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This is more tarmac than eggshell, but like you, I too wish this were mine. I love the dial texture.
WAYNWT (What are you NOT wearing today?) Plenty actually. In particular, I’m not wearing this one. But it hasn’t had much exposure lately, so here goes.
This is my 1933 Rolex Prince Observatory duo-dial “doctor’s watch”. The only one of this model that I have ever seen that is adjusted to 6-positions (9 adjustments), and having 18-jewels. Not the usual 17-jewels. I am the second owner. My late father bought this watch in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in 1933. He was a watchmaker. He ran his own hole-in-the-wall jewellery shop where he repaired watches. If somebody needed a watch to use when his own watch was being repaired, my father let him use THIS one! What was he thinking? Movement made for Rolex by the associated firm, Aegler. Unfortunately, it was fitted into a gold filled case. 🙁 It is a good runner, but it has taken on the fragility of age, so I don’t wear it very often.
Wonderful story. Here’s hoping you will pass it on to your son, but only in about 50 years or so! If he does not want it you can adopt me. It’s a beauty.