Are Ingersoll watches worth their price?
Hi Chrunchers, lately I was just surfing around in the internet and stumbled across this brand : Ingersoll. They look like fashion watch brand to me, but maybe they are not. Are they worth their price tags? Thanks for your time and help.
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Not worth the price in your example.
The company, as it is today, is a far cry from the company that eventually morphed into Timex in the mid 20th century.
Now owned by a Chinese company and distributed by a British importer.
I always too afraid to ask: Does the Ingersoll watch company have any relationship to the Ingersoll Rand company, the general hardware company including Schlage?
Nope
No
That Catalina sure does have an IWC Ingenur vibe to it. It is, however, a fashion brand watch these days.
All I can add to this discussion is to show my Ingersoll which I bought new in 1972.
It was made in England and I recently stripped it and rebuilt it with the help of a Richard Perrit video on YouTube, it still works perfectly.
All I can add to this discussion is to show my Ingersoll which I bought new in 1972.
It was made in England and I recently stripped it and rebuilt it with the help of a Richard Perrit video on YouTube, it still works perfectly.
Thanks, I think that watch was build at the old time @foghorn was talking about. Like he said the company now is not comparable to this beautiful vintage models
Yes - Apart from being my first watch bought an Ingersoll bronze Scovill Radiolite automatic bph 21600 accuracy mine +1sec/day (loved test result "watch accuracy meter app" so didn't retest!-also proves Myota movements have some quality!) Ref. https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/ingersoll-scovill-radiolite-100m-bronze-automatic-watch-review-unboxing-i05001-in-619.5259874/ cool video in link gives the full story. I could polish it up but like the patina, maybe give it a mini clean but prefer understated watches not too much glitz, horses for courses!