Kev, I have almost exactly the same watch as your Gubelin. Mine was sold on 18 December 1945 in Stockholm. I imagine it was bought as a Christmas present to celebrate the end of WWII.

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If only they could talk.

 
 By: kev09 : March 26th, 2020-13:43
In these very difficult times it seems that many of us have time on our hands as well as our wrists. I decided today to dig out a vintage watch to keep me company for the next few days and I thought I would share with you a bit of its somewhat unusual his...  

Interesting story

 
 By: xyz123abc : March 26th, 2020-15:02
.. and a very fine movement, too.

Before all of this I was a one watch a day guy. Put it on in the morning,

 
 By: Thomas_3 : March 26th, 2020-15:36
wear it to the office, come home and take it off, repeat process the next day. Now that I am stuck at home, I find it fun to change watches a couple of times a day. It lets me wear some that don't typically get much wrist time, such as my vintage watches ... 

Thanks Nicolas. [nt]

 
 By: kev09 : March 27th, 2020-00:54

Fascinating story, and thanks very much . . .

 
 By: Dr No : March 26th, 2020-16:44
. . . for sharing. I've told the story of my engraved Seamaster DeLuxe many times; of the Tiffany-signed ref 2364, never. The initials on the back, BFW , stood for B ernard F W alker. Prompted by your post, I searched for online records. This . . . . . . ...  

Gorgeous watch and fascinating story.

 
 By: kev09 : March 27th, 2020-01:02
Many vintage watches will have seen interesting times, some happy and some desperately sad. As I said in my post - if only they could talk. Regards Kev.

That’s amazing. Although the lugs on the case are different...

 
 By: kev09 : March 27th, 2020-05:49
...the dials and hands are almost identical and both with the lovely font for the numbers. It’s great that you have that information about it. I wish I knew more about mine, particularly whose initials have been engraved. Thank you very much for your comm...