Camy Jet King 30 Jewels

The 4th watch added to my watch collection⌚ 
This beautiful watch is from 1970 and is in great condition. Unfortunately Camy went bust during the Quartz crisis and aren't that well known anymore 😥 
This was my first Swiss Made watch 🇨🇭 as well as my first vintage watch! 
If you have information about these Camy watches, please send me a message, I don't know too much about them.

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Gorgeous watch - Bravo!

Here is some information about Camy:

Swiss watch company founded in 1913 in Grenchen, Switzerland as Camy Watch Co. SA. Some other sources say the company was founded in Geneva in 1917, but I believe the founding in Grenchen is more accurate.

Some of the other brands by Camy included Cronel, Enzo and Mirexal.

Interesting fact, Raymond Weil managed the company from 1949 for 26 years, prior to starting his own firm named Raymond Weil in 1976. It is said that when Raymond Weil took over the company, he changed the branding to Camy Geneva.

Camy was dissolved in the 1970s - a victim of the quartz crisis. There was an attempt to revive Camy in 1999, but that does not appear to have been successful.

Here are a couple of vintage Camy ads:

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Here are a couple of watches that I have from Camy/Cronel

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ChronoGuy

Gorgeous watch - Bravo!

Here is some information about Camy:

Swiss watch company founded in 1913 in Grenchen, Switzerland as Camy Watch Co. SA. Some other sources say the company was founded in Geneva in 1917, but I believe the founding in Grenchen is more accurate.

Some of the other brands by Camy included Cronel, Enzo and Mirexal.

Interesting fact, Raymond Weil managed the company from 1949 for 26 years, prior to starting his own firm named Raymond Weil in 1976. It is said that when Raymond Weil took over the company, he changed the branding to Camy Geneva.

Camy was dissolved in the 1970s - a victim of the quartz crisis. There was an attempt to revive Camy in 1999, but that does not appear to have been successful.

Here are a couple of vintage Camy ads:

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Here are a couple of watches that I have from Camy/Cronel

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Thanks so much for the information. I love you Camy and Cronel. If you ever want to sell that Cronel let me know please 

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Exquisite timepiece 

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That is one gorgeous little vintage watch you've got there my friend and you definitely came to the right place to ask for any information regarding it's origins 💯

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Wow. Just Wow. I did not know about this brand. Thank you for sharing. 

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wow that Camy is gorgeous

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Very beautiful 😍

I could spend forever staring at that inky dial.

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I have lost some connection in my synaptic gaps due to sensory overload from eying this beauty!

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I've been cleaning/restoring a Camy diver. I still need to get up the courage to tackle the seconds hand, and I'm waiting on a replacement O-ring for the case, but as of today it's finally wearable.

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