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  1. UncleBuck understands the decision making hierarchy Dec 18, 2020

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    And we are equally happy to see you!
     
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  2. worldwidewes Dec 18, 2020

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    God that Longines is gorgeous.
     
  3. 30t1 Dec 21, 2020

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    I’ll play, maybe in the ballpark
     
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  4. Mark020 not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer Jan 20, 2021

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    Crosspost from the Marvin thread

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  5. CaptainWinsor Jan 20, 2021

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  6. Mark020 not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer Jan 20, 2021

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    Edited Jan 20, 2021
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  7. CaptainWinsor Jan 20, 2021

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  8. Mark020 not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer Jan 20, 2021

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    Good luck. They were also sold branded Election. Similar principle is used in the Mido Melik

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  9. CaptainWinsor Jan 27, 2021

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  10. allwoundup Feb 14, 2021

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    I picked up this Paul Vallette watch as a Valentines Day gift for my wife. Paul Vallette was a brand of Ed. Heuer, precursor to TAG Heuer. The watch probably dates to the mid-1920s to the early 1930s. The dial design caught my eye. Hard to capture in a photo, the hands have been furnace blued. As you can see from the photos, the dial really changes with the lighting. Just a neat little piece.

    My intent is to have an "elegant" bund-style strap designed/made just slightly wider than watch case that the watch will sit atop to give it a more "modern" presence. Playing around with designs now as my WM services the movement.
     
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  11. DaveK Yoda of Yodelers Feb 14, 2021

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    I’d love to see how that strap works out. A lot of these watches could be saved if they were made wearable
     
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  12. allwoundup Feb 14, 2021

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    It really is a shame that vintage women's watches aren't, or don't appear to be, as collectible as vintage men's watches. While part of that might be due to women generally being less fascinated with the "geeky" mechanical aspects of watches/machinery, some of it is undoubtedly due to the relatively tiny size of many vintage women's watches and/or their comparatively more "dated" designs.

    I have played around in the past with trying to "update" vintage women's watches to make them more "wearable" by modern tastes. Below are a couple of examples....I had a friend who makes jewelry incorporate a 1928 Longines and a 1920s Wenvo into casual bracelets for my wife.
     
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  13. CaptainWinsor Feb 14, 2021

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    personally, I love the thin cord bracelets on women’s watches.
     
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  14. allwoundup Feb 14, 2021

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    Being primarily a vintage collector myself, the thin cord bracelets really don't bother me. Then again, I am not a woman -- who seem to believe cord bracelets make them look like their great aunt Gertrude (no slight intended against anyone named Gertrude, just not a popular name hereabouts for the last 75-80 years). The only watch I ever gave my wife having a "cord" bracelet that she would regularly wear is the Abercrombie & Fitch pictured below (made by Mimo), and that was because the watch is "sport" model and the "cord" is braided leather, which works nicely with the overall look...in her eyes, anyways.
     
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  15. imfagent449 Feb 16, 2021

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    Art Deco redial.

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  16. Syrte MWR Tech Support Dept Feb 16, 2021

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    No watch IMO will make anyone look any more or any less stylish or sexy or classy than they are without the watch.
    People IMHO are mistaken if they are counting on a watch to make them more attractive, or if they think a cord watch will make a woman look like her aunt Gertrude if that’s not the vibe she gives out.
    My two cents worth.
     
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  17. Walrus Feb 16, 2021

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    Shoot, guess I might as well find something new to collect I was so sure seikos made me sexy
     
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  18. imfagent449 Feb 16, 2021

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    I have the wristwatch on the left!!!
     
  19. imfagent449 Feb 16, 2021

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    It took me 20 minutes to work out where this building it from. I couldn't shake that I had seen it before. I passed it on the way to work in Melbourne!
     
  20. imfagent449 Feb 16, 2021

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    I am really glad I found this thread.

    I am not sure whether any of these are Art Deco but there we are.

    I don't think I have worn any of these in the last decade. I haven't even seem many of these in over a year - it took me a bit to find in the drawer.
     
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