Ever buy a watch JUST for the inscription?

I would venture a guess at a Masonic Lodge? The masons have both 'officers' and 'masters', with 'wor. bro.' perhaps indicating 'worshipful brother'. The paradise lodge would therefore be a masonic lodge. There is a Lodge 1149 in Dundee and was founded in 1915. Alternatively there is another lodge 1149 in Dorking, founded in 1867. I am sure there are quite probably quite a few lodge 1149's around the world.

The dial side isn’t bad either, by the way. Lovely thing. Congrats.

As we are sharing engravings, not one I bought for the engraving, but transpired that this watch was given to Vernon Sangster by his wife. Some/many of you may not know who Vernon Sangster was, but he founded Vernon's Pools; apparently he stopped wearing this after his wife gave him a Rolex.

Many years ago, long before I began collecting watches, I bought a presentation pocket watch (now long gone and I have no photos) to a stoker on HMS Powerful who served in the Naval Brigade at the Siege of Ladysmith, 1900. It was cheap and I liked it, but it didn't work and after a while I didn't see the point of keeping it. It ended up with a collector of Boer War memorabilia who gave me a good profit.

If I weren't already overstocked, I'd consider a watch inscribed to, say a British gallantry award winner, a celebrity such as Clark Gable or James Stewart, someone notorious in some way (no serial killers or black magicians), any famous author whom I like, or something weirdly quirky like Presented to PC William Boggs in 1909 by the grateful ladies of East Finchley on the occasion of his rescuing little Timmy Priddle from a crocodile in the Serpentine.

I would not buy a watch marked To John from Mum and Dad with love, or thanking for 50 years service with the Croydon Gravel Refining Company, or any other such boring banalities no matter how nice the watch.

Not a watch, but I specifically chose a vintage fountain pen and pencil set (1st Gen Sheaffer Triumph) because I found the monogram engraving particularly gorgeous compared to unengraved examples

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I have never bought a watch just for the inscription but I have two I like a lot. Here’s one of them, cannot find the picture for the other one.

Definitely Masonic, although I can't find a history of a Lodge 1149 anywhere in the US. There was an Erwin R. Zoline that lived in Illinois that may be the guy. AF&AM is "Ancient Free & Accepted Masons".

The answer is yes. I love dedications. I look for them and have a lot of them. The link, below is to one of my favorites. The description is in the link. This watch will be featured in an exhibit of Civil War Watches at the NAWCC Museum in Colombia, PA at the end of June.

http://www.johncotephotography.com/Watches/JJ-Tour_3/index.html

Tried to buy a Rolex once from a company employee. The back was engraved with the employees name, and "Congratulations on your 10 year anniversary" and a date, and the Rolex crown. 100% authentic, the employee is still at the Rolex store. I just thought is was cool.