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Mens Watches From The 50s

Elgin Yellow Gold Filled Art Deco Watch with Original Dial from the 1940's
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
This is a "vault find" watch, it has been locked up for nearly 50 years, which means it needs a service
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Vintage 1940s Swiss Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Elgin Rose Gold Filled Art Deco Watch Tortue Shaped Watch from 1940's
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
This is a "vault find" watch, it has been locked up for nearly 50 years, which means it needs a service
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled, Rose Gold

Baume & Mercier Hampton Milleis ref 8444 Mens Chronograph Rectangle Quartz Watch
By Baume & Mercier
Located in MELBOURNE, AU
, accompanied by watch report circa 2000's plus
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Early 2000s Swiss Modern Wrist Watches

Materials

Stainless Steel

Elgin Gold Filled Art Deco Watch with Original Dial from 1940's
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
producing over two million watches per year, more than any other watch factory in the world. The company's
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Elgin Yellow Gold Filled Art Deco Hand Engraved Pocket Watch from 1918
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
" watch, it has been locked up for nearly 50 years, which means it needs a service. We will give it a
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Vintage 1910s American Art Deco Pocket Watches

Juvenia Gold-Filled Art Deco Tank Style Watch from 1950's High Grade
By Juvenia
Located in Long Beach, CA
woman's watch when new, but the 50's men wore smaller watches, so it might have been a man's watch. It is
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Vintage 1950s Swiss Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Elgin White Gold Filled Art Deco Pocket Watch from 1923 with Matching Chain
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
find" watch, it has been locked up for nearly 50 years, which means it needs a service. We will service
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Pocket Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Elgin Gold Filled Hunters Case Pocket Watch from 1900 with Kiln Fired Dial
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
excellent original condition. We seldom see watches this old in such fine condition. This watch comes
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Antique Early 1900s Swiss Pocket Watches

Hamilton Gold Filled Open Faced Pocket Watch with Kiln Fired Dial from 1916
By Hamilton
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Hamilton Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Open Faced Pocket Watch METAL / MATERIAL
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Vintage 1910s Swiss Pocket Watches

Lady Elgin Gold-Filled Art Deco Tank Watch with Original Dial from 1940's
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
million watches. By 1890, Elgin was producing over two million watches per year, more than any other watch
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Elgin Gold Filled Art Deco Round Watch with Unique Original Dial From 1950's
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
. The Elgin Watch Company also played a major role in the development of the pocket watches for the
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Vintage 1950s Swiss Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Elgin Gold Filled Pocket Watch with Unique Floral Engraving, circa 1907
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
COMMITMENT This is a "vault find" watch, it has been locked up for nearly 50 years, which means it needs a
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Antique Early 1900s Swiss Pocket Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Elgin Gold Filled Pocket Watch with Unique Floral and Initials Engraving 1900s
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
producing over two million watches per year, more than any other watch factory in the world. The company's
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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Pocket Watches

Elgin Yellow Gold Filled from 1939 with Hand Engraved Monogram Tortue Shaped
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
, Elgin was producing over two million watches per year, more than any other watch factory in the world
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled, Yellow Gold

Elgin Yellow Gold Filled Art Deco Pocket Watch with Original Dial, circa 1940s
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
. The Elgin Watch Company also played a major role in the development of the pocket watches for the
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Pocket Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Elgin Yellow Gold Filled Art Deco Tank Style Watch with Custom Finished Dial
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
, Elgin was producing over two million watches per year, more than any other watch factory in the world
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Elgin Yellow Gold Filled Open Face American Pocket Watch circa 1912 Enamel Dial
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Elgin Watch Co. STYLE / REFERENCE: Open Face METAL / MATERIAL: Yellow G.F. CIRCA
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Mid-20th Century American Wrist Watches

Elgin 14Kt. Gold Hunters Case Pocket with Kiln Fired Enamel Dial from 1887
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
" watch, it has been locked up for nearly 50 years, which means it needs a service. We will give it a
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Antique 1880s American Pocket Watches

