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
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.
President of Mexico watch in this thread ... or is it? https://omegaforums.net/threads/1675-previously-owned-by-president-of-mexico.110775/
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.
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" .................
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!)
Confirmed by Mrs Hordern and Mr James Dalgety of "The Puzzle Museum - Hordern-Dalgety Collection" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hordern
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.
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.