Serving the Barrie and surrounding area for over three generations and counting
Bill LeBoeuf Jewellers takes great pride in providing our customers with a premium customer service experience and Barrie’s finest selection of watches, diamond and gemstone settings, including jewellery in platinum, white and yellow gold. Our in house custom jewellery designs range from engagement rings and wedding rings to diamond pendants and earrings. In addition, we are continuously updating our estate jewellery collection which includes watches by Rolex, Tag Heuer, Cartier and Breitling as well as many other premium brands.
Our on-site gemologist and goldsmith designers are highly knowledgeable and are available to share their years of experience with you. They will answer any questions you have about your existing piece or will assist you in finding or designing that unique gift.
Let us earn your trust. We have been doing that with our customers from the Barrie and surrounding area for the past 60 years and with the recent expansion of our on-line offerings, we are excited to be building customer loyalty all over Canada and the United States.
Latest Vintage Piece
Ball Skindiver 42mm DM2108A 1000 feet. $1,600.00 CAD. 501-00356.
Ball watches have been around since 1891. They were a major manufacturer of high quality high precision pocket watches in the United States. They were instrumental in setting standards of accuracy to be observed by all railroads in order to avoid disastrous collisions. Before electronic timekeeping technology, railroad grade watches had to be within 30 seconds of the actual precise time, at all times. This type accuracy was quite an accomplishment for the late 1800s. Few very watches produced over 100 years ago were as accurate as a railroad grade timepiece. Today Ball watches are produced in Switzerland to a very high standard.
This Ball Skindiver is the latest in our ever changing estate watch collection. This is a serious diving tool that is able to withstand water pressure to a depth of 1000 feet (300 meters). It offers excellent utility in the form a very legible dial with extra large hour markers, a day/date display, distinct red second hand, and a one-way timer bezel.
The bracelet looks like a mesh design but is actually small multi-segment links that follow every wrist contour making this large 42mm watch weighing 161 grams very comfortable. Integrated into the bracelet is a flip lock safety buckle with diver extension.
Ball use luminous tritium on the hands and hour markers, this material glows continuously without requiring occasional exposure to bright light to recharge. Tritium doesn’t initially glow as bright as modern luminova pigments, but after several hours when the luminova glow fades away, tritium continues to phosphoresce around the clock. This watch is in lightly worn condition, it remains completely original and has never been touched up or polished.
It is running great and keeping excellent time. It comes with its presentation box but no original documents. Ball are still producing a very similar looking current version of the Skindiver with a price of $5,600.00 CAD. Including our one-year warranty this hardly worn Skindiver is estate priced at $1,600.00 CAD. 501-00356.
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Estate Pieces Wanted
We are always looking to buy your estate pieces including brands such as Rolex, Cartier, Breitling, Tag Heuer, along with gold and diamond jewellery.
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