Merry Christmas to all. Recently picked up a 16 size 16 Waltham Crescent St. wind indicator. It has a couple of faint hairlines on dial ..but then so do I. It's a match.
-serial #22,065,617, year 1918
-Model 1908, Grade-Cresc. St.
-21 jewels, adjusted-5 positions
-Canadian dial
-Fortune 10k GF case

Cresc. St. movement

Nice one Rick! I have Vanguard WI but not a Crescent St. Looks great and Merry Christmas to you from an eastern Canuck.
Ralph

Very nice! Going in with both feet eh? I like to see that.

In with both feet for sure these past few months, my play account is taking a brutal beating.
I meant to ask about the dial on the Cres. St. The wind indicator sweep is sunk as is the second hand sweep and also the inner circle, is this a feature of the Crescent grade or standard on other dials.

By the way I have been reading through the previous post pages and to take a quote from Butch and Sundance I found myself saying "who are these guys"

I had to pull back on the reins a few times and soon realized that for all the ones that you pass up, 99% of them will come around again.

Regarding the WI dial, I will let someone else answer your question but I would like to see a photo of the back as I can't get my head around how they are made.

When I first began collecting and reading all the back pages the theme song from Paladin sprung to mind, in particular the line "A knight without armour in a savage land".

I must pipe in that with a 4 piece "double sunk" Waltham factory 24 hour W.I. dial and in a Fortune (Canadian) case AT THE VERY LEAST that should raise the collector value another 50% over book. A great find. Treasure it, carry it, enjoy it and show it off. Merry Christmas!

Rick,Santa was good to you!Nice!

Roger

Gentlemen all, thank you for your comments. David thanks for the description regarding the dial. I am pleased to say the least.
I am actually afraid to go back to the shop, I have purchased two other watches from the consignor who apparently is selling off his collection. My fear is there might be a Waltham CPR shield lurking about.

A very nice piece. That 24 hour dial makes it extra!

Rick,
I have noticed you guys in Canada have some "very nice" toys (watches and clocks).

I have a 1912/1913 model 1908 Vanguard W.I. that I would put up against any other watch as far as time keeping. The market is a little low so don't be afraid to go back to the shop, its only money "it will grow back".

Best Regards
Tim

Hi Tim, I was on a contract job in Ottawa Ontario this summer and I picked up a 1924 Waltham W.I in
near perfect condition. It too has not missed a beat.
The cash does grow back but not as fast.

Rick,
The Waltham you bought in Ontario back in the summer must have been another Christmas in July.

You know your recent purchase has to be special when it draws Lindell's attention.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL and you know the rest of the story...

Hi Tim, it was nice to have a comment from Lindell.
I did go back to the shop (good God) to see what if anything I had missed. I am not a wrist watch collector but there are two Rolex Tudors and a Rolex Oyster, Commander circa 1940's. All had Canadian 24 hr dial. I know nothing about them yet but assume they were for Canadian military.Will have to get educated about these in the New Year.

Hi, Rick.

Rolex did a string of watches in the early 1940's for the Canadian market. Most are not marked Rolex on the dial, so you see Oyster Commander, Oyster Raleigh, and several other "Oyster" names. They were cased in Oyster cases, with screw down crowns also marked Oyster and Oyster Patent. They have a cal 59 movement, sometimes Fontainemelon, but some (later?) cal 59s are marked Rolex or Tudor and were according to most sources factory made.

24 hour dial seems to be the most common.

Legend has it that these were often bought as a gift to departing Canadian servicemen leaving for the war. So, they have a military tilt, but weren't produced for the military.

These are collectible. As you saw, it is a small watch. Value varies a lot by condition.

Merry Christmas.

Nick

Hello Nick, thanks very much for the information.I gather the Tudor watch brand were factory made and were somehow associated with Rolex. Yes they are a small watch, I initially thought they might be a boys watch. There ones have been used but still interesting. Thanks again.
Have a good Holiday season.