Vintage
blomman Mr Blue takes us back to the 1940s, showcasing a vintage Omega Officer reference 2299 and its accompanying paper box. This post highlights the stark contrast between the compact packaging and watch sizes of yesteryear and the larger, more elaborate presentations common today, offering a glimpse into historical watch presentation.
Back in the 1940’s, watches were smaller than today’s fashion and so were the boxes as well.
Today we see a lot of very large, luxury boxes that would easily fit ten watches or more inside, made for just one watch…
Back in the 1940’s many boxes were made by paper…
Like this special made box for the Omega Officer reference 2299:
Small in size, both watch and box.
The ref 2299 is only 30.5 mm in diameter.
The box, 50mm x 139mm and 20mm high.
The box is similar to the “standard” box of this time, the “precision watch” box, just a tad smaller.
And, of course, the “Officer” both on the outside and the inside of the box!
The Officer was a watch made for the Swedish market, which can be see on the back of the watch.
“Antimagnetisk, Vattentät, Stötskyddad” Antimagnetic, Waterproof, Shock protected.
Boxes comes in all shapes and sizes… A fun theme to dig into!
Best
Blomman
My kind of watch, it's so beautiful
How many from the new boxes have space in a privat safe. Not enough for us. I think the companies have to provide a small safebox also, situated in the big show box. So the watch has a matching box for the safe and the big one is in a cupboard. Best Walter
Thank you, my friend! Best Blomman
And other goodies, my friend! Best Blomman
One smaller box for the safe would make perfect sense! Wonder if any brand started making that? Best Blomman
. . . the next one, Nicolas. It'll be the crown jewel of the collection, surpassing Tiffany ;-) . . .
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