You know, once in a while comes a watch you spend and arm and a leg on, and you question your sanity between the buy and the arrival. But once it is in hand, it's not as if it justifies the price...any thought of the price simply vanishes. If Ben Franklin said "the bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten," might we say as corollary "The sting of a high price is obliterated by the sweetness of a beautiful object?" Onwards to the buy in question. We're not playing "Wot's in the Box" this time, as followers of the Recommended thread know what I've received. Nevertheless, here's the box in question, rather nice in its own right, and in perfect condition. It comes with papers and bill of sale from Singapore dated 1956 and even nifty hang tags. Recognize the fish? The watch is a gold-plated Conquest with a black dial ...a real candidate for the NOS thread The fish and its echo As the auctioneer says, "No regrets"
Super nice! And the accessories are superb. The invoice doesn't look like it has aged much. And I recognised that address except there's a new building where the old one stood.
Hey, that's my birthday watch! Well, not the same year. It's exactly five years older than I. Very, very nice! gatorcpa
What a ridiculously sweet package! Kudos, chapeau, accolades, epithets! Best hang-tag ever. It doesn't look as much like a breaching trouser trout as the one on the medallion, but still an awesome accoutrement.
I think it's more like the further away you are from graduating medical school, the more you find yourself perfectly happy with fewer and fewer accoutrements.
Probably true of any profession as track record replaces resume. Surely you don't include watches in the "accoutrements" category?
Beautiful watch Lou! I was curious enough to google Lien Wah Watch Dealer, since (as Gavin pointed out) it's no longer at North Bridge Road in Singapore. I found this old ad in a 1959 digitalized copy of the Straits Times (our main English newspaper) which adds a little more history to the company that sold the Longines originally. As the ad suggests, Lien Wah did sell watches, cameras and transistor radios, which were luxury goods then for the people of Singapore. The receipt itself is a fascinating slice of history.