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[Discussion] What's the oldest watch you have? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by MrsBox@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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What's the oldest watch you have? And why?

I sold a variety of Swiss and non-swiss brands for a long time when I worked as a jeweller. At the same time, I developed an interest in antique jewellery and watches.

So whether is cheap or expensive, working or not, 5 years old or 100+ years old, what's the oldest watch you own? Is it a sentimental piece or something you purchased because of its model?

Just hoping to find out about some more different watches out there!

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[–] jacharcus@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Excluding pocket watches, a 1911 Elgin watch. The movement is from 1911 at least, it's a ladies' pocket watch movement. Now, this is a men's wristwatch, with an Art Deco dial. So my thinking is:

wristwatches get popular for women pre-WW1, women stop buying pocket watches, they get a surplus of women's pocket watch movements

-WW1 comes, men start wearing wristwatches after getting used to them in the trenches

-post WW1, they use those surplus women's pocket watch movements for men's wristwatches

I also have a 1930s steel Tavannes tank which would be the second oldest.