Excelsior Park made some of the finest chronograph movements of their day, and they were used by many prestigious brands.

HOW DO WE DATE THIS WATCH?

This is a difficult watch to date.  Excelsior Park started adding a spare parts compartment to their movements in 1929 (although the patent was applied for in 1922), so it must be later than this.  Later watches didn’t have hinged case backs, and also had simpler hands and numerals.  The original company* closed in 1984, so we are very loosely saying this watch is from circa 1950.

*The Excelsior Park brand has been revived, but now use Sellita movements.

CONDITION

Excelsior Park were founded in 1918 in Switzerland and built an impressive client lists for their chronograph movements, with companies like Gallet and Zenith among others using EP movements in their watches.  But, like Lemania, stopwatches and chronographs were their main thing.

The monopusher chronograph here is stem wind and set, and has a button to start, stop and rest the chronograph set within the crown.  The movement is a treat on the eyes, and is fully working.  The spare parts compartment is empty though – normally these would have a few spare parts the watch might need in future, such as a balance staff.  The dial is very good, with just one hairline crack near 2.  The blued hands are very well executed.

This watch will be supplied with a basic presentation box and our Certificate of Authenticity.

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​SIZE

Width with crown  58.1 mm (excluding bow)

Width without crown  47.0 mm

Case Thickness  14.7 mm

All sizes are approximate.

Included with this watch is a 3 month guarantee and free delivery to UK addresses.  If you live outside the UK we can still deliver to most countries.  Please see our Worldwide Shipping information, or Contact Us.   Payment can be made by most credit or debit cards, bank transfer or PayPal.

From 1st September 2021 we will be planting a tree for every watch we sell, working with the International Tree Foundation (Est 1922) to make this business positive on carbon.  By buying anything pre owned you are effectively reusing what already exists, but this takes it further and makes us feel good.

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