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Offline terry h

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Re: Florence would love to be repaired & dated
« Reply #9 on: Monday 09 January 12 01:01 GMT (UK) »
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Re: Florence would love to be repaired & dated
« Reply #10 on: Monday 09 January 12 01:31 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: IgorStrav on Sunday 08 January 12 21:16 GMT (UK)
On a recent thread, someone commented that the fashion for wristwatches started with women, and then moved to men later. 

That would be me ;D

I was thinking 1908-1910 before I saw Jim's estimate....in other words, I agree with him :)

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Re: Florence would love to be repaired & dated
« Reply #11 on: Monday 09 January 12 01:38 GMT (UK) »
my one

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Re: Florence would love to be repaired & dated
« Reply #12 on: Monday 09 January 12 11:48 GMT (UK) »
Thank you so much for the repairs - she looks a lot better now - you folks are so talented and generous with your time!

As for the watch, was it usual in 1908 - 10 for women to wear a watch like this? Does anyone know of other photos of the era with women wearing such huge wrist watches?

It's got a solid silver case so we think it might have been a 21st birthday present from her employers as her parents weren't wealthy.

The belt is also interesting. It looks like it's got a silver buckle but what's the belt made of? It looks like it might be silver - what do you folks think?
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Re: Florence would love to be repaired & dated
« Reply #13 on: Monday 09 January 12 11:51 GMT (UK) »
This link is interesting re the watch

http://www.photodetective.co.uk/Watchstrap.html

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Re: Florence would love to be repaired & dated
« Reply #14 on: Monday 09 January 12 11:55 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: janan on Monday 09 January 12 11:51 GMT (UK)
This link is interesting re the watch

http://www.photodetective.co.uk/Watchstrap.html

Jan ;)

Excellent - thank you so much for the link!
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Re: Florence would love to be repaired & dated
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 10 January 12 01:42 GMT (UK) »
my ancestor has what appears to be one too, and we know this pix was taken in 1913.
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Re: Florence would love to be repaired & dated
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 11 January 12 08:52 GMT (UK) »
Hi Sandie

What a fabulous photo - I love her hat!

The watch in my grandmother's photo has now been dated to 1885 via the hallmarks so it must have belonged to someone else first (and probably nobody in her family).

From what I've read, these ladies' watches were designed to be worn on fobs attached to dresses/blouses and when the wrist watch became fashionable, they moved them to the wrist but needed the huge strap!
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Re: Florence would love to be repaired & dated
« Reply #17 on: Wednesday 11 January 12 09:24 GMT (UK) »
How wonderful that you have the actual watch to have its hallmarks checked!  I wish! 

To put the photo in context, here's the full image - I just LOVE the buttons on the skirts too!

Also found another rellie with what looks like her watch on too - pity though it's not very clear.

Sandie


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