Ladies’ antique watches, sadly, do not feature prominently in these Time Worn Watches pages. It has not been a deliberate omission. It’s simply because, as…
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IWC has rarely been featured in any Time Worn Watches post until now. I don’t really know why, the brand is respectable, and they produced…
Leave a CommentThe First World War marked a turning point in how battles were fought and timed. For the first time, British generals directed operations from remote…
Leave a CommentPocket watches once served as essential accessories for both men and women. They provided a reliable way to tell time before wristwatches became popular. People…
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 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 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 CommentI 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, I came across a reference to the US patent “U.S. PAT 24 May 1904”. This…
1 CommentThe trench watch or “wristlet” was a type of watch that evolved on the battlefields of World War I. Pocket watches, which were worn by…
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