Anyone have a historical watch?

come again?

@Seiji wants to show his watches that were owned by famous people. 😁

This one, from the HMS Bounty in the 18th Century. Still waiting on authentication

This was owned by Dougiedude.

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.

LMFAO 😁😁😁

Thanks!!!

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President of Mexico watch in this thread ... or is it?
https://omegaforums.net/threads/1675-previously-owned-by-president-of-mexico.110775/

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

This one was from Thor Heyerdahl. I had to restore it because of the weather elements

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.

Seems like yesterday 😀

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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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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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.