Let's see your Small Vintage Watches with Beautiful Dials!

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I’ve quite a few 34 -35 mm watches but nothing this small. All posted are amazing. Great thread.
 
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My first watch was purchased by my grandma in 1959 in a small Wisconsin city, $17. Exactly 32 mm, still have it through 65 years of moves and relocations around the world. Silver opaline dial with yellow gold stylized indices echoing the designs of the time. The 'Cadillac' name was icing on the cake, what kid wouldn't want a watch with that name on the dial. Decent quality with a fully jeweled and shock protected movement in a full stainless steel case with screw down back. Just pulled it out of my display cabinet and gave it a wound, still works. I consider this my 'Rosebud'.
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“Pretty” can also apply to watches for women. My wife has a few that would qualify, I think.

#1/ A Mars in a white gold filled case that my late father gave his mother in 1927.

#2/ Longines in a 14- karat white gold case circa late 1920s.

#3/ A Gruen, 14-karat white gold case, sterling silver dial, vitreous enamel numerals, diamond set.

#4/ Probably her favourite. A 14-karat white gold Omega Sapphette, pastel blue tinted synthetic sapphire facetted crystal.


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My two Hamilton Piping Rocks and Hamilton Donald are all three considered small by today's standard. Yet they are larger than the others shown here.
 
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A NOS I picked up a couple of years back.

And a like new Strand.

 
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Here are a few more...


Citizen Kinder Time for kids (as worn by my teenage daughter):
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And this....another gem I got from @Tony C. :

 
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Since you asked so nice……………, and you sold it to me @Tony C. 😉



Doesn’t wear like a 32 due to nice long lugs, that you could shave with…😗
 
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Nice thread idea and here is my contribution :
A longines (L10) in 32mm


A Waltham A17 in 32mm


then a stretch on the specs as I believe this UG outdoorsman is closer to 33mm



And here a Tissot in 30.4mm that I bought for my wife :

and my wife got 2 more lovely longines but I have no idea where she is keeping them actually ;-)
 
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30mm Bulova with applied markings.
Mocha colored dial and killer lug design.

Has a bit of the rose gold look in hand, so it may have had a salmon colored dial initially.
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