Watches are more than just tools for telling time; they’re windows into craftsmanship, history, and style. When it comes to antique pocket watches and wristwatches,…
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If you are looking to buy a “gold” antique pocket watch, it always pays to be sure of what you are buying. “Gold” watch cases…
Leave a CommentStrictly speaking, this watch isn’t an antique (yet) as it likely dates from the 1940s. However, it caught my attention because I have family connections…
Leave a CommentWhen you glance at an antique pocket watch, the first thing that catches your eye is its dial, or the ‘face’. The dial’s condition speaks…
Leave a CommentManufacturing watch cases was one of the hardest tasks to mechanise or automate. In the nineteenth century, automatic machinery enabled the mass production of watch…
Leave a CommentI recently came across this gentleman’s antique silver Zenith trench watch from Favre Leuba, dating from 1916. The Favre Leuba name was not one I…
Leave a CommentWhen people think of antique watches, one of the most iconic associations is the sound of ticking. That steady, rhythmic tick has become deeply intertwined…
1 CommentI need to be honest at the start. I don’t own a minute repeater watch and most probably never will. The antique watches that I…
1 CommentWe recently received an email from a visitor to Time Worn Watches with questions about a pocket watch that had been passed down through the…
4 CommentsDuring some recent research on a particular Tavannes trench watch, we came across a reference to the US patent “U.S. PAT 24 May 1904”. This…
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