Gruen Ocean Chief World Timer to Ed White

to Ed White

This particular example features a rare gold-capped stainless case in near mint condition

We dig that

Hamilton again stepped up

production of this wrist alarm didn't commence until 1914

Gruen Ocean Chief World Timer to Ed WhiteAlong with Hamilton, Bulova, and Elgin, Gruen was one of the largest watch manufacturers in the United States. Its founder, a German named Dietrich Gruen, became a watchmaker's apprentice at the age of fifteen, in 1862, and immigrated to the United States five years later. On the voyage to America, he met and fell in love with the daughter of a watchmaker who lived in Ohio. The couple settled there in 1867, and two years later Gruen partnered with a