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collector1946
·Damn, you shouldn't be teasing us like that 😉 This watch would deserve a separate thread, with all the details you've managed to find out
What’s The Oldest Watch In Your Collection?
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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.Great thread idea. Perfect antidote to the news and all the sad perseveration/rumination of late on the state of the collecting community.
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Pianist
·This onion circa 1690
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ahartfie
··The black sheep in the Spee-ee-eee-eedmaster flockOldest watch I've inherited: My great-grandfather's Lange pocketwatch from between 1906-1908 or so. I don't keep it wound.
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Whatwatch
·I think its from the 1920's.
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yle
·This is currently the oldest in my collection (I believe). It's a Jules Jürgensen pocket watch with minute repeater from 1872. It sounds good, too 😀
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Jopi
·Jos Jenkson, London, 1742
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aggie
·Yes, I have.... it has consumed my life. Owning this watch is a direct connection with history as many vintage watches do as that's why we own them, but owning Humphrey Bogart's very personal watch is mind blowing to me everyday. Google is a great place to start... and the rabbit hole just get's bigger
It is why antique watches are fascinating for me too! Not only the watches, but the story/stories behind, the lifes our mind can/try to apprehend, and the mental reconstruction of a past forever gone, but with some bits left in .... -and in many other things- are truly fascinating. Mind blowing, exactly. Much more interesting and valuable, in my opinion, than all the "money side" ...
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Deafboy
··His Holiness Puer SurdusThese two trench watches are my oldest wristwatches
Elgin "Admiral Benson" 1918
The minute markers on the porcelain dial are stars, 48 of them, each corresponding a state of the USA at that era.
This Elgin with a beautiful rose gold case and porcelain dial is from the same era but the movement is somewhat more recent.
Elgin "Admiral Benson" 1918
The minute markers on the porcelain dial are stars, 48 of them, each corresponding a state of the USA at that era.
This Elgin with a beautiful rose gold case and porcelain dial is from the same era but the movement is somewhat more recent.
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reinold
·Hello all,
I have this very nice Omega pocket watch from somewhere between1907 and 1913, handed over to me from my grand father.
it has this interesting finishing on the silver case (Niello), some kind of embossing (omega logo) and the space between filled with a kind of resin. Looking for some expertise on this (Niello) , why they did this and is it maybe rare, and how to repair it.
See the pictures.
Thank you fopr your ideas.
Reinold
I have this very nice Omega pocket watch from somewhere between1907 and 1913, handed over to me from my grand father.
it has this interesting finishing on the silver case (Niello), some kind of embossing (omega logo) and the space between filled with a kind of resin. Looking for some expertise on this (Niello) , why they did this and is it maybe rare, and how to repair it.
See the pictures.
Thank you fopr your ideas.
Reinold
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Canuck
·Niello. From Wikipedia.
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ahartfie
··The black sheep in the Spee-ee-eee-eedmaster flockNice heirloom. This also may be the first pocket watch stand to make an appearance 😎
It's such a good idea. I believe it's made out of steel as it doesn't polish with silver polish (rats) and it's too heavy to be aluminum. When I got it out of my grandfather's things, the leather was completely black with age and I didn't even know it was leather till I was cleaning it.
Grampa kept the watch locked away and I saw it a few times in my youth, so I didn't know much about it till after he passed and it came to me.
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bradurani
·Just turned 100, Ingersol Radiolite Wrist, 1920s
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collector1946
·Hello all,
I have this very nice Omega pocket watch from somewhere between1907 and 1913, handed over to me from my grand father.
it has this interesting finishing on the silver case (Niello), some kind of embossing (omega logo) and the space between filled with a kind of resin. Looking for some expertise on this (Niello) , why they did this and is it maybe rare, and how to repair it.
See the pictures.
Thank you fopr your ideas.
Reinold
Love that case.
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Lassion
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rkman11
·This little 1920s in silver:
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TexOmega
·I'm deeply humbled you are deeply jealous.☕
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