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Art deco- watches and beyond
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X350 XJR
··Vintage Omega Aficionado
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flw
··history nerdThis is my place of employment and residence. I work in these surroundings every day. The Kingswood building at Cranbrook Schools, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The campus was designed by Eliel Saarinen.
The exterior:
On the other side of the grounds, the place where I'm eating dinner tonight:
I absolutely love this thread ... it's enriching to see how surrounded we are by such a wonderful design ethos, in everything from watches to cars to buildings.
The exterior:
On the other side of the grounds, the place where I'm eating dinner tonight:
I absolutely love this thread ... it's enriching to see how surrounded we are by such a wonderful design ethos, in everything from watches to cars to buildings.
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JimInOz
··Melbourne AustraliaArt Deco?
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S.H.
·I think this qualifies as an Art Deco dial, no?
Typical european 1940s pocket watch dial and handset.
Typical european 1940s pocket watch dial and handset.
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S.H.
·I knew I had another picture somewhere... an Helvetia with a strange half antishock device (half because it is only on the bridge side - or only on the baseplate, I don't remember)
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François Pépin
·Great thread! Well done Syrte! Now I want a real art deco watch - and maybe a building.
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Syrte
··MWR Tech Support DeptHere’s a building @François Pépin !
Which someone posted on Instagram, apparently from Singapore....
And then I found some snapshots I had taken a couple years ago of the famous entertainment hall « Les Folies Bergeres ». If that ain’t art deco, i don’t know what is...
Which someone posted on Instagram, apparently from Singapore....
And then I found some snapshots I had taken a couple years ago of the famous entertainment hall « Les Folies Bergeres ». If that ain’t art deco, i don’t know what is...
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·I always felt (wrongly maybe?) that the Contax line of cameras had something art deco about it; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age:
I'll go burn a roll with one of them these days. A Zeiss Ikon advert :
More obviously art deco is the rolleicord:
(gave one like those for a friends 30th birthday)
I'll go burn a roll with one of them these days. A Zeiss Ikon advert :
More obviously art deco is the rolleicord:
(gave one like those for a friends 30th birthday)
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Vitezi
·The most awesome art deco dial I've ever seen:
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Vitezi
·No, sadly it is not. 🙁
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snunez
·Great thread! Well done Syrte! Now I want a real art deco watch - and maybe a building.
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