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Lovely portrait of a brother and sister  photographed by C. Smyth of Skegness, in the UK.  On the back is written ‘For Grandma from Eva and Cyril’.  Eva is wearing one of the earliest versions of a “wristlet” watch, consisting of an “0″ size pocket watch in a horsehide wrist strap, circa 1910.

Howard Pocket Watch ad, circa 1923. Edward Howard did not believe in second best. In 1857, he and his backers took machinery and movements from the defunct Boston Watch Company to Roxbury, Mass. and began tooling to produce a revolutionary pocket watch. He predicted his would be the “watch by which others were judged,” and [...]

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall starred in “The Big Sleep,” circa 1946.  The famous Hollywood couple met on the set of  ”To Have and Have Not” in 1944. When they met, Bogart was 44 and Bacall was 19.  The couple married on May 21, 1945 in a small ceremony at Bogart’s close friend, Pulitzer Prize-winning [...]

“A Moment in Time” featuring Darianne, by Jeruel Photography during the Don Vicente de Ybor shoot for Strickland Vintage Watches. Hair by Corinne Smrz and makeup by the Divine Miss Joli Beauchamp. Special thanks to shoot coordinator Stylist Michelle L and The Don Vicente De Ybor.

Colorful advertisement for Josmar Watch  Company, circa 1957. Josmar was a Swiss Watch Company which began in the early 1940s.  In the 1970s, the  Zeno Watch Company, another Swiss watch manufacturer, took them over  and continues to manufacture watches today in Basel, Switzerland.

Hollywood actor William Holden, showing off his watch, circa 1962.  Holden was a huge box office draw in the 1950s starring in such feature films as “Sunset Boulevard” – opposite Gloria Swanson – and “Bridge on the River Kwai, “The Wild Bunch,” Picnic,” “The Towering Inferno,” and “Network.” In 1953, he won the Academy Award [...]

“Summer Time”  featuring Davis Jasmin as Mr. June by Rossie Newson for Strickland Vintage Watches 2015 private calendar.

Gruen Guild Watches offered men’s and ladies’ sports watches for those “on the go” in 1927. Men’s styles included the Tank and the Quadron and women could select the Cartouche or the Cartouche Orne watches with enameling. Gruen emerged as one of the pre-eminent watch houses in theUnited States, producing accurate timepieces in stylish cases [...]

Happy Birthday, Miss Monroe. The world isn’t quite the same without you … Photo by Andres de Dienes; October, 1945

The enchanting Ms. Myrna Loy, who lit up the screen in such classics as “The Thin Man” and “The Best Years of Our Lives.” Loy was born in 1905 in  Radersburg, Montana. At the age of 15, she moved to Los Angeles with her family after her father passed away. She attended the Westlake School for [...]