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great pics of an unusual and nice looking watch. A lot of American pocket watches were sold in silver cases, but I haven't seen so many wristwatches in silver.
A few shots of my Neo-vintage Minerva AVUS II
42 mm of sterling silver joy on the wrist. One of 32 pieces made. Valjoux 71 calibre column wheel chronograph. Have a lovely weekend ahead ☀️ 🫶🏼 Life is too short to be like everyone else ...
A true gem of a watch 👌🏻👍🏻
And as you say, variety is the spice of life 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks for the great shots of it, front and back 👍🏻
Yes, an old telephone thing…
When phone calls were quite expensive, chronographs often had these, as the next three minutes were another set that you paid on top. No one thought that a phone call could go on for more than 9, though 😂🤷🏻♂️
🤣 you couldn’t make this stuff up
How quaint and lovely. Thanks for this snippet of trivia. 🤝
Exactly.
I believe this is the reason why Frey father and son chose sterling silver for the case material of the AVUS and the AVUS II. The movements are from several years ago. “Lost” in storage, found and chosen to be used for this special 100 year anniversary AV...
