Lot 309

Vetta

Cronografo

An attractive vintage wrist chronograph

A charmingly aged steel chronograph with an attractive "rice corn" steel bracelet; it catches the eye at once with its multi-scale dial and comes in an impressive, masculine 38 mm size.

Founded in 1924 by Paul Wyler, the Wyler watch manufactory was distributed in Italy in the 1930s under the name Wyler
Vetta. Later, it was decided to shorten this name for marketing purposes into Vetta. The manufacture was known for producing particularly shock-resistant and durable movements. Wyler arranged a spectacular marketing stunt in 1956 which attracted worldwide attention: Two watches were dropped from the top of the Eiffel Tower and still worked perfectly after the fall.