There's very little silver on this forum, which is a shame because it really is a very nice metal for watch cases. Yes, it tarnishes if left alone for an extended period, but that's a just punishment for not wearing the watch frequently enough.

I realize that this will turn into a show of pocket and trench watches but that's okay. They're better than Speedmasters anyway!
(just ask @ulackfocus )

So please, gentlemen.... post your silver!

 

Paging @YukonCornelius

 

Why is silver not used more today? Too soft? How about formal watches who are mostly exposed to the risk of falling Kir royal glasses?

At $17 x Oz price should not be a problem...

 

It's sort of a good question. Hardness isn't really a problem with most precious metals nowadays because they can be alloyed with a wide variety of metals / materials to increase hardness. Annealing does wonders too.

However, silver tarnishes relatively easily. That would make for some icky looking 3 - 5 year old watches.

 

I've found it you wear it, it stays quite clean.

I think people are just too used to the ease of stainless.

 

Argentium (a silver alloy) doesn't tarnish easily:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentium_sterling_silver

 

The only silver I have is this little pocket watch, that I think dates to the early 1900's

And this which I have described in other threads.

 

I'd guess (but don't know) there are solutions to this problem

And isn't that kind of like the latest fad (bronze)?

Just wait until the hipsters find the cool in a greenish wrist...


Easier to get rid of compared to 2m² of ink and those small anuses on the earlobes

 

Oh what the heck. I'll throw in this 1908 or so, private label Omega Trench watch, 13NN, grade B - in a Silver Philadelphia silver case. I needed it because it's from Chattanooga. F**K I hate that song.



13''' NN movement



and the proof its an Omega

 

Only silver watch I have in collection. Womens Roamer with fhf movement. Nothing fancy but still wearable womens watch.

 

Apparantly, when I was three years old, I was so taken by this watch that I opened it and pulled the hands off ... those replacements have been on there since 1975. It's an AWC dating from the 1880s and came to me through my father, from his mother and from her father's father. There's a few athletic medals on the chain from between the wars and a silver vesta case on the other end.

 

C1930. Just arrived today, very pleased!

 

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