JUVENIA - “Juvenia is known for its extraordinary, avant-garde, case designs, unusual time indications and architectural inspiration.”
 
1860 – “the Juvenia watchmaking house is founded.” 

Juvenia is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer founded in 1860 by Jacques Didisheim, an entrepreneur with a brilliant imagination. At first, the watchmaking workshop was established in Saint-Imier, Switzerland, which Jacques Didisheim named Juvenia in tribute to his wife. In 1880, the company produced its first key-wound watch with cylinder escapement. The firm also developed a lever escapement and it was in the same year, 1880, that Juvenia became a pioneer, one of the first watchmaking houses to make wristwatches for women.
 
By the late 1950s, Juvenia focused on ultra-thin dress watches in the Juvenia Slim line. By 1962, Juvenia added a family of almond-shaped watches with cut crystals known as Juvenia Navette for ladies. The company relied solely on the Juvenia brand until the late 1960s, when they began selling under the Cord, Montana, Polar, Sonor, and Th. Piccard Fils brands as well. By 1970, Juvenia had joined with Ebel, and Eberhardt as part of Communaute d’Horlogerie de Precision, which later included Borel, Doxa, Favre-Leubaand Zodiac. 
 
Juvenia is still quietly making high quality watches for over 150 uninterrupted years. It is one of the few Swiss watch companies to have manufactured watches without interruption since its creation. In 1988, Juvenia was acquired by Hong King group: Asia Commercial Holdings Ltd., with such a long-standing record for timepieces innovation, Juvenia continues to produce fine watches with innovative characteristics and function.
 
JUVENIA
Automatic Wristwatch
 
This is a vintage Juvenia automatic wristwatch, dated from the mid 1950's. It is a self-winding watch, powered by an original Juvenia MFG automatic  movement, caliber AS 1361N. It features 17 jewels, a sweep second hand, a 38-hour power reserve, and a frequency of 18,000 vph. Swiss-made. 

Cased in a 34mm round case with a classic lug design, all in stainless steel. It is waterproof and it has the original signed crown.  

Original silver-tone (showing some age and patina) dial with silver hour markers, and silver hands. The dial is signed with Juvenia Automatic on top. 

The watch comes fitted a black Hadley-Roma genuine leather two-piece strap. 

It is still in good condition, keeps good time and runs very well!

Thank you for looking!  Please feel free to contact us with any questions, or respectful offers.
 
Movement:
JUVENIA MFG 
Swiss 
17 Jewels 
Unadjusted 
 
Case Markings: 
JUVENIA 
Fab. Suisse - Switzerland 
Waterproof 
366683 
 
Measurements (mm): 
Case 34  
Case w/Crown 36  
Case Lug to Lug 39.5    
Case Thickness 10   
Lug Width 18   
Band Width 17  

Vintage watches are traditionally smaller than today's watches. Men’s watches typically measure between 29-36mm wide (some larger, some smaller) excluding the crown. In the listing details we typically try to do our best to list all pertinent dimensions of a watch. If you don't see it, or we failed to do so, please reach out to us. Women’s watches from the 1900s-1970s were also much smaller than today's offerings. Please also feel free to ask any questions you have pertaining to size.  

We prefer to shoot photographs outside when weather is permitting. However, when we shoot indoors, please be aware that we shoot our photographs inside of lightboxes that are lit with 360 LED bulbs. This indeed magnifies any flaws. Usually, they are much less obvious to the naked eye. Having said that, we never photoshop any of our photography, remove blemishes, etc. We adjust the lighting, when necessary, but what you see is what you are getting, and we take pride in that. 

The condition is pre-owned.  
The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear but is fully operational and functions as intended.
Please review the photos and feel free to ask any questions you may have. 

It will be carefully packed. 

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Thank you for looking! 

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