Ardath was founded in 1935 in Geneva by Edmond Dreyfuss, a veteran of
the watch industry. The company specialized in mass-market Roskopf
watches, before moving into upscale Swiss lever watches in the 1950s.
After Dreyfuss’ death in 1954, the company followed industry trends,
introducing waterproof watches and a small “5 silver coin” model just
17.2 mm diameter.

In 1962, Ardath introduced the Long Distance,
a pioneering dual timezone watch with two separate movements side by
side in a single oversized dial, one automatic with date and the other
hand-winding. In 1968, the Super Long Distance model featured two automatic movements in a long rectangular case.

Ca.
30 mm (not including the crowns) x 56 mm diameter half-cuff style
rose-gold plated watch case. Acrylic crystal for both watches.

This exquisite watch is powered by TWO Swiss automatic movements (ETA Cal. 2551).

Gold
dial with applied 6, 9 and 12 Arabic numerals and hours markers for the
upper watch (local time), and applied Roman numerals and hours markers
for the watch below (home time). Date opening at 3:00 for both watches.