marcelo
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Nice illustration, Geo.
I'm not a fan of big watches, but the pink gold is really beautiful.
Marcelo
Some thoughts
By: SJX : June 7th, 2010-08:02
Hi Marcelo, Interesting question. It is probably a little inaccurate to characterise Santos Dumont as the first civilian wristwatch wearer. Ladies did wear wristwatches in the late 19th century, both Patek and GP boast of having made wristwatches in that ...
Thanks for the reply, SJX!
By: marcelo : June 7th, 2010-09:19
Nice insights, especially on the WWI. In fact Paul Hoffman says exactly what you did about ladies wearing wristwatches in the late 19 th century and that the militaries were the first men to wear them. According to Hoffman the German commanders used them ...
Excellent point
By: Martin Green : June 8th, 2010-02:39
Both World Wars probably did more for the upcomming of the wristwatch then Santos Dumont, but like you already pointed out I think that the fact that Santos Dumont wore a wristwatch in itself is the most significant fact. That makes the Santos indeed the ...
I disagree
By: SJX : June 8th, 2010-08:07
I do not disagree with your conclusion, which is plausible, but rather with the reasons. I do not know Santos Dumont well enough, perhaps the biography Marcelo mentions would indicate, to say for certain if he wore his wristwatch on the ground. Because it...
Hi Marcello
By: Geo : June 12th, 2010-22:56
These models here are pretty small. The current Santos Dumont here pictured in the middle, in pink gold is 44.5 x 35.9 and the Santos Dumont Squelette, SJX posted is about that same size. GEO