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.
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:
-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.