Watches From The Years: 1955-58

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We all have some sort of interest and/or personal link to a specific years. Might be your birth year, the year you got engaged/married, got a child, or the year where happened an event that is somehow special to you.

Besides your special event, there is no doubt that lots of different watches were produced that year.

I often see people asking for help to :

- find a specific watch model from a specific year
- assess the variety of watches produced on a specific year

The purpose of this thread is to log photographs and details of different watches from the years specified owned by members of the OF Community.

Rules for posting

- watches from all brands are allowed, as long as they are from the this period.
- if you don't have any evidence to claim the year (extract from archives or sales papers), please do mention #estimated
- if you own evidences to claim the year, please do mention #confirmed and please elaborate on evidences available (extract from archives or sales papers) posting evidences is not mandatory
- it is obvious that a watch can be produced on a specific date confirmed by an extract from archives, or sold on a specific date confirmed by sales papers. To simplify, both are admitted here, please do elaborate on your references
- commenting is obviously allowed and encouraged, OF etiquette highly recommended

Let's make of this thread an EPIC collection of watches produced or sold in the 50’s!
 
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Let me start with this Rodania Gometer



#confirmed by original sales papers, sold in 1957 in Kandersteg CH
 
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Stepped dial connie on brick bracelet. #confirmed by extract from the archives.

 
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Longines Conquest, #confirmed 1957 by Extract.

Edited:
 
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#confirmed
Railmaster 2777-2
Per Extract
Produced December 20, 1955. Delivered to Canada
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1956 seems to be a little underrepresented so far. Let’s try this one, even though it’s just an estimate (1517xxx serial):

2852 Connie

 
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2852 Connie, confirmed by EotA as sold in 1957 in Argentina.

 
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Something a little different: A 14350 with hooded lugs from 1955:

 
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Ref 14381.....1958.....Estimated from the serial, which is very early for the cal 551.
One of the 20,000
Uncommon markers, most had baguette
RE this late is uncommon
Uncommon Lume presentation on markers with special hands when Factory Order Lume was requested.

 
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Glycine Airman Special, with unusual "12 on Top", delivered to US military post exchanges for sale. 24 hour movement (hour hand makes one complete rotation in 24 hours) and hacking mechanism through use of pin top pops out of dial to stop seconds hand.

1956 estimated based on serial number. Originally came with leather strap. Crown is not original and will be replaced during service.
 
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1958 a very tough year for a birth year watch.