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"Novelties"...
...but in the true sense, not the Basel/SIHH sense!
In a thread below, 'jimly' recalls his watch bug starting with a Mickey Mouse watch. That must be familiar for many of us!
No doubt some of those watches are still in your watchboxes somewhere: Mickey Mouse, Batman, 'Bunny Sutra', Richard Nixon....
For some light-hearted relief, let's get them together in one spot. This is a roll-call for "novelty" watches of all shapes and sizes: if you have anything that vaguely fits that description - post it here!
To kick you off -
Cheers,
pplater.
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"Novelties"...
...but in the true sense, not the Basel/SIHH sense! In a thread below, 'jimly' recalls his watch bug starting with a Mickey Mouse watch. That must be familiar for many of us! No doubt some of those watches are still in your watchboxes somewhere: Mickey Mo...
Have the same Chairman Mao watch
Bought in Hong Kong in 1997 before the British handover. Shanghai Tang came out with a fairly similar version at 20times the price of the above piece. Best, Horo