Tornek-Rayville TR-900 Military Divers Stainless Steel Wristwatch.
Auction Date: December 18, 2020
Estimate: Estimate: 80000 - 120000
Sold for: $90,000
Lot: 5006
c. 1964
DIAL: Round, black, luminous dot, index and arrow hour markers, white outer minutes track, luminous circular humidity indicator at 6 oclock, luminous sweep center seconds hand, luminous baton hands, Tornek-Rayville, U.S. MOVEMENT: Self winding automatic, seventeen (17) jewels, unadjusted, Tornek-Rayville No. TR-900, Swiss. CASE: Round/barrel, matte stainless steel, four lugs, screw-back, brass dust cover, bidirectional revolving black bezel with luminous Arabic numeral and index unit indicators, back engraved MIL-W-22176, serial 0440, IF FOUND RETURN TO NEAREST MILITARY FACILITY AEC license 8-5970-6, danger radioactive material 2mc Pm 147 11/64, 41 mm. STRAP: Black nylon, black buckle, adjustable. Accompanied by a box.
Gross Weight: 51.1 dwts
Provenance: From a private San Francisco Bay Area, CA collection. This watch was gifted to the consignor by a close family friend and neighbor when he and his friend and neighbor were learning to scuba dive. The gentleman was a US Army veteran who saw duty in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. The gentleman also gifted a second watch to his son at the same time.
Note: Back case scratched, some wording almost illegible. Some scratches on crystal.