It’s a beauty. Find a watchmaker who’s services vintage and ask him to open it for you. Snap pics of the movement and inside case back. Very much worth servicing. I assume you are related to the man in the inscription. Also very cool.
Yes, he’s a great uncle. I’m guessing it has some gold on the casing ? But all of that should be on the inside ? I live in a small town, will look at the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, what price should it be for the service ? Thanks.
If its Gold, which I doubt , there will be small stamps at the back of the Lugs. Have a very close look.
No, he lived in Michigan.
Why would you doubt it? Presentation watched like this were traditionally solid gold. It would be a cheapskate employer who gave a plated long service watch. They would also be trickier to inscribe if only plated.
It’s presumably a Norman Morris US case so identifying it might be trickier than with a Swiss case even when opened. There may be no external purity marks or it might say something on the case between the lugs.
The bracelet is pretty nasty and not original IMO but the rest is lovely.
Why would you doubt it? Presentation watched like this were traditionally solid gold. It would be a cheapskate employer who gave a plated long service watch. They would also be trickier to inscribe if only plated.
It’s presumably a Norman Morris US case so identifying it might be trickier than with a Swiss case even when opened. There may be no external purity marks or it might say something on the case between the lugs.
The bracelet is pretty nasty and not original IMO but the rest is lovely.
A lot of hate for this band 😂. My father had it for about 50 years and he never wore it that I know of. On the back side of the band it says Flex-Let and “1 1/20 10kt GF Top 53 stainless back”.
I think the hate for the band is largely because it's 10k gold leaf (and that design!). It's completely period appropriate in a lot of ways, but it's the equivalent of your grandma's crystal bowl of wrapped strawberry candies and loose dinner mints. Unmistakably nostalgic yes, but uh... perhaps with a unique mix of appreciation and mockery simultaneously.
I think the hate for the band is largely because it's 10k gold leaf (and that design!). It's completely period appropriate in a lot of ways, but it's the equivalent of your grandma's crystal bowl of wrapped strawberry candies and loose dinner mints. Unmistakably nostalgic yes, but uh... perhaps with a unique mix of appreciation and mockery simultaneously.
A lot of hate for this band 😂. My father had it for about 50 years and he never wore it that I know of. On the back side of the band it says Flex-Let and “1 1/20 10kt GF Top 53 stainless back”.
