155 - MATY, Besançon (France). Automatic. Wristwatch with a circular gold-plated metal case and a screw-down steel caseback. No. 66792. Cream-colored dial with applied hour markers and Arabic numerals, double date window at 3 o’clock, signed. Gold-plated, luminescent baton hands; central seconds hand. Case diameter (excluding crown): 33 mm. Self-winding mechanical movement with Incabloc shock protection (functional at the time of sale, no warranty). 1970s. Good condition, but the Plexiglass is cracked. Comes with a reattached, plated Fixoflex bracelet.

MATY, Besançon (France). Automatic. Wristwatch with a circular gold-plated metal case and a screw-down steel caseback. No. 66792. Cream-colored dial with applied hour markers and Arabic numerals, double date window at 3 o’clock, signed. Gold-plated, luminescent baton hands; central seconds hand. Case diameter (excluding crown): 33 mm. Self-winding mechanical movement with Incabloc shock protection (functional at the time of sale, no warranty). 1970s. Good condition, but the Plexiglass is cracked. Comes with a reattached, plated Fixoflex bracelet. The MATY brand was founded in 1951 in Besançon by Gérard Mantion and his wife Elyane. He combined the first letters of his name to form “Mati,” then changed the spelling to MATY to give it a more modern, American-sounding name.