Online Catalogue
24 June 2026 - Basel Watch Auction
Excelsior Park was a highly respected watchmaker known for producing movements not only for its own watches but also for major brands such as Girard-Perregaux, Gallet, and Zenith. Despite its strong reputation, the company ultimately collapsed during the quartz crisis in the 1970s, closing in 1983.
Online Catalogue 24 June 2026 - Basel Watch Auction Lot 468
Excelsior Park
“Monte Carlo”, circa 1960
A stainless-steel manual winding chronograph wristwatch
Case. three-body, solid screw-down case back, rotating bezel graduated up to 60 minutes
Dial: black with Arabic luminous markers and hands, three registers for the constant seconds at 6, 30 minutes at 3, 12 hours indication at 9, date aperture between 4 and 5, outer minute track with 1/5th second, signed
Movement: mechanical with manual winding, calibre Valjoux 7740
Dimension: 42mm
*CHF 2'000 – 4'000
Excelsior Park was a highly respected watchmaker known for producing movements not only for its own watches but also for major brands such as Girard-Perregaux, Gallet, and Zenith. Despite its strong reputation, the company ultimately collapsed during the quartz crisis in the 1970s, closing in 1983.