1950s Chronometre Technicum Cantonal Bienne School Pocket Watch

Why This Watch Matters No one else will have one of these at the next get-together. The Full Story Swiss watchmaking school watches do not cross the HODINKEE vintage desk all too often. They offer this interesting subsect of vintage collecting that is surprising, excellent in quality, and difficult to source. If anyone tells you that vintage is all the big brands at this point, point them in the direction of a timepiece like this. The pocket watch we have here is the perfect example of the vintage market's depth. The story is often told that for a final examination in Switzerland, students were required to assemble a wristwatch from scratch using unbranded, off-the-shelf parts. Though, we think there was something special going on at this particular school in Bienne. Very, very few school watches, or watches of any kind, are executed to this level of quality. The Breguet style hands and Côtes de Genève finish on the movement are only the start. Looking at that striped movement we find