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Thanks for these images and information
Apr 06, 2021,13:15 PM
It is always a pleasure to see these cushion cases from the 1910s and 1920s. The "driver's watch" label always irked me, too. I still feel that the origins and the "why" of the tilted-dial cushion shaped watch remain unknown.
This example below is also from 1919, at least that is my understanding. There was a initial small series of watches (n=12, I believe) made in 1919. What is unclear to me is if this first series included pieces both with the crown in either the 11 o'clock or the 1 o'clock positions. A second series was produced beginning in 1921 for the American market, as you know, and this inspired the Historiques American 1921. But I always thought the model below from 1919 inspired the Madison & 64th New York Boutique edition from 2011. I have sometimes with a wink referred to that Boutique model as the "Historiques American 1919."