Arnex may refer to: Arnex-sur-Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland Arnex-sur-Orbe, Vaud, Switzerland. Vintage Arnex Incabloc France Made Watch 17 Jewels. Gold Tone Embossed Engraved Pocket Watch with chain SWISS MADE. A watch carried in the pocket, often with a closing cover and usually attached to a chain. VINTAGE 1950'S ARNEX 17 JEWEL INCABLOC SWISS POCKET WATCH For Parts Or Repair. It is probably not of great value perhaps 50 dollars just from what i learned so far. Groomsmen Pocket Watch - Custom Pocket Watch - Groomsmen Gift - Personalized Pocket Watch - Engraved Pocket Watch - Best Man Gift - Black. Vintage Gold tone Arnex Etched Horoscope Zodiac Sign Figure 2 Blade Knife & File Pik. The jewels would be synthetic in any watch made in the period in question. The jewels are there to provide hard surfaces for friction points inside the watch mechanism to improve reliability, they do not provide a cosmetic purpose. In fact, units sold reached the millions because they were accessible to almost every budget. They were made in Switzerland and were highly affordable. arnwx pocket watch 17jewel with original box. an appropriate number of jewels for a reliable mechanical watch. Arnex pocket watches were very popular in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s. VINTAGE ARNEX 17JEWELS INCABLOC POCKET WATCH RUNS GREAT SWISS MADE. With that being said, I would date it as being from the 1960s.ġ7 jewels makes it a 'fully-jeweled' time piece, i.e. I suspect it was manufactured some time after that and no later than the early 1970s when the Swiss watch industry went into a period of decline and when Arnex probably folded as an independent company.

The system was widely used from the late 1940s and early 1950s and was trademarked in 1957.

Incabloc is a shock-protection system introduced in 1934, so this pocket watch is no older than that. They use the Unitas 16 ligne(6497 OF,6498 HC), and 18 ligne (431,445,6431,6445 the latter two have no balance srews).These movements have the incabloc design, solid balance wheels, some with or without balance screws (depending upon when made).As these are generic movements many names exist: Arnex,Camero. The brand is associated with good quality but affordable time pieces. I have seen Arnex and other generic names on the 'modern' mechanical pocket watches. The original company was acquired by Lucien Piccard (The LP Watch Group). Arnex 17 Jewels Incabloc Swiss Made Pocket Watch (with chain)Īrnex is a brand originating in the Swiss Jura, the heart of the Swiss watch-making industry, from a community called Arnex-sur-Orbe.