empressissi™ is pleased to offer this very rare and most impressive UNIVERSAL Swiss watch for men from the first world war period in classic trench style.
This watch houses an early gilt finish, robust UNIVERSAL caliber running on 15 jewels in manual wind. This strong movement is cased in a Swiss hallmarked JF (Jean Finger) Sterling silver case. This maker is famous for the first Hermetic models in Sterling silver. The case is in great shape with fixed lugs and is relatively small, with a mint original mineral low dome crystal and a original onion crown.
The dial is factory original white porcelain double sunken enamel in great shape and has classic Arabic numerals and and original set of thick hands.
This historic watch measures 31mm side to side (excluding crown) and 36mm from top lug to bottom lug.
Attached to this watch is a standard length brand new, genuine leather band in black tone, 12mm wide, with matching unsigned anti allergic buckle.
Vintage watches are smaller than today's standards; To avoid the inconvenience of returns merely due to wrong size expectations, Please study the listed sizes and keep in mind that in most cases, vintage watches will be smaller than today's standards and are unlikely to fit a large wrist. For your convenience, and to better understand the proportions of vintage watches sizes, download and print a copy of our unique watch size reference PDF page.
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