128 - ELGE, France. Rare Worldtime (or Heure du Monde) chronograph, with a cushion-shaped case in chrome-plated metal and a screw-down steel caseback. Predominantly black dial with painted hour markers and Arabic numerals, date window at 3 o’clock, signed. Luminescent baton hands and central seconds hand. Double rotating inner bezel. The “Worldtime” bezel is marked with major cities around the world. Case width (excluding crowns): 43 mm. Mechanical hand-wound movement, shock-resistant, 17 jewels (functional at the time of sale, no warranty). 1960s/70s. Good condition, signs of wear and scratches, particularly on the Plexiglass.

ELGE, France. Rare Worldtime (or Heure du Monde) chronograph, with a cushion-shaped case in chrome-plated metal and a screw-down steel caseback. Predominantly black dial with painted hour markers and Arabic numerals, date window at 3 o’clock, signed. Luminescent baton hands and central seconds hand. Double rotating inner bezel. The “Worldtime” bezel is marked with major cities around the world. Case width (excluding crowns): 43 mm. Mechanical hand-wound movement, shock-resistant, 17 jewels (functional at the time of sale, no warranty). 1960s/70s. Good condition, signs of wear and scratches, particularly on the Plexiglass. The Elgé watch brand was founded in the late 1940s in Annecy (in Haute-Savoie) by the Lantaz brothers.