Hamilton 14Kt Gold "Midas" Art Deco Watch 1940's with Original Dial Strap & Box
By Hamilton
Located in Long Beach, CA
months on the movement This is a "vault find" watch, it has been locked up for nearly 50 years, which
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Hamilton Yellow Gold Filled Art Deco Tank Style with a Mid Century Design 1950's
By Hamilton
Located in Long Beach, CA
all their watches. Only the finest Swiss houses had this level of quality. This watch will keep
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Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen
By Robert Watson
Located in Soquel, CA
44.75"W x 1.88"D A resident of Berkeley during the 50's and 60's, Robert lived in Westport, Connecticut
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

2 Lazy 2 P
Located in Phoenix, AZ
thousand bashful young men as well". COLLIER GALLERY, FINE ART ESTATE OF LON MEGARGEE Born and raised in
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1930s Animal Prints

Materials

Screen

Siesta, Painting by Lon Megargee
Located in Phoenix, AZ
a major enterprise – the Santa Fe Railroad . . . Lon received $50 for “Navajos Watching the Santa Fe
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1940s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Love Honor Obey?
Located in Phoenix, AZ
a major enterprise – the Santa Fe Railroad . . . Lon received $50 for “Navajos Watching the Santa Fe
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1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

El Pulpo Mechanico, 21st Century, Landscape Photography, Contemporary
By Tao Ruspoli
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
the mainstream. Take something seemingly insignificant like men wearing their hair long. In the 1960’s
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

El Pulpo Mechanico, 21st Century, Landscape Photography, Contemporary
By Tao Ruspoli
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
insignificant like men wearing their hair long. In the 1960’s you’d easily get beaten up and called a hippie if
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

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Rogers Gold Filled Art Deco Watch with Original Dial, circa 1940's
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: A. Shield / Rogers Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco METAL / MATERIAL: Yellow Gold Filled CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 35mm X Width 22mm MO...
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Vintage 1940s Swiss Art Deco Wrist Watches

Elgin Gold Filled Art Deco Tortue Shaped Watch from 1940's with a Custom Dial
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Elgin Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco / Tortue Shape METAL / MATERIAL: Yellow Gold filled CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 38mm X Width 26mm ...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Longines Automatic 14k Gold Men's Watch
By Longines
Located in Montreal, QC
Longines Automatic 14k Yellow gold men's watch in working order. The gold mark is on the back, the case is a size 33mm. Swiss made, circa 1970. In working order and in good condition.
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Vintage 1970s Swiss Wrist Watches

Materials

14k Gold

Art Deco Gents Swiss Manual Wrist Watch By Larex, c1939
Located in Westward ho, GB
For those gents out there who desire a less than generic looking watch, who aspire for something not only classy but very distinctively Art Deco then this maybe the timepiece for you...
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Stainless Steel, Other

Gruen Yellow Gold Filled Art Deco Tank Style Watch with Original Dial from 1940
By Gruen
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Gruen Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco METAL / MATERIAL: Yellow Gold Filled CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 38mm X Width 26mm MOVEMENT / CA...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Gruen Yellow Gold Filled Art Deco Curvex Style Watch with Original Dial, 1940's
By Gruen
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Gruen Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Curvex Style / Reference 473 METAL / MATERIAL: Yellow Gold Filled CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 38mm X Width ...
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Vintage 1940s Art Deco Wrist Watches

