This is a black dialled Tavannes trench watch from 1914. It took me several days to complete my research and I had been looking to…
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One of the watches high on my wish list is the Land & Water trench watch, made by Zenith and retailed by Birch & Gaydon.…
1 CommentThis post is about a pocket watch that I actually wasn’t considering buying, mainly because it isn’t yet antique. However, it did have an interesting…
4 CommentsThis trench watch has an IWC calibre 64 hand-winding movement which is working nicely. The movement is signed with the S&Co for Stauffer and also…
Leave a CommentI recently came across this gentleman’s antique silver Marvin trench watch, 1915. It was from a name which I was only vaguely familiar with. I…
2 CommentsI prefer my watches to be simple and do just one thing, tell the time. My collection doesn’t contain any watches with complications. I do…
3 CommentsIt has been quite a while since I have added to my collection. In fact, it has been nearly six months. This is not through…
2 CommentsOmega is a very well-respected name in horology. They have a long history, stretching back over 170 years at the time of writing. As a…
Leave a CommentI am always looking for something different to add to my antique watch collection. Usually, I look for 15-jewel movements from noted manufacturers. In this…
4 CommentsThere was a variety of materials used to manufacture antique watch cases. The most common was probably a silver alloy. Certainly, most of the cases…
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