2014

Factory cutaway illustration of an 18 size “Veritas” 23 ruby-jewel pocket watch, displaying its astonishing intricacy, circa 1903. That year, Henry Ford founded Ford Motor Company, whileElginhad been producing precision timekeeping machines via assembly line for 39 years.

Cyma Watch Company advertising poster featuring quintessential Jazz Age flapper; Paris, 1925

Based on Salvador Dali’s “Persistence of Memory,” this 1945 Gruen Curvex wrist watch ad embodies the elegance of the Deco movement.

Photo by Rossie Newson Photography Model: Davis Jasmin

1896 Trenton Watch Company advertisement featuring both the “bicycle watch” and the “Trenton Cyclometer.” Apparently, neither could be affected by vibrations of the wheel and were “easily seen from the saddle.”

Miss Clara Bow,America’s “It” girl, in a colorized studio still from the early Twenties. She insisted on wearing one of her favorite platinum wristwatches.

Fantastic Hamilton watch ad from 1940 telling the story of Mr. Jacob Bachtold, who worked in New York’s Grand Central Station. The station had 1,000 clocks in the terminal, the Grand Central Building on Lexington Avenue and the Grand Central Building on Park Avenue. In regulating all clocks Bahtold depended on a 20-year-old Hamilton watch. [...]

Congratulations to the anonymous phone bidder who purchased Babe Ruth’s 1923 World Series pocket watch for $717K at Heritage Auction’s Feb. 22nd event. Presented to each player on the Yankees team after their defeat of the New York Giants in the 1923 World Series, the 14k white gold Gruen Pentagonal model was considered the “gentleman’s [...]

Screen goddess from Hollywood’s Golden Age, Ms. Dorothy Lamour, shown in this 1934 studio still wearing one of her favorite pieces of jewelry, a platinum and diamonds wrist watch. A native of New Orleans, Lamour was asked about the “it” factor in Hollywoood starlets. She replied “Glamor is just sex that got civilized.”

We’re pleased to welcome Miss Erin Andie as our latest SVW Calendar Girl. Sexy and sophisticated, Miss Andie wears her vintage watch well … Photographer: Rossie Newson Photography Makeup: Beauty Beat By Mel