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Juvenia Architect Watch New Old Stock, early 1960s

DocumentedDocumented from a dealer's listing; attribution and date as stated by the dealer.
Maker / attribution
Juvenia (maker)
Date
early 1960s
Country of origin
Unrecorded in source
Object type
Wristwatch
Dimensions
Case 33 mm
Stock no.
W-744
Credit line
Dealer listing, Bulang & Sons (W-744)
Catalogue title (original)
Juvenia Architect Watch New Old Stock (English)

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Record summary

Catalogued by Bulang & Sons (dealer), Copenhagen (stock number W-744), this is a wristwatch by Juvenia, dated early 1960s. The Atlas places it in the Modern Mechanical Horology period (1945 – 1969) of its Wristwatches collection. Recorded dimensions: Case 33 mm. The record is illustrated with 6 photographs.

Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.

Catalogue description

Dealer description — Bulang & Sons

The Johnny Depp Avant-Garde Watch Juvenia are well known for both their avant-garde designs and early tool-inspired watches. We are offering a full set example of the Architect in new, unworn condition. The 33mm gold-plated case is untouched and pristine; like we said, it’s as new. The watch’s avant-garde touches are present in the choice of hands. Inspired by the tools of an architect, the hour hand is in the form of a protractor and the minute hand is like a steel rule with arrowhead. It’s striking and very unusual. The seconds hand is like a double-ended dauphine hand – the half that indicates the seconds has a subtle red stripe. The watch is a full collector set comprising both inner and outer boxes, unfilled papers and even the hangtag. This watch is in completely untouched condition and we have decided to not even open this time capsule. The watch is running fine, but for everyday wear a service might be recommended! We are happy to assist with this if the buyer would prefer the watch to be serviced. Bernhard’s Choice: “I love this watch. It’s unlike anything else and has a striking element in the way the hands were placed in such a classic style watch case. And it’s cool – so cool that Johnny Depp was pictured wearing this exact model on the cover of Esquire magazine! The icing on the cake is the condition – perfect and totally unworn. Combined with the original box and papers – this a great and unusual buy for the discerning collector looking off the beaten track!” Specifications - 33mm gold plated case - Dates to the early 1960s - Manual wind calibre 612 movement - Unworn condition - Comes with boxes, papers (unfilled) and hangtag - Includes a Bulang and Sons strap - Includes a handmade leather watch pouch

Historical context

Modern Mechanical Horology (1945 – 1969)

Tool watches for divers, pilots and astronauts; electric watches anticipate the electronic age.

The classic era of the mechanical wristwatch: dive watches, chronographs for motor racing and space flight, GMT watches for jet travel, slim dress watches, automatic calendars, and the rise of Japanese manufacturers alongside Swiss, American, German and Soviet industries.

Read the period in the timelineMore wristwatches from this periodEarlier: Golden Age of Mechanical Watchmaking

Atlas type guide

Wristwatches

Bracelet watches were worn by women from the early nineteenth century — Breguet made one for Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples, in 1810–12 — but the wristwatch only became a man's instrument with military use and aviation in the early twentieth century. Between the World Wars it overtook the pocket watch; the 1920s and 1930s brought rectangular Art Deco cases, water-resistant cases and the first automatic winding systems.

After 1945 the wristwatch became a carrier of identity — dress watches, sports and dive watches, chronographs, calendars — produced by Swiss, American, Japanese, German, Soviet and Chinese industries. The quartz revolution after 1969 and the mechanical renaissance since the 1990s, including the rise of independent watchmakers, complete the story.

What to look for

  • The reference number (between the lugs or inside the case back) and serial number, the starting point for dating.
  • The calibre: its maker and number are often stamped under the dial or on the bridge.
  • Originality of dial, hands and crown — refinished ('redial') dials are common.
  • Case material marks: 18K/750, 14K/585, stainless steel, gold-filled, plated.

Dating clues

  • Wire-lug cases: before c. 1925.
  • Water-resistant screw-down cases: from 1926.
  • Quartz movements: from 1969; sapphire crystals widespread after c. 1980.

General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.

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