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About This Watch

Pre-owned. Comes with a massive burlwood humidor box set, tag and warranty paper.

Launched in 2009. This Torpedo-Pirata Horas del Mundo watch has a heavy steam punk inspired look including the graphics on the dial that resembles a ship's Engine Order Telegraph (E.O.T.). It is a one owner's watch from new and in fantastic condition throughout as the owner has two so selling this spare watch. It may be 45mm but wears comfortably on smaller wrists due to the down-turned lugs & the bronze case takes on a natural ageing process which is very attractive. It is the only Hispanic inspired watch with Swiss tradition watch making & they even have tourbillon watches!

The unique dial is divided into two circles. The outer circle shows the names of 24 reference cities with La Habana, the home of Cuervo y Sobrinos, highlighted and engraved in a lighter shade. The inner circle indicates the 24 hours of a day. Numerous highly complex techniques were necessary to create this dial with impact.

The watch takes a common 22x20mm size strap. Watch is overall in mint condition except for a some bright mark hairline scratches on the sides of the lugs @ 1 and 11 o'clock.

An unusual watch with character! The massive wooden box can be converted to be a humidor for your cigars.

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Please click here for the factory website. This watch retailed for CHF6000 before VAT.

Founded in 1882 , Don Ramon Cuervo established what was to become the most successful jewellers and watchmakers of the Latin world, only for the story to be lost in the midst of time. During the 1880s Havana enjoyed a height of success where affluent travellers from all over the world would visit to enjoy the slow-paced way of life and celebrate the finer things in life.

Whilst commodities such as Cuban cigars and white rum where doing very well, the demand for timepieces bearing the Cuervo family name became insatiable. It wasn’t long before well-known watch companies such as Rolex , Vacheron and Longines were producing watches exclusively for sale in Don Ramon’s shops, with each timepiece bearing the Cuervo y Sobrinos name. Don Ramon’s work was continued notably by his nephew Don Armando. With an atelier in La Chaux-de-Fonds and with the expansion of their outlets to Germany and North America, business was good for the growing family business.

‘Cuervo Y Sobrinos’ translates as ’Cuervo and nephews’, as the skills and passion for the trade was passed down through the generations of the family. Influential figures such as Ernest Hemingway, Clark Gable and Winston Churchill had been patrons for the brand. Even Albert Einstein felt the Cuban watch company was the intelligent choice.

Taking the time to appreciate the finer things in life and to reflect became an important part of Cuba‘s culture in this era. However things came to an abrupt halt when the Cuban Revolution took hold of Havana in 1953. The Cuervo family had to flee their shop, only with what they could carry, leaving the jewellery shop with its locked steel vaults to remain untouched for the next 40 years.

Today that history is being brought back to life. In 1997 Italian entrepreneur Marzio Villa first gained access to the original shop on San Rafael Street, Havana. The brand has since been resurrected with re-issues of the original watches being manufactured in Switzerland and then sold around the world.