movement Serial: 1878365

Bracelet: weird silver short necklace. Removed it.

Other info: The diamonds are a personal touch. And interestingly the movement is marked unadjusted twice on the same bridge. Inscription L.F.B. And jan 16 1934 on the back.

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1930's | 3 comments

Yellow Part Box

Sat, 12 April 2025 16:03

Yellow part box with 12 compartments for stems and other bits. I have a dozen more boxes of various Gruen calibers.

Period: 1930 (guess)
Watch type: Various calibers
Size: 8.5 x 7.5 cm
Inventor: Unknown
Patents: Unknown

Box maker: I don't believe this is a Gruen in house box. There are other boxes that have calibers like the series 57 which refers to Swartchild. However I looked through several of their catalogs and found no such box.

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1930s | 1 comment

Gruen Watch MFG C - Standard Materials Box no. 3

Unknown Series; Tue, 25 March 2025 16:17

A standard material box for movements, hard to tell what the series caliber is by the looks of it. A larger brother of no. 5 box posted awhile back.

Period: 1930
Watch type: Unknown Series
Size: 13 x 17 cm
Inventor: Gruen
Patents: Not known

Box maker: Gruen

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1930s | 1 comment

Military pocket watch Plate 22A

Wed, 19 March 2025 21:08

Model name: plate 22A Very verithin model
Type: pocket watch
Period/date: 1919
Gender: male

Case Maker: wadsworth
Case Material: Gold filled ultra quality PER
Case Serial: 331304
Case Style no: -

Caliber: V4 (verithin 17 jewels, 5 positions temperatures adjusted)
Movement Maker: Lavina
Movement Serial: 490253

Other info: highly radioactive. yellowish dial. No switzerland in sight on the dial so it could be an old redial. Not original crystal makes it a bit thick. Gone is the very verithin appearance.🤣

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From the 1917 guild book: