Description:

Hasler Freres 17J Bonheur ladies' wrist watch, vintage mechanical manual-wind movement, champagne-toned metal dial with a brushed finish and raised gold Arabic-style numbers has a few small specks, slender gold steel baton-style hands with pointed tips, lovely yellow gold filled (YGF) & stainless steel (SS) square case with scalloped-style sides, deep diagonal engraving on the bezel, fancy engraved center lugs and a thick glass domed crystal, case is showing normal even wear overall, measures approx. 16mm wide x 27mm lug to lug x 10mm thick (crystal included), matching YGF Gemex expansion band with rectangular segments, flared at 1 end, with deep vertical engraving that matches the style of the engraving on the watch bezel and lugs. A high quality vintage watch from the 1960s in excellent+ condition!

A discussion of this company, which would eventually become part of the modern Davosa watch company, can be found on the United Kingdom-based "The Watch Forum" website.


Item Specifics:

  • Year Made: 1960s
  • Company: Hasler Freres
  • Jewels: 1117J
  • Setting/Movement Type: manual-wind
  • Model/Grade: Bonheur
  • Movement Finish: nickel
  • Dial Material: metal
  • Dial Color: champagne
  • Dial Details: marked "Bonheur"
  • Hand Style: baton - light
  • Case Style: square
  • Case Material: Gold Filled - Yellow, Stainless Steel
  • Case Width, without crown: 16mm (0.63 inches)
  • Case Length, lug to lug:  27mm (1.06 inches)
  • Case Thickness:  10mm (0.39 inches)
  • Band Size: 5in. to 5.99in.
    (measurement range includes watch length & band)
  • Band Material: metal expansion
  • Crystal Material: glass
  • Misc. Info: Hasler Freres/Davosa
  • Condition: Excellent +
  • Gender: Ladies'