Cuervo y Sobrinos Historiador watches

The Cuervo y Sobrinos Historiador is a collection of 40 mm watches with sapphire crystals, inspired by the brand's past. That past starts in Havana: Don Ramón Cuervo, a Spanish immigrant, opened a jewellery and watch repair shop there in 1862, and in 1882 the business took in his nephews and became Cuervo y Sobrinos. It later moved to a boutique on Calle San Rafael. After the Cuban Revolution the family fled Cuba, and the company was nationalised in 1965. The Italian antique watch specialist Marzio Villa revived the name in the late 1990s, and the brand is now based in Switzerland.

Several Historiador models draw on the brand's 1950s watches. The Flameante is named for its flaming dial, a swirling guilloché pattern, and is based on a Cuervo y Sobrinos original from the 1950s. Its case is just 6.2 mm thick. The steel 3130.1FA has a silver dial, and the 3130.9FA and 3130.9FB put the same thin case in rose gold with silver or blue dials.

The other sub-lines are named in Spanish for their seconds display. The Segundos Pequeños (small seconds) has an 11.15 mm steel case with blue (3191.1BS) or ivory (3191.1I) dials; its Vintage versions, 3191.1VGS in black and 3191.1VAS in silver, keep the case and change the dial. The Segundos Centrales (central seconds) has a 9.9 mm steel case, in blue (3195.1CS.BR) or silver (3195.1CS.AR).

The Historiador Tradición recalls a watch named Tradition that the brand made in the 1950s. The salmon 3195.1TR.C and silver 3195.1TR.S are 10.1 mm steel watches, each limited to 882 pieces.