Vintage Gents SICURA Breitling Bumper Wrist Watch c1960s Fully Working Automatic

For your consideration I have this incredibly rare:

AUTHENTIC VINATGE SICURA (BREITLING) BUMPER SPORTS WRISTWATCH

CASE DESCRIPTION
Material: Stainless Steel
Style: Round face and  squared bezel
Case Back: Screw opening, tight closing.
Lugs: 18mm hidden spring bar
Width (including crown): 41mm
Lug to lug: 40.5 mm
Hallmark: Sicura, All Swiss Made, Automatic, Stainless Steel Back
Condition: Very Good
Serial Number: 77963

WORKINGS DESCRIPTION
Movement Type: Automatic (rotor) wind
Jewels: 25 rubies
Country of Manufacture: Switzerland
Condition: Very Good, fully working, good time keeping.
Face: Round black
Signed: Sicura, 25 Jewels, Automatic
Hands: Steel and Luminous, Straight
Markers: Luminous, Baton
Day / date window at 3 o'clock

STRAP DESCRIPTION (For information only, see below)
Material: Stainless Steel
Colour: Silver, jubilee style
Length: Approx 8 inch
Width: 18 mm
Fastening: Deployment Clasp

OVERALL
Age: c1960s
Origin: Swiss made and retailed
Weight: 105 grams total
A highly collectable early wrist watch from one of the most increasingly collectible makers.  See below for the information on how Sicura saved the Breitling brand.
Fully tested and working (see below)
APPRAISAL VALUE FROM SOTHEBY'S: £995.00

Thank you for your time and custom.

Stock Code: BBWE049

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME(KEEPING): SICURA
If you know your watches then this will not be news but many people do not know the importance of Sicura in the watch world.  During the 1970s the influx of Japanese quartz watches threatened the centuries old Swiss watch industry and many companies went bust.  Before this point Breitling made dress watches (slim and elegant) and Sicura made big bold sports watches.  Breitling struggled in the 1970s and closed their factory in 1979.  The owner of Sicura, Ernest Schneider, bought the brand and relaunched it as a sports brand akin to Sicura - and the rest is history.  Whilst Sicura watches are not branded as Breitling they are the fore-runners to today's modern Breitling watches and the value of them has increased drastically over the last few years.

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MY WATCHES
We have been avid watch collectors for many many years.  We never wasted our time on modern trends, instead collecting vintage pieces with more class, history and workmanship.  These days people go for the name, even though the watch is probably churned out in a factory and actually worth not much more than a Timex.
In these uncertain times the right watches are one of the most sensible investments you can make.  Quality vintage watches increase in value year on year - whereas many other investments have proven to be decidedly unpredictable.
Every single watch is tested as follows before dispatch:
Manual watches - bench tested for time-keeping and tolerance for 24 hours and left to fully unwind before posting.
Quartz watches - capacitance tested and fitted with a new silver oxide battery and posted with active hack, if applicable.
We have a dedicated room for all of our watches to be stored in, fully temperature and humidity controlled.
Wrist watches will be sent with the strap they have on.  Even if a strap is "ropey" I will not change it as it may be original and to swap for a new strap will devalue the watch.  Feel free to fit a new strap (they are consumable anyways) but I advise to keep the original as collectors will always look for this.
Watches are appraised periodically in bulk - appraisals are not available individually without paying the sole item appraisal fee.  If you wish to obtain this then please contact me and I will advise on the cost.  This fee MUST be paid in full, in advance.  The appraisal value will be included in the description above where appropriate.

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