E. GUBELIN Military Style Wristwatch 17 Jewels AS 1187 Swiss Made Watch

"IT ALL STARTED WITH A SMALL WATCHMAKER'S SHOP IN LUCERNE..."  GUBELIN – Known for its exquisite high-end jewelry, gemstone expertise, and as purveyors of some of today’s most sought-after luxury watch brands the Swiss, family-owned: House of Gübelin.  The story began when Mauritz Breitschmid opened a small watchmaker’s shop in the Swiss city of Lucerne in 1854. They grew over time and moved to ever-larger locations in the city until finally settling in the prime site on the quay that still houses Gübelin’s Lucerne boutique today. In 1854, opened a watchmaker's shop on the Pfistergasse in Lucerne. In 1886, Eduard Jakob Gübelin (apprenticed to the watchmaker Mauritz Breitschmid) married Bertha Sophia Breitschmid (the daughter of Mauritz Breitschmid); in the same year, the two men became business partners, managing the growing company together. It still exists today, operating in several high-end locations throughout the world. They are primarily a retailer of timepieces and jewelry, ofte