Vintage 1960's men's 21 jewel self-winding gold Clinton wristwatch, running well

We are delighted to offer this Swiss made, vintage 1960's Clinton wristwatch that is running strong and keeping very good time.



It features a 10K rolled gold plate case that measures 1.31" in diameter, excluding unusual offset crown and lugs and surrounds soft silver dial complimented by gold sword hour and minute hands, black center sweep, raised gold baton markers, and black outer chapter, all under a clear, bright crystal.

The Swiss 21 jewel autowind movement, winds and sets as it should, is running well and keeping good time.

PLEASE REMEMBER: All automatic (self-winding) watches must be hand wound or shaken of a period of time, as I recommend for this watch, to apply enough pressure on the mainspring to get it running when wound down. Then, the movement of your wrist will continue to wind it, AS LONG AS YOU REMAIN ACTIVE!

It has a snap-down back and is matched with a supple stitched genuine leather black 2-piece strap with gold buckle that will fit up to an 8" wrist.
STOCK CODE: C-22

ABOUT THE CLINTON WATCH COMPANY:

In the 20th Century the American watch industry provided high quality watches, movements and cases to a growing middle class that was eager to transition from pocket watches to wrist watches. Due to structural changes in the United States economy, unlike pocket watches, wrist watches did not represent the same commitment of a family’s wealth. Some companies explored the dollar watch territory, but consumers wanted more quality.

If asked, most of us can name a few American watch brands: Timex, Hamilton, Bulova, or Elgin. Some of us can rattle off more. Some companies that were very common in the post WWII market are almost completely forgotten today. One of these is Clinton.

Clinton was founded by Hyman Wein in Chicago in 1922. Wein was born in Kiev and had been a Russian army officer. He was 34 when he immigrated. The Weins had been more closely aligned to the Whites in the Russian Revolution. Clinton would take movements and cases and assemble completed watches. They never manufactured their own movements.

The Wein family in an interesting one. There were many siblings. One sister moved to Switzerland and established a company that would export Swiss movements. One sister settled in Montreal and founded Wenger with her husband. This is not the Swiss company Wenger. They are unrelated. The Canadian company manufactured the Cardinal brand. Later, this brand was made in the U.S.S.R. If you find a vintage Cardinal watch it is likely of Soviet origin. Lastly, the baby of the Wein family Morris, also settled in Montreal. He founded the company that is today known as Marathon. These are all still family owned companies.

In the 20th Century the American watch industry provided high quality watches, movements and cases to a growing middle class that was eager to transition from pocket watches to wrist watches. Due to structural changes in the United States economy, unlike pocket watches, wrist watches did not represent the same commitment of a family’s wealth. Some companies explored the dollar watch territory, but consumers wanted more quality.

If asked, most of us can name a few American watch brands: Timex, Hamilton, Bulova, or Elgin. Some of us can rattle off more. Some companies that were very common in the post WWII market are almost completely forgotten today. One of these is Clinton.



Clinton’s heyday was probably the 1950’s. In that decade they mostly imported Swiss movements. You can find very affordable dress watches and later skin divers that were quality watches. By the 1960’s the economics of the watch industry were changing. Hong Kong became an important source of cases. Timex was capturing the affordable segment of the market. Large American watch companies began to fail. In this climate Clinton adjusted. They started assembling watches in the U.S. Virgin Islands. United States tariff laws encouraged watch assembly in the Virgin Islands and later, even Guam.


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