This is a particularly special Voumard, not only because of its excellent original condition, but because it comes as an unusually complete original set, including the presentation box, outer box, and its distinctive original stretch bracelet.
The watch was acquired from a collector who knew the family it originally belonged to, and it has the look of a watch that spent most of its life safely stored away rather than worn extensively. The overall condition is remarkably clean for a mid-century Swiss watch, with a crisp dial, bright applied markers, sharp case finishing, and an exceptionally well-preserved bracelet.
The dial is classic mid-century Swiss design, featuring a clean silver-toned field, applied gold-tone baton markers, Arabic numerals at 6 and 9, and elegant gold-tone hands. A framed date window at 3 o'clock adds useful functionality while keeping the dial beautifully balanced.
At 6 o'clock the dial is signed SWISS MADE, while beneath the Voumard name is the 17 JEWELS INCABLOC designation, highlighting the jeweled Swiss mechanical movement and its Incabloc shock-protection system.
The movement is equally impressive. The photographs show a beautifully preserved 17-jewel Swiss movement, with the bridges and plates carrying the markings WATCH IMPORT CO., SEVENTEEN 17 JEWELS, SWISS. The movement has the traditional architecture and finishing of a quality mid-century Swiss mechanical calibre, complete with Incabloc shock protection and a finely regulated balance.
What really elevates this example is the completeness of the package.
It includes:
Original Voumard presentation box
Original outer box
Original Voumard watch
Original period stretch bracelet
The bracelet is particularly interesting. Rather than a modern replacement, this is the distinctive period stretch bracelet that accompanied the watch, giving the whole package a wonderfully authentic mid-century appearance.
The original packaging is also a fantastic piece of period ephemera in its own right. The box prominently identifies Voumard, Neuchâtel, Suisse, with the slogan “One of the World's Truly Fine Watches.”
There is even a wonderful piece of period advertising shown alongside the watch, promoting Defender watches and describing them as “smartly fashioned” and “precisely accurate,” giving a great sense of the era in which this Voumard was sold.
Voumard was a Swiss watchmaker associated with Neuchâtel, and examples from the period are far less commonly encountered than watches from the major Swiss names. That makes finding one in this condition—and especially with its original packaging and bracelet—quite unusual.
There are plenty of vintage Swiss watches from this period.
There are considerably fewer that feel like time capsules.
This Voumard has that quality.
The combination of the beautifully preserved dial, original case, period bracelet, mechanical 17-jewel movement, original boxes, and provenance from a collector's family makes this much more than simply an attractive vintage dress watch.
It is a complete snapshot of mid-century Swiss watchmaking, right down to the packaging it left the retailer in.
For collectors who appreciate the lesser-known Swiss manufacturers, this is exactly the kind of watch that makes vintage collecting so rewarding: understated, beautifully made, historically interesting, and remarkably original.
A genuinely special NOS-condition Voumard, preserved with its original packaging and bracelet—a wonderful mid-century Swiss time capsule.
This is a particularly special Voumard, not only because of its excellent original condition, but because it comes as an unusually complete original set, including the presentation box, outer box, and its distinctive original stretch bracelet.
The watch was acquired from a collector who knew the family it originally belonged to, and it has the look of a watch that spent most of its life safely stored away rather than worn extensively. The overall condition is remarkably clean for a mid-century Swiss watch, with a crisp dial, bright applied markers, sharp case finishing, and an exceptionally well-preserved bracelet.
The dial is classic mid-century Swiss design, featuring a clean silver-toned field, applied gold-tone baton markers, Arabic numerals at 6 and 9, and elegant gold-tone hands. A framed date window at 3 o'clock adds useful functionality while keeping the dial beautifully balanced.
At 6 o'clock the dial is signed SWISS MADE, while beneath the Voumard name is the 17 JEWELS INCABLOC designation, highlighting the jeweled Swiss mechanical movement and its Incabloc shock-protection system.
The movement is equally impressive. The photographs show a beautifully preserved 17-jewel Swiss movement, with the bridges and plates carrying the markings WATCH IMPORT CO., SEVENTEEN 17 JEWELS, SWISS. The movement has the traditional architecture and finishing of a quality mid-century Swiss mechanical calibre, complete with Incabloc shock protection and a finely regulated balance.
What really elevates this example is the completeness of the package.
It includes:
Original Voumard presentation box
Original outer box
Original Voumard watch
Original period stretch bracelet
The bracelet is particularly interesting. Rather than a modern replacement, this is the distinctive period stretch bracelet that accompanied the watch, giving the whole package a wonderfully authentic mid-century appearance.
The original packaging is also a fantastic piece of period ephemera in its own right. The box prominently identifies Voumard, Neuchâtel, Suisse, with the slogan “One of the World's Truly Fine Watches.”
There is even a wonderful piece of period advertising shown alongside the watch, promoting Defender watches and describing them as “smartly fashioned” and “precisely accurate,” giving a great sense of the era in which this Voumard was sold.
Voumard was a Swiss watchmaker associated with Neuchâtel, and examples from the period are far less commonly encountered than watches from the major Swiss names. That makes finding one in this condition—and especially with its original packaging and bracelet—quite unusual.
There are plenty of vintage Swiss watches from this period.
There are considerably fewer that feel like time capsules.
This Voumard has that quality.
The combination of the beautifully preserved dial, original case, period bracelet, mechanical 17-jewel movement, original boxes, and provenance from a collector's family makes this much more than simply an attractive vintage dress watch.
It is a complete snapshot of mid-century Swiss watchmaking, right down to the packaging it left the retailer in.
For collectors who appreciate the lesser-known Swiss manufacturers, this is exactly the kind of watch that makes vintage collecting so rewarding: understated, beautifully made, historically interesting, and remarkably original.
A genuinely special NOS-condition Voumard, preserved with its original packaging and bracelet—a wonderful mid-century Swiss time capsule.