Watchismo Times: Rare Recovered Retrograde Wristwatches - Two 1972 Wittnauer Sector Futurama 1000

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Rare Recovered Retrograde Wristwatches - Two 1972 Wittnauer Sector Futurama 1000

There were very few double-retrograde watches made in the early seventies but here are two of the very best. The vintage automatic winding "Futurama 1000" by Wittnauer featured only two styles, silver dial and black dial with hours and minutes displayed in an arc (hours on left, minutes on right). As each hand travels to the bottom, they fly-back to the top rather than circularly rotate. These two are particularly fine examples each with their original bracelets. Deep-set magnified portholes for date display.

Black dial (shown above displaying 11:10)-->Link
Silver dial (shown below displaying 11:12)-->Link