A one owner watch bought for a 21st birthday, I even know the owner...my Dad !
Blimey
@smitty190373! Lovely watch! And the box and papers from the Houndsditch Warehouse over at the East end of London near Petticoat Lane Sunday market. I hope you don't mind my adding a bit to your post, but it has stirred memories of the place where your Dad's watch was purchased back in 1972.
Back then, that part of post-war London was a Jewish area with a lot of clothing traders and Jewellers. When I got married in the 1970's, we bought my suit and our wedding rings up there. It was great because the traders would 'haggle' a bit with the price. The street market was flanked by lots of small shops. Great place to go to buy a watch or a bit of gold!
People used to travel right across London to it because it was the only place open on a Sunday morning in the early 1970's. Apart from the morning newsagents, almost everything else in England was shut. If it started raining the bargain hunters would all head for shelter in the Houndsditch Warehouse.
They used to have a 1970's TV and radio commercial song that would get 'stuck in your head'.
(E)"The Houndsditch... (E/B#)Warehouse... There's (A) five floors of bargains... all (Am) waiting for you at our storrrrrrrrre!
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(Picture below is
@smitty190373 's beautiful Longings watch from the Houndsditch Warehouse, London, 1972)
The UK Sunday trading laws were strict back in the early 1970's Your Dad's box and papers receipt is dated June 11th 1972. That was a Sunday. So it's possible they may have got up early, gone on a Sunday morning visit to Petticoat Lane and then dived into 'The Houndsditch Warehouse' and bought the watch?? It used to get very busy, so they would have trudged their way through crowds of people to buy that watch.
There you are mate! A little bit of 20th century London social history to go with your Dad's beautiful watch.
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