Gruen Gold Filled Art Deco Curvex Watch with Diamond Dial 1940's
By Gruen
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Gruen Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco / Reference 449 METAL / MATERIAL: Yellow Gold-Filled CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 36mm X Width 22mm...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Hamilton Yellow Gold Filled Art Deco Tank Watch with Original Dial Early 40's
By Hamilton
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Hamilton Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco / Tank Style METAL / MATERIAL: Yellow Gold Filled CIRCA / YEAR: Early 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 35mm x Wid...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Waltham Yellow Gold Filled Art Deco Tonneau Shaped Watch from 1934
By Waltham Watch Company
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Waltham Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco / Tonneau Shaped METAL / MATERIAL: Yellow Gold Filled CIRCA / YEAR: 1934 DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 38mm X Width 22...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Elgin Mid Century Manual Winding Watch
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Elgin Watch Co. STYLE / REFERENCE: Modern Art Deco METAL / MATERIAL: 10K Yellow Gold Filled CIRCA / YEAR: 1950's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 41mm x Width 28mm MOVEMENT...
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Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Gruen 10k Gold Filled Art Deco Watch
By Gruen
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Gruen Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco / Tank Style / Reference 770 METAL / MATERIAL: Yellow Gold Filled CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 41mm...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Elgin Gold Filled Art Deco Cushion Shaped American Watch with Original Dial 1940
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Elgin Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Cushion Shaped METAL / MATERIAL: Gold Filled CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 35mm X Width 25mm MOVEMENT / CALIB...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Waltham Gold Filled Art Deco Cushion Shaped Watch with Original Dial from 1940's
By Waltham
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Waltham Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco METAL / MATERIAL: Yellow Gold-Filled CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 37mm X Width 28mm MOVEMENT / CA...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Patek Philippe Ref 2493 Vintage Yellow Gold Wrist Watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1950s Patek Philippe Reference 2493 Wrist Watch, 30 x 30 MM 18k Yellow Gold 2 piece stepped, cushion case with tear Drop lugs. Caliber 10-200 18 Jewel Nickle Lever movement. Si...
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Vintage 1950s Swiss Wrist Watches

Materials

18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Antique Hamilton Diamond Platinum Ladies Cocktail Watch
By Hamilton
Located in Miami, FL
This Antique Hamilton Ladie's cocktail is watch crafted in solid Platinum. With an off-white dial & silver-tone hand markers. Manual mechanical winding movement. It with A round dia...
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Vintage 1950s American Retro Wrist Watches

Materials

Diamond, Platinum

Elgin Yellow Gold Filled 1940's Art deco Tonneau Shaped Watch with Original Dial
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Elgin Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco / Tonneau Shape METAL / MATERIAL: Yellow Gold Filled CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 36mm X Width 27mm...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

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Elgin Yellow Gold Filled Art Deco Pocket Watch with Original Dial, circa 1940s
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
million watches per year, more than any other watch factory in the world. The company's success was due in
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Pocket Watches

Elgin Two Color Gold High Grade Oversized Wrist Pocket Watch with Original Dial
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
watches. By 1890, Elgin was producing over two million watches per year, more than any other watch
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Pocket Watches

The Boy's King Arthur
By Newell Convers Wyeth
Located in Fort Washington, PA
rides up to the men and challenges Turquine to fight him instead, whereupon a vicious, equally matched
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1910s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Large British Sailor's Woolwork (woolie) Picture of the Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
, the flagship having several serious cases, besides about 50 men on the sick list suffering from boils
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Antique 19th Century British Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

Huge Original Art Nouveau circa 1889 Cold Painted Bronzed Clock by Seth Thomas
By Seth Thomas Clock Company
Located in GB
1850 Seth Thomas was producing 24,000 brass movements per year! At this time he employed about 50 men
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Antique 1880s French Art Nouveau Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Elgin Gold Filled Pocket Watch From 1891 with Original Kiln Fired Enamel Dial
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
movement This is a "vault find" watch, it has been locked up for nearly 50 years, which means it needs a
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Antique 1890s American Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Elgin Gold Filled Art Deco Watch
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
find" watch, it has been locked up for nearly 50 years, which means it needs a service. We will give it
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Elgin Yellow Gold Filled Tonneau Shape Watch Circa 1931 with Original Dial
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
"vault find" watch, it has been locked up for nearly 50 years, which means it needs a service. We will
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Elgin 14Kt Solid Gold Art Deco American Made Tonneau Shape 1940's
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
two million watches per year, more than any other watch factory in the world. The company's success
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

