Description:

Desta 17J ladies' wrist watch, vintage mechanical manual-wind movement, mint silver-toned metal dial with a sunburst brushed finish and raised silver markers, silver steel baton-style hands, heavy white base metal (WBM) & stainless steel (SS) round case with a rough paintbrush-style crosshatch engraving design on the slightly tapered bezel surrounding the lightly domed plastic crystal and on the 3-finger extended lugs that connect to the matching band, case is showing light normal wear overall with a few light scratches on the back and a bit of discoloration at the edge of the bezel & frame at 9 o'clock, measures approx. 24mm diameter x 32mm lug to lug x 8mm thick (crystal included), matching heavy bracelet-style WBM band with the same crosshatch engraving across all segments and on the fold-over clasp, band has some light discoloration in a few spots but is also showing only light even wear overall, total wearable length is approx. 147mm. A very attractive and distinctive mechanical movement watch from the 1960s in excellent overall condition!


Item Specifics:

  • Year Made: 1960s
  • Company: Desta
  • Jewels: 1117J
  • Setting/Movement Type: manual-wind
  • Dial Material: metal
  • Dial Color: silver
  • Hand Style: baton - heavy
  • Case Style: round
  • Case Material: Base Metal - Silver/White, Stainless Steel
  • Case Details: 3-finger lugs, matching band
  • Case Width, without crown: 24mm (0.94 inches)
  • Case Length, lug to lug:  32mm (1.26 inches)
  • Case Thickness:  8mm (0.31 inches)
  • Band Size: 5in. to 5.99in.
    (measurement range includes watch length & band)
  • Band Material: metal bracelet
  • Crystal Material: plastic
  • Condition: Excellent +
  • Gender: Ladies'