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Last Updated on Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:38 Written by GoldSmithWatchWorks Wednesday, 18 August 2010 23:53
READY TO WEAR
OVERHAULED
SERVICED
1950
QUERVO Y SOBRINOS
HABANA
RARE
ISLA DE CUBA
MARCA PREFERIDA
CORNAVIN WATCH S.A.
(SWISS VENUS)
17 JEWELED
SUB-SECONDS
CASE W/O CROWN
27.53 MM
L/L 35MM
WITH
NYLON G-20 MILITARY STRAP WITH KEEPERS IN BLACK
(THESE ARE FAST BECOMING A FAVORITE ALL AROUND STRAP.
LOOKS ARE KILLER, COMFORT #1 & FITS 5 TO 9 INCHES!)

In 1882, Armando Río y Cuervo and his brothers ran a watch-making workshop founded by their uncle Ramón Cuervos in Havana. Cuervos y Sobrinos soon became a reference and a rival for the most prestigious watchmakers of New York, Paris and Rome. In the 1940s, Havana became the meeting point for intellectuals, businessmen and artists from all over the world, and Cuervo y Sobrinos produced their own watches while continuing to sell the most famous watch-making names. Einstein, Caruso, Churchill, Hemingway, Gable and Neruda all became faithful clients of this illustrious brand.
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DIAL IS 100% ORIGINAL
SIGNED
CUERVO Y SOBRINO
(FOUNDER CUERVO & NEPHEWS)
HABANA
(HAVANA CUBA)
ISLA DE CUBA
MARCA PREFERIDA
(A MARK OF FAVORITES)
SWISS MADE
W/O CROWN 27.53 MM
L/L 35MM
THIS WATCH IS A HISTORICAL BEAUTY THAT
WOULD MAKE ANY COLLECTOR
A WONDERFUL GIFT!
STRAP IS AN AWESOME BLACK NYLON G-20
WITH KEEPERS
GOLD PLATED CASE IS 99%
THIS CASE IS IN ORIGINAL AWSOME CONDITION
SIGNED STAINLESS CASE BACK
THIS IS A UNISEX WATCH
S0 LADIES...
YOU CAN MAKE OWN A PIECE OF AWESOME VINTAGE HISTORY
WOW
W/O CROWN 27.53 MM
L/L 35MM
BAM.. WHAT A LOOKER
OVERHAULED CLEANED SERVICED & TIMED
SWISS
CORNAVIN WATCH S.A.
(VENUS)
17 JEWEL
SWISS
MOVEMENT
ca. 1950:
Swiss Made
manual wind
sub second
Data
11.5''', Dm= 25.6mm
H= 5.15mm
15/17 jewels
f = 18000 A/h
power reserve 40h
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CONDITION
EXCELLENT TO FINE - RUNS EXCELLENT
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