VINTAGE WATCH CRYSTALS

INSIST ON G-S – THE ORIGINAL – STILL THE BEST

G-S Supplies, Inc, founded in 1916, has manufactured watch crystals for almost 100 years and has published watch crystal catalogs since the 1920s. Through the years, G-S partnered with Bulova, Hamilton, Elgin, Gruen, Longines and other watch manufacturers to produce plastic watch crystals that met their precise specifications.

Examples of Vintage Watch Crystals:

LC 340 Elgin Pocket watch
LF 370 Illinois Pocket watch

LF 400 Wadsworth Pocket watch
TF 1193 Ingersoll watch

LF 390 Gruen Pocket watch
N 550 Elgin watch

T 1272 New Haven watch
Y 837 1939 Mickey Mouse Watch

Reference lists from vintage crystal catalogs of known vintage watch names and their corresponding G-S crystal:

1943 Crystal Catalog Cross-Reference List 

1952 Crystal Catalog Cross-Reference List

The 1952 vintage watch crystal catalog is the most complete vintage catalog.

  • It incorporates all vintage G-S crystals manufactured from the 1920s through the early 1950s.

  • G-S vintage crystals are available for purchase by special order. These crystals are formed and finished by hand using our extensive inventory of vintage forming tools.

  • Please contact us if you are interested in production of a particular vintage crystal, or if you would like to purchase a copy of the 1952 catalog.