Vintage RECORD DATOFIX - Triple Calendar Moon Phase 34.6mm circa 1950

This is a Vintage RECORD DATOFIX - Triple Calendar Moon Phase 34.6mm circa 1950. Datofix proudly showcases a constellation of elusive complications: a pointer-date calendar, a moon-phase indicator, a set of day and date displays, and – the cherry on top – a neat small seconds display at 6 o’clock. The dagger indices and slender sword hands tie the impressive composition together, lending the watch an aggressive aspect.

Founded circa 1903, the company later banded with a few other watchmakers to form Record Dreadnought Watch Co. In 1961, Longines bought a majority share of Record and used some of their movements in their own timepieces as well. Unfortunately, Record fell victim to the quartz crisis and never fully recovered. It eventually ceased production in 1991,

What made this watch unique is that most moon phase window is at 6 o'clock position but Record Watch placed it at the 12 o'clock position instead. Powering the watch is the in-house manual-winding Calibre 106 with quickset pushers to set the day, date, month and moonphase indications. I am on a nostalgia trip as I have started to recollect some of the timepieces I used to own. One must be careful not to damange the watch mvement and the only consideration to take note of is not to change the triple date and moonphase indications when the hands are between 10 o’clock and two o’clock.