A perfect slim German dress watch from the 1960s made by STOWA (Storz, Walter), signed ‘Foreign’ for British market. Simple, clean, and exactly as a proper suit watch should be. Nothing unnecessary: a calm cream-silver dial, elegant applied markers, only 12 and 6 numerals, and no date to break the symmetry. It is one of those “quiet quality” watches that feels effortless on the wrist and looks correct with anything from a jacket to a knit. Condition is outstanding for the period: only light wear on the case, a near-perfect dial, and a movement that runs “like new” in feel and behavior. Finding a 1960s steel dress Stowa in this level of preservation is genuinely uncommon. Specifications Brand: STOWA (Walter Storz) Type: Slim dress watch / “Foreign” dial marking for British market Period: 1960s, Germany Movement: PUW calibre 260, manual winding, 17 jewels Case: Stainless steel Caseback: Screw-down stainless steel back Crystal: Acrylic Dial: Cream-silver; applied indices; Arabic numerals only at 12 and 6; no date Lume: Green luminous infill on indices and hands (safe, no radium) Strap: High-quality genuine leather strap A short story about STOWA STOWA was founded in 1927 by Walter Storz in Hornberg (Black Forest) and became one of the most respected German names for practical, well-built timepieces. The brand’s history is tightly connected with German military and professional watches – especially navigation and observation timepieces (chronometer / B-Uhr tradition), which later helped cement STOWA’s reputation among collectors. Today STOWA is a “fancy” enthusiast brand again: small-batch, historically aware, and strongly focused on Bauhaus-clean design and tool-watch heritage. Many vintage STOWA watches used strong Swiss movements (often from Unitas, Cortebert, and other respected makers), but this watch is a nice exception: here the heart is German too – the PUW 260 by Pforzheim Uhren-Rohwerke (Pforzheim Uhrenwerke GmbH), one of West Germany’s key movement manufacturers of the era. It’s a great example of the 1960s German watch industry local engineering. Servicing and Warranty Fully serviced with disassembly in our Bristol shop Mechanics in full working order 12-month movement warranty Warranty Terms and Conditions No water resistance warranty
