{"product_id":"ヴィンテージ-クロノグラフ-vintage-chronograph","title":"HARLEM (HEUER-LEONIDAS) Vintage Chronograph cal. Valjoux 7733 \/ Navy Dial","description":"\u003cp\u003eA two-register chronograph made by Heuer-Leonidas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn condition that makes it hard to believe it is more than fifty years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn orange chronograph hand accents a navy dial, raising both the antique quality and a refined atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn excellent watch as a collection piece, and equally so for showing a character in daily wear that nobody else will have.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the 1930s to the 1960s it was not unusual for Swiss watch makers to hold several brands, according to the market and the intended customer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe brand name Harlem was presumably one of the brands Heuer-Leonidas held for selling abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrands for the American market are the best known: Longines had Wittnauer, Breitling had Wakmann, and Jaeger-LeCoultre had LeCoultre, each expanding its channels in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeuer and Leonidas had close ties even before they merged, and double-named Heuer-Leonidas watches were being made from the end of the 1940s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn fact, Heuer's chronographs at the time were made by Leonidas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeonidas was a distinguished chronograph house, using Valjoux for its fine and mid-range chronographs and cam-actuated Landeron movements for its more affordable ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLook at antique Leonidas watches and you find mainly chronographs, triple-calendar chronographs and triple-calendar moonphases, concentrated between the 1930s and the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeonidas was founded in 1841 and merged with Heuer (later TAG Heuer) in 1964, changing its company name to Heuer-Leonidas SA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe HEUER-LEONIDAS S.A. marking on the caseback lets you feel that history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost watches of this period carry imported movements from Valjoux, Venus or Landeron, and with their exquisite size they make precious collector's items.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe movement is the Cal.7733, Valjoux's first cam-actuated chronograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Valjoux 7733 is a manual-wind two-register chronograph movement produced from 1966 to 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in the mid-20th century as a substitute for the expensive column-wheel chronograph, it became the opening through which the chronograph reached ordinary hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Valjoux 7730 also became the basis of movements that Breitling, IWC, Panerai and other makers later customised and rebranded for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven today not every company builds its watches from scratch: major luxury brands such as TAG Heuer and Hublot use ETA movements and various outsourced components.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TAG HEUER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39533412221057,"sku":"","price":188000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/4313\/6385\/products\/IMG_4912.jpg?v=1675520009","url":"https:\/\/watchtenderjapan.com\/en\/products\/%e3%83%b4%e3%82%a3%e3%83%b3%e3%83%86%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b8-%e3%82%af%e3%83%ad%e3%83%8e%e3%82%b0%e3%83%a9%e3%83%95-vintage-chronograph","provider":"WatchTender","version":"1.0","type":"link"}