Vintage Candino Elite Automatic Brown Dial Date 32x38mm Gold Plated Watch Box

Vintage Candino Elite Automatic, Chocolate Brown Dial, Date, 32 x 38mm Gold-Plated Case and Bracelet, 1970s, with Box

A sculptural 1970s dress watch in chocolate brown and warm gold. The dial has a geometric gold minute track, paired dot markers, three stone-set accents at 12, 6 and 9 o’clock, a framed date window at 3 and the “Elite” signature. The shaped case flows into a finely ribbed gold-tone bracelet.

Brand heritage

Candino was founded in 1947 by Adolf Flury-Hug in Herbetswil, in the Swiss canton of Solothurn, and built its reputation on dependable Swiss-made watches at accessible prices. The brand later became part of the Festina group and is still made in Switzerland today.

Model history

Elite was one of Candino’s dressier lines in the 1970s, a period when the brand produced shaped, integrated-bracelet automatics in the fashionable brown and gold colourways of the decade. This example pairs a Swiss automatic movement with a rectangular gold-plated case of about 32 x 38mm.

Specifications

• Brand: Candino
• Model: Elite
• Era: circa 1970s
• Movement: Swiss automatic
• Functions: hours, minutes, centre seconds, date at 3 o’clock
• Dial: chocolate brown with gold minute track and three stone-set accents
• Case: gold-plated, shaped rectangular, approx. 32 x 38mm, screw back
• Bracelet: integrated-style ribbed gold-tone bracelet
• Swiss made
• Includes: Candino presentation box

Condition

Good pre-owned vintage condition, with surface scratches, areas of plating wear and age-related marks visible on the case and bracelet, together with subtle dial ageing. The box shows handling and storage wear. The watch works well for a vintage timepiece.

Please note

Please study all photos carefully. They show the actual watch you will receive and form part of the description. As with any vintage watch, it is sold as a collectible, is not guaranteed water resistant, and its timekeeping may differ from a modern watch.

Shipping

Ships from Giza, Egypt, carefully packed, with tracking.

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