Search Results for ‘1920s’

Hello, total newbie here! I would really like to own a watch from each decade starting from the '20s - but it must be really from the period, no renovations, substitutions etc. How realistic is that? Said another way - how realistic it is that I don't buy a bunch of fakes? Take these two for...

Hello! I recently received a Bengard wristwatch and have not been able to find any information online regarding the company. Does anyone else happen to have a watch by Bengard or know anything about them? The watch looks to be 1920s. It is my first vintage/antique watch and I hope to find a...

Hi everybody, I visited a french forum today and saw this very interesting news from Swiss television. A commercial footage from the Longines factory has been discovered and restored (digitized ?). Actually, it was in great shape and the footage is top quality. It contains footage from the...

Just today my grandmother gave me my great grandfather's pocket watch. He won it in a shooting match around 1940. I tried to identify the watch by myself searching in the Internet, but i could only find out that it was made around 1920. I like pocket watches, but frankly I have no experience or...

Hi All, Just found this gem. Wanted to share photos and read your opinions. Cheers!

Hello all, After looking through the book Tag Heuer- Mastering time I recently picked up (great book by the way), I noticed that some of the stopwatches they listed as being from the 1920s looking startlingly close to an impulse purchase I made on the bay a while back. It is a non-working...

Watch is completely functional and recently appraised by an Omega specialty jeweler. Case diameter is 48.98 mm; 15 jewels; Swiss mechanical-hand-wind; and Arabic hour markers. The appraisal says its would be worth $1500 but I only want $1000. Please contact me at (330) 814-0572 with any...

Hi I have the opportunity to buy this watch, as far as I can tell the seller seems very genuine, and has provided several photos. I don't think I will be able to see/feel it before buying (German seller, I'm in UK). Afaik watches manufactured by Breitling pre 193(2?) were labelled...