I'm hijacking this antique thread, as it seems to be the only occurence on WUS for this disappeared brand, and as I've precisely 'inherited' last week-end a
PIRATRON
Vintage quartz : PIRATRON "Michael Groß" edition
Not much is known about this brand ; it's supposedly the ancestor of the French brand "
Pierre Lannier", an entry-level brand, mostly selling their watches in malls and jewelries.
Here's a blog mentioning this theory (translation provided by Google) :
https://tinyurl.com/y96mbf6z
It is credited with dubious origins with the evolution in the 80s of a brand of poor quality, now extinct: Piratron . There is currently no way to confirm this rumor, which in any case would be in the spotlight of a company that would have known how to evolve positively
But there's no definitive proof, so, it remains a mystery :think:
My model is a "
Michael Groß - Albatross" LE edition

it probably goes back to the mid-eighties :think:
The watch itself runs perfectly fine (I'm wearing it since last week-end :-! ).
Accuracy/timekeeping is
spot on with my computer clock O_O (it hasn't gained/lost a single second in 4 days !).
Its condition is rather good, the plated case has no visible scratches, the only visible defect is a liquid crystal "leak" in the lower left of the screen (which doesn't seem to have any negative on the time keeping :think:
Functions are :
- Hour-Min-Sec
- Am/PM or 24h display mode
- Month-Date-Day
- Alarm (programmable)
- Hour Beep
- ¹⁄₁₀₀ chronograph with LAP function
- 100m WR
There's no light on this model.
It's a nice reminder of the quartz frenzy of the 80s' and for now, I'm wearing this
family inheritance with pleasure :-!
It only took a bit of cleaning and a new battery, and the watch was back on tracks after probably 30 years of sleep
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