Description:

Helbros 7J with day & date wrist watch, vintage mechanical manual-wind movement, champagne-toned metal pie pan style dial with a brushed finish, raised gold Arabic numbers & markers, luminous quarter hour markers and day & date apertures at 3 o'clock has a small scratch on the 4 o'clock marker but is otherwise mint, day & date displays have black or red text on white backgrounds, slender gold steel baton-style skeletonized hands with pointed tips and luminous inserts and a gold sweep second hand, luminous material on both the dial & hands is still retaining its light emitting properties.

Heavy yellow base metal (YBM) & stainless steel (SS) round water-resistant case with a tapered bezel supporting a slightly domed plastic crystal and short heavy classic extended lugs, case is showing normal wear with some light scuffing and some moderate to heavy small patches of wear & discoloration on the back of the lugs and back near the crown, additionally while the crown does still function as expected it does have quite a bit of smoothing, measures approx. 35mm in diameter x 39mm lug to lug x 10mm thick (crystal included), new lightly padded, heavily textured black leather strap band. A handsome vintage mechanical movement watch from the 1960s that, despite its cosmetic issues, is running strong and would be perfect to wear daily in very good overall condition!


Item Specifics:

  • Year Made: 1960s
  • Company: Helbros
  • Jewels: 217J
  • Setting/Movement Type: manual-wind
  • Movement Details: day display, date display
  • Dial Material: metal
  • Dial Color: champagne
  • Dial Details: pie pan design, luminous markers
  • Hand Style: baton - light, skeletonized - luminous, sweep second hand
  • Case Style: round
  • Case Material: Base Metal - Yellow, Metal - Stainless Steel
  • Case Details: water resistant (WR)
  • Case Width, without crown: 35mm (1.38 inches)
  • Case Length, lug to lug:  39mm (1.54 inches)
  • Case Thickness:  10mm (0.39 inches)
  • Interior Lug Width:  17mm (21/32")
  • Band Size: 7in. to 7.99in.
    (measurement range includes watch length & band)
  • Band Material: leather strap
  • Crystal Material: plastic
  • Condition: Very Good
  • Gender: Gentlemen's