Dugena - delicous vintage watches

Regularly I see vintage watches from Dugena with a modern size of 42 mm or larger. They are not the cheapest but damn delicious.

The history of the german brand Dugena is well documented, e.g. here and here.

Dugena logo with from the dial of a 1970s watch. Resembles a fighter plane coming at you.
Today Dugena uses a circle in a triangle as trademark - as the original Alpina logo.

The company was established 1917 and market watches under the name Alpina. In 1942 they had to give up Alpina and changed the name of the brand to Dugena. Dugena is short for Deutsche Uhrmacher-GENossenschaft Alpina. Dugena grew into one of the most wellknown watch brands in Germany. Dugena made watches in many quality levels from cheap models with pin-lever movements to watches with e.g. Valjoux movements. Source. Supposedly the watches were bought from different factories and had only the Dugena name in common.

Dugena Haus in Darmstadt from around 1955.
Notice the Alpina logo on one side and Dugena on the other. Source

The brand survived the quartz crisis, it still exists today and even makes watches inspired by the great 1970s models.

Examples of large vintage watches from German brand Dugena

Dugena Chrono 136 w. Valjoux 7733
On the dial: Dugena, 17 Jewels, Incabloc
On the back: Dugena 136
Width 42 mm (without crown), Length 45 mm
Valjoux 7733 movement with manual winding. Stamped Dugena 4002 in the movement
Stainless steel case. Source: eBay

Dugena Chrono 157 w. Valjoux 7736
On the dial: Dugena
On the back: 157
Width 42,2 mm (without crown)
Valjoux 7736 movement with manual winding. Stamped Dugena 4004 in the movement
Stainless steel case. Sold for 424 Euro in 2018. Source: eBay

Dugena 157 - another specimen

Dugena 157 - another example

Dugena Chrono Square w. Valjoux 7734
On the dial: Dugena, 17 Jewels, Incabloc
On the back: Nothing
Width 42 mm (without crown)
Valjoux 7734 movement with manual winding
Stainless steel case. Source: eBay

Dugena Watertrip w. ETA 2783
On the dial: Dugena, 25 Jewels, Automatic, Watertrip
Width 43 mm (without crown)
ETA 2783 automatic with date
Stainless steel case. Source: Chrono24

Dugena Marinemaster
Dugena also had their own version of a Fortis Marinemaster Super Compressor
Width 42 mm (without crown)
Stainless steel case. Source: kapee99

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