The Techni-Quadron watches which were similar, in many ways, to the Quadron which had a rectangular face and was released in 1928. These Gruen Vintage watches comprised of two dials. The big top dial had the hour/minute hands and the bottom dial, similar in size, had the second’s hand.
The Techni-Quadrons were often referred to as “doctor’s watches” as the huge seconds dial was easy to watch while measuring a pulse. The watch was also admired by various technical professionals, especially, engineers. Note that, all the dual dial Gruen watches were not doctor’s watches. On a Techni-Quadron, the dial consisting of hour/minute hand is mounted above where the crown enters the case, contrary, to the centre of the dial. Some of them also had an expanding buckle which allowed them to slide up to the arm, resulting in the freeing of the hand and wrist.
The Carr, French for square, which was released in 1931, was a convenient square-shaped pocket watch. The 12, 3, 6 and 9 numbers were arranged in the 4 corners giving it the shape of a diamond. It could be used by both the genders and hence was marketed as a man’s pocket watch and a women’s purse watch as well as a portable table clock. A number of models came with luminous hands and numbers so that the they could be seen in the dark. The Carr was terminated in the year 1934 and cost around at $55 (~ $1400 at present).
The Curvex, released in 1935, was available as the Curvex Governor for men and the Curvex Queen (1936) for women. It is the most famous of the Gruen vintage watches and was the flagship watch until the late 1940s. The watch was produced until 1954.
An elite and unique aspect of the Curvex was that the watch as well as the movement inside it was curved. The patented movement (1,855,952) was applied in these watches and hence the configuration of the gears was curved in arrangement. Numerous other curved watches in the 1930s were compelled to use smaller movements which weren’t that accurate and were also very fragile.
Each and every real men’s Curvex watches were Precision grade and used any one of the four movements listed at the end. As a matter of fact, what makes these watches elite and Curvex, is the movement itself. The four movements which are possible to be used are; 1935- caliber 311 which is a long, thin movement; 1937- caliber 330- which is a long, thin and a curved movement; 1940- caliber 440- which is a short, square/oval movement and finally; 1948- caliber 370- which is a short and a wide movement (Curvametric).
The Ristside watches, pronounced as wrist side, were released in 1937 and were designed to be worn on the side of the wrist in line with the thumb. These designs of watches were extensively beloved by the collectors but were very rare as Gruen did not wish to sell many. There is a possibility that a few collectors would try to sell any watch which has hinged lugs as a Ristside. Except Fraternity (mentioned below) and another one similar model all the Ristsides are rectangular in shape and have curved cases.
The Curvex-Ristside watches fit into both the Curvex and the Ristside family of Gruen vintage watches. The Curvex Coronet, Curvex Lord, and the Curvex Admiral all used the 330 movement mentioned above. The Curvex-Ristside Fraternity had hinged lugs and used the 440 movement.
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