This is one of my dad’s watches. A nice Pontiac dress watch with an unusual case because the bottom part is stainless steel while the top part is gold plated. It has an ETA 2390 movement. An older version because …
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Another Pontiac on the bench. A lovely 1950s gold-plated dress watch with a two-tone or bullseye dial. It has an ETA 1260 movement that I encountered in a Pontiac before. In a gold-plated Pontiac Nageur to be exact. Most ETA …
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It’s time for another Pontiac on WahaWatches. This time it’s a Pontiac Palmares. This is a gold plated model and the diameter is 34.5 mm without the crown. The watch didn’t keep time and the crystal needed to be replaced. …
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This Pontiac Hydraulica is one of a batch that I received to take a look at and possibly repair and/or restore. The dial and the hands are in good condition but the case is rough. Unfortunately, this is a chrome …
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I got this Pontiac Nageur 2 weeks ago. Nageur means “Swimmer” in French, a sign that these watches are considered waterproof. The dial is still very crisp and that two-tone or bullseye design is not that common in Pontiac watches. The …
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Pontiac watches are well known within the Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg). There are many collectors in these countries. Outside of that area…not so much. I hope to change that. Short history A. Kinsbergen and his three brothers launched Pontiac …
