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  1. Seiji May 9, 2022

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    Historical Watches Thread. Index below.

    Lt. Col. Harold Burton Lee RAMC D-Day Surgeon and Endurance Researcher
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/anyone-have-a-historical-watch.145564/page-2#post-1992765
    Nahum Sokolow's Lodz Poland 1920s a Founder of Israel
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/lon...edited-for-role-in-creation-of-israel.145482/
    William Lawson's Gold Dennison COSD Wartime Agriculture Executive Committee
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/gol...-fed-the-uk-and-armies-of-ww1-and-ww2.144227/
    Oldest Longines AA4 183
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/sea...nt-transitional-comptoir-aa4-made-1867.77157/
    6B/159 COSD Unexplained oddity
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/anyone-have-a-historical-watch.145564/page-3#post-1992941
    Vice Admiral James A G Troup RN. British Naval Intelligence (Bletchley Park)
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/anyone-have-a-historical-watch.145564/page-3#post-1993110
    Lt. Col A. L. Semmence 44th Essex Regiment
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/anyone-have-a-historical-watch.145564/page-4#post-1997167
    Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher Pioneer of Aviation, Captain of Hornet on Doolittle Raider bombing of Tokyo.
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/anyone-have-a-historical-watch.145564/page-5#post-1998657
    Longines C.O.S.D. Tracking Sheet.
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/anyone-have-a-historical-watch.145564/page-16#post-2131498
    Imperial Japanese Navy Longines Weems 4356
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/anyone-have-a-historical-watch.145564/page-15#post-2129302
    Lt. Col Fredrick Faber MacCabe and the Black Watch Regiment.
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/anyone-have-a-historical-watch.145564/page-12#post-2030952
    S.O.E. Agent Krystyna Janina Skarbek, OBE, GM / Zofia Raczkawska / Florian Sokolow
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/anyone-have-a-historical-watch.145564/page-14#post-2065534
    Iwo Jima Longines - Seikosha Commander William Pierce Jr.
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/anyone-have-a-historical-watch.145564/page-14#post-2069645
    Various 47mm Longines Tool Watches (Lindbergh, Weems, StopSeconde, Slide Ruler, A7, etc)
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/anyone-have-a-historical-watch.145564/page-16#post-2136327
    Imperial Japanese Navy Longines Weems
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/anyone-have-a-historical-watch.145564/page-15#post-2128913
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/anyone-have-a-historical-watch.145564/page-16#post-2138898
    Sidereal Time Weems.
    https://www.mwrforum.net/forums/sho...-Longines-Weems-Sidereal-Time&highlight=weems
     
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  2. cvalue13 May 9, 2022

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    come again?
     
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  3. Dan S May 9, 2022

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    @Seiji wants to show his watches that were owned by famous people. :D
     
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  4. Duracuir1 Never Used A Kodak May 9, 2022

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    This one, from the HMS Bounty in the 18th Century. BA84D9EA-325A-41B3-BEDE-54A8EA2E3EBD.jpeg Still waiting on authentication F96E2CAB-D251-4B45-849C-30CA8C12CEE9.jpeg
     
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  5. blufinz52 Hears dead people, not watch rotors. May 9, 2022

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    This was owned by Dougiedude.

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  6. Canuck May 9, 2022

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    This one was owned by a 19th century dictator of Uruguay by the name of M A X I M O T A J E S. Not mine. It was sold by Sothebys, New York, for a friend of mine about 25 years ago. Made by English maker John Sewill.

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  7. dougiedude Carpe horologium! May 9, 2022

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  8. Alpha Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega Collector May 9, 2022

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  9. Dan S May 9, 2022

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  10. dougiedude Carpe horologium! May 9, 2022

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    The illustrious, colorful, and sometimes controversial ’Squirrel’, @ulackfocus, owned these ones!

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  11. Shabbaz May 9, 2022

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    This one was from Thor Heyerdahl. I had to restore it because of the weather elements
     
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  12. Shabbaz May 9, 2022

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    And of course. Another important historical watch in my collection. The watch from Emerson Fittipaldi which he gave to me after winning the world drivers F1 championship in 1972 at the age of 25. The Heuer 7763.
     
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  13. Alpha Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega Collector May 9, 2022

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    Seems like yesterday :)
     
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  14. Shabbaz May 9, 2022

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    And finally... The watch my grandfather bought in 1937 in Paris which he took with him after he fled nazi germany and which eventually became mine to take care of for the upcoming decades.

    Omega... "The sign of excellence"

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  15. Canuck May 9, 2022

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    This one might well have belonged to famous vaudeville performer and comedian from the 1950s, James Edmondson Sr. (aka “Professor sdrawkcaB”).

    (Only it wasn’t his!)
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  16. bubba48 May 9, 2022

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  17. DirtyDozen12 Thanks, mystery donor! May 9, 2022

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    Once you select an avatar, all postings of historical watches will be revealed.
     
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  18. Seiji May 9, 2022

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    I wasn't sure anyone else cared about watches tied to historical events here, which is also fine. I too love to look at watches just for what they are, but find them more interesting if they did something other than tell time.
     
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  19. Seiji May 9, 2022

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    Okay I suppose I deserved that :)
     
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  20. DirtyDozen12 Thanks, mystery donor! May 9, 2022

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    I think that there are quite a few members who do care. Here is an interesting watch that comes to mind: https://omegaforums.net/threads/presented-to-captain-skinner.33376/
    I have not articulated this before but I think that there are three components, for me: the watch, the story, and the connection between the two.

    The best case scenario would theoretically be a great watch, with a great story, and a great connection between the two, such as Amy Johnson's Weems. The Weems is appealing on its own, Amy Johnson is an intriguing figure in the history of aviation, and the Weems is a watch that was specifically designed as a tool for aviators.

    A less compelling scenario would be a great watch with a great story but little to no connection between the two, such as the Seamaster I mentioned above. The Seamaster is appealing on its own, as it is a cal. 352, and the story of the officers of Nigeria Marine presenting it to Capt. A. Skinner is intriguing, but the tie between the two does not appear to be profound.

    The final two scenarios would be a great watch with no story, and an average watch with a great story. While I am certainly interested in great watches, I am not very compelled by an average watch with a great story, such as Albert Einstein's Longines. Ultimately, this boils down to money. If I could choose between Einstein's Longines and an identical example with no known history for the same price, I might choose the former. However, the fact that the most expensive Longines to be sold (as far as I know) was a quite mundane late 1920s watch that happened to be owned by Einstein is almost disappointing, to me. I digress.
     
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