* This Ollech & Wajs manual wind chronograph can be dated to circa 1966-73 and features a gold plated, 36mm case with off-white dial, two register chronograph layout and golden hands and indexes with tachymetre display around the periphery of the dial. The watch is powered by the Valjoux 7730 manual wind chronograph movement and comes fitted to an 18mm, green leather strap on pin buckle.
* This watch comes in fair condition and perfect working order with 12-month warranty included.
Movement: Manual Wind Chronograph
Case Dimensions: 36mm x 11.5mm x 43.7mm, Gold Plated
Dial: Off-White with Golden Hands and Indexes
Glass: Plexi-Glass
Strap: 18mm, Green Leather on Pin Buckle
Water Resistance: N/A
Box and Papers: No
The Re-Birth of Ollech & Wajs.
The name Ollech & Wajs began in 1956, when Zurich resident Albert Wajs decided to partner with his friend Joseph Ollech and open a luxury watch shop, initially retailing Breitling and Omega before launching their own brand: Ollech & Wajs Zürich.
By the 1960s the Ollech & Wajs range consisted of men's chronographs, diving watches (in particular the Caribbean 1000, which was, as its name suggested, the first 1000m water resistant diving watch), military watches, much appreciated by American soldiers who ordered OWs for entire battalions during the Vietnam war and also pilot’s watches, which the French Air Force commissioned for active use.
Ollech & Wajs, now under new ownership have returned to the company's heyday and strive to manufacturer high quality, Swiss made sports watches with a nod to the classic designs of their 60s predecessors. All OW watches have a 90% Swiss made origin and are designed at their headquarters: Ollech & Wajs Precision A.G. on Bergstrasse in Zurich and then individually assembled and adjusted in Haute-Sorne, in the Swiss Jura.