Vintage 70s Jaquet Cobur by Alfex Watch Company Manual Dress Watch - Ronda 1233-21 Manual Movement

Vintage Swiss manual watch under the brand Jaquet Cobur featuring a highly unusual and beautiful dial. A very special looking watch with the unique dial and generous size (35mm without the crown and 44mm from lug to lug). Alfex watch company itself have been quite successful according to Watch Wiki and its main focus are the low to the medium end of the watch market in from 60s onwards. This must be a small production for the watch brand Jaquet Cobur using a higher quality Ronder 1233-21 movement instead of the lower grade pin lever escapement. I just adore the brown textured quadrant divided dial and its typical 70s baton style markers and hands. A very smart looking watch in my opinion.

Jaquet Cobur by Alfex Watch Company Manual Dress Watch - Ronda 1233-21 Manual Movement

Movement:

• Movement is Ronda 1233-21 and its the high grade jewel lever version as well as a high beat 21,600 movement.
• Movement marked Seventeen 17 Jewels, Alfex Ltd, Unadjusted and 1233-21 Swiss and RAX (Ronda import code indicating its a swiss lever)

Case and crown:

• Chrome plated solid nickel case.
• Classic slim round case with straight lugs with snap back and front bezel.
• Case diametre is 35mm not including the crown, 44mm lug to lug.
• Good chrome crown.
• Case back marked Swiss Made, Stainless Steel Back.
• Case back inside marked Alfex limited, Swiss.
• Lug size is 18mm.

There is some minor scratches on the case (but no brassing - no wear through) the front of the watch is in very good condition.

At the back of the case there were some corrosions and pitting inside the case back.

The dial and hands:

• Beautiful textured silver grey champagne original dial in mint conditiom, never reprinted.
• Dial featured the quadrant with the texture running away from the centre.
• Chucky raised steel baton indexes with a white line.
• The dial marked Jaquet Cobur, 17 Jewels and Incabloc and Swiss Made at 6.
• Polished steel gilded slotted hands with no lume.
• Steel second hand.

The condition of the chrome plating at the front of the case isn't too bad - I would consider it as good condition

The chrome crown is also in a reasonable condition

Thin case design with low profile acrylic crytal

Beautiful quadrant divided textured dial in brown/bronze colour

The watch from another angle

Stainless steel snap-on back

Alfex Ltd and Swiss made stamped at the inside of the case back

Its a shame that there are some corrosions and pitting at the back of the case. Movement marked Alfex Ltd and under the balance shows the RAX (the import code of Ronda in the US)