Bidspirit auction | Leeds De Luxe 7 Jewels

Leeds De Luxe 7 Jewels Manual Wind Military Style Wristwatch - This vintage wristwatch features a black matte dial with a printed railway-style minute track and Arabic numeral hour markers. The dial is printed with Leeds above De Luxe and 7 Jewels below the twelve o'clock position. The words Swiss Made are printed at the bottom, flanking the six o'clock numeral. The time is indicated by gold-tone syringe-style hour and minute hands with aged luminous infill and a contrasting red-painted central seconds hand. The watch is housed in a base metal case with a gold-tone plated finish and a domed acrylic crystal. It is paired with a brown leather bund-style strap featuring contrast stitching and a gold-tone tang buckle. The watch runs. Case Diameter: 1.25 inches Overall Length: 8.75 inches. The gold-tone plating shows significant wear and brassing across the bezel, case sides, and lugs, revealing the underlying white base metal (photo 1). The winding crown shows heavy wear and loss of plating (photo 3). The acrylic crystal exhibits multiple scratches and scuffs, particularly near the three and nine o'clock edges (photo 2). The black dial shows moderate aging with fine spotting and tropicalization throughout the surface (photo 6). The leather strap is in poor condition, showing significant drying, surface cracking, and structural deterioration near the lug attachments (photo 4).