Interesting as well as educational comments

 

I hate it when I find cool stuff right after someone else hits the buy it now button.

 

You saved yourself the hassle of needing to also buy a new strap

 

Perhaps something someone on this thread would be interested in (sorry if anyone had seen this before and was intending to bid)

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...0725/lot-c80283fb-27d9-489c-9770-abd100d6bf70

 

It’s a beautiful thing but at £500-£700, Tennants are estimating a very high price considering the condition of the chrome plating.

 

square watches seem so special

 

This deserves a place here. Credit @mostly.tellus on Instagram.

 

Just picked up this tiny sterling beaut. The Canadian in me just couldn’t let it go (Birks being like Canada’s Tiffany & Co.)

 

Neat piece, with a Tavannes movement and Swiss, 0.925 case. The dial might be of the indelible type, as well.

Edit: Photos below added for posterity.

 

Great info, thank you! Would love to hear anything else you might know about it. I was given very little from the seller, was just drawn to it for the reasons stated above. A few more macro pics of the dial below (I added the funky nato for a bit of cravat flair!)

 

I thought crevat when I saw that strap. Nice colour choice

 

Thanks for the additional photos. The dial does appear to be of the indelible type, with enameled printing that sits in precise recesses. These dials stopped being used by mid-tier brands (Patek Philippe continued using them) around the start of the Great Depression. The Tavannes movement is also well-made. Here is some information on the company: https://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/tavannes.php I am sure that @bubba48 will appreciate this piece.

 

Found this in the basement while cleaning. Part of dads collection

 

This cookbook found at a friend’s old house may well be from the 1950s but some of the font is clearly from the art deco era. And the whole thing, complete with advertisements for « modern » kitchen cabinets is simply priceless in its vintage delightfulness.

 

I have a thing for the art deco’ish ads of the mid 20th century.

Here are two from the mid 1940s. I have a whole bunch but these two are pretty cool

 

These are great, I too have a soft spot for modern/industrial rail art.

 

I have always liked trains but the ads from that era is just special. Also some of the best architecture from the late 20’s to the late 40’s

 

From a deck of playing cards. When I got them they were sealed but the cellophane wrapping disintegrated.

 

More people would take public transit if infrastructure still looked that good

 

Sorting through an old attic in the south of France... issues of a litterary review in 1938, months before the Munich accords.... « Happy days », «Before oblivion » and «The Double Escape ».