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In 1898, Auguste Reymond, a watchmaker in the Jura village
of Tramelan-Dessus opened a small watchmaking workshop called the Fabrique
d'Horlogerie Auguste Reymond. Production took place in a small residence until
the company built its first premises in 1903. In 1906, the boss started
producing movement-blanks in Les Bioux and the enterprise became a true watch
manufacturer. However, the move to the Joux valley was for only three years. In
1909, Reymond concentrated all activity back in Tramelan, where he set up a
more flexible manufacturing system to react quicker to market demand. The
following year the entrepreneur won a gold medal at the Brussels World
Exhibition, followed by another at the 1914 Swiss national exhibition. The
company archives recorded the take-over of the Unitas Watch Co., Tramelan, in
1926. Reymond continued to produce his movement-blanks on these premises. In 1932, the "Ebauche" department of A. Reymond
S.A. (manufacturing movement blanks) became part of the Ebauches Group as the
Fabrique d' Ebauches Unitas S.A. 
Complete watches were made under the ARSA label. The 1934
Perfora, for example, featured a rectangular case and an openwork dial which
revealed the two hands. At the same time ARSA introduced a wide-ranging
chronograph collection. In addition, it produced watches for the blind and for
pilots as well as wristwatches with a simple date or alarm. Some timepieces
were delivered with an official chronometer certificate. The manually wound
models were fitted with various Unitas calibers.
Because Unitas did not produce automatic or chronograph
movements, ARSA had to resort to calibers from its sister companies in the
Ebauches group, including, for example, AS (A. Schild), ETA or Valjoux. In 1991 the brand was at Baselworld exhibition for the 50th
time! Within ten years, the small company of Tramelan has taken back its rank
among the major Swiss watch brands and the swinging names of Auguste Reymond’s
models 've become references for watch connoisseurs all over the world. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This military pocket watch for sale is a 1942 model, very famous and best selling until 1946. It is in overall VERY GOOD condition (**** from *****). Some marks and wear and tear on the dial are not easily visible. The case is like new and also the movement has not at all any rust. Not at all annoying scratches, marks or spots on the crystal (see carefully at the uploaded photos). Just take a look at the wonderful shape of the hands of this watch. A real state-of-art timepiece! It keeps EXCELLENT time. It is powered by the UNITAS 239 movement which has 15 Jewels. -Case is made of Nickel/Chrome alloy. -Measurements: 46mm without the crown and 10mm thickness Weight: 56gr -Acrylic Original Glass -All parts genuine UNITAS / ARSA 239 MOVEMENT SPECS: Stem wind and set, sub second, 15 jewels, f = 18,000 A/h, power
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