14k Gold

El Pulpo Mechanico, 21st Century, Landscape Photography, Contemporary
By Tao Ruspoli
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
the mainstream. Take something seemingly insignificant like men wearing their hair long. In the 1960’s
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

El Pulpo Mechanico, 21st Century, Landscape Photography, Contemporary
By Tao Ruspoli
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
the mainstream. Take something seemingly insignificant like men wearing their hair long. In the 1960’s
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

PATEK PHILIPPE Rectangular Mens Watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mens dress watch from Patek Philippe is in a thick heavy squared off 18k yellow gold case,with
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Swiss Wrist Watches

2009 Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 500 Fathoms Titanium 50015-12b34-52b Wristwatch
By Blancpain
Located in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
limited edition Blancpain Fifty Fathoms and is number 02/50 ** Gender: Men's *Dial: Black Arabic
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Early 2000s British Wrist Watches

Materials

Titanium

1950 Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Stainless Steel Wristwatch
By Blancpain
Located in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
report. ""Blancpain can be recognised as one of the earliest Swiss watch brands in existence, having been
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Vintage 1950s Unknown Wrist Watches

Materials

Stainless Steel

1984 Rolex Submariner Matte Dial Stainless Steel 16800 Wristwatch
By Rolex
Located in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
3035 so special was (apart from it’s COSC certified chronometer class status) was it’s new 50-hour
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Vintage 1980s Unknown Wrist Watches

Materials

Stainless Steel

1985 Rolex Submariner Stainless Steel 16800 Wristwatch
By Rolex
Located in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
the watch however were not so slight, and many new features remain in todays most modern Submariner
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Vintage 1980s Unknown Wrist Watches

Materials

Stainless Steel

1954 Rolex Submariner Stainless Steel 6538 Wristwatch
By Rolex
Located in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
catapulted the watch to stardom and all guardless, big crown Submariners, even the 5508, are often nicknamed
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Vintage 1950s Unknown Wrist Watches

Materials

Stainless Steel

Oversized Men's Watch and Ladies Sunglasses
Located in East Hampton, NY
This whimsical oversized pairing of men's watch (working condition) and woman's sunglasses are
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Vintage 1950s American Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

8.5 Foot Tall 17th Century Portrait Oil Painting of Sir Christopher Wren
By Sir Peter Lely
Located in Gallatin, TN
Westminster School. Achievement and legacy At his death, Wren was 90 (N.S.). Even the men he had trained and
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17th Century Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Mens Watches From The 50s For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of mens watches from the 50s for sale on 1stDibs. These distinct designs — crafted with great care and often made from gold, gold-filled and 14k gold — can elevate any look. Our collection of these items for sale includes 34 vintage editions and 1 modern creations to choose from as well. Our collection, which features older pieces for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century, has proven very popular over the years. Pieces in our collection of mens watches from the 50s made by Art Deco jewelers — as well as those associated with Art Nouveau — are very popular. Elgin, Baume & Mercier and Hamilton each produced beautiful examples of these items that are worth considering. When shopping our range of mens watches from the 50s, you’ll find that there are less available pieces for men today than there are for women.

How Much are Mens Watches From The 50s?

Prices for mens watches from the 50s start at $400 and top out at $39,000 with these watches, on average, selling for $900.
Questions About Mens Watches From The 50s
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 31, 2023
    Yes, men can wear rectangular watches. The truth is that men can wear any shape of timepiece they find appealing. In fact, over the years, watch blogs and the fashion press have hinted at the rising profile of non-round watch shapes. Called shaped or form watches, catchall terms for any non-round models, these less-common designs run the geometrical gamut from square and rectangular to barrel, cushion, oval, trapezoidal or completely asymmetrical. On 1stDibs, find a variety of men's watches from some of the world's top sellers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023
    No, the Cartier Tank Solo is not a men’s watch. The French luxury watchmaker designed the Tank Solo as a timepiece for both men and women and created it in three sizes to suit a variety of wrists. On 1stDibs, find an assortment of Cartier Tank watches.

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