jacharcus

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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.