Original Ardath – Super Long Distance – men’s double automatic watch, from the 1970s.
Ardath was founded in 1935 in Geneva by Edmond Dreyfuss, a veteran of the watch industry. The company specialized in Roskopf watches, before moving into high-end Swiss lever watches in the 1950s. After Dreyfuss’ death in 1954, the company followed industry trends, introducing waterproof watches and a small “5 silver coin” model of just 17.2mm in diameter.
In 1962, Ardath introduced the Long Distance, a pioneering dual time watch with two separate movements side by side in a single oversized dial, one automatic with date and the other manually wound. In 1968, the Super Long Distance model featured two automatic movements in a long rectangular case.
Yellow gold plated watch case approximately 30mm (excluding crowns) x 56mm diameter half cuff style. Acrylic crystal for both watches.
This exquisite watch is powered by TWO Swiss automatic movements (ETA Cal. 2551).
Gold dial with applied Arabic numerals 6, 9 and 12 and hour markers for the upper watch (local time), and applied Roman numerals and hour markers for the lower watch (local time). Date opening at 3:00 for both watches.
Production Info:
Brand: Ardath
Model: Super Long Distance
Movement: Automatic
Caliber: Eta 2551
Dial Color: Shampagne
Case Material: Steel and Gold Plated
Case Size: 30 mm# 56 mm Long
Circa: 1970’s
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