Result of having a little bit of cash in your pocket,out on the loose and bored.

Waltham Hunter Case
-Ser.# 10519294
-Model 1883
-Year circa 1901
-18 size
17 jewel adjusted
Needs some work but should not be too bad.

dial- DS with couple of hairlines & minute hand issue

movement

case, shows wear hinges good,no brassing on case either side, some brassing on pendent

cuvette reads "Thomas Mann"

Nice rescue!

Is it possible?

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1929

Regards, Krister.

Hello Krister, that would be interesting! I read the link and even though his book Budderbrooks was published in 1901, the same year as the watch was produced, the Canadian dial would surely throw a wrench in the provenance of the watch. Would that it were.

Regards
Rick

It is far fetched of course, but not entirely impossible. Given that the dial is original, that kind of dial was not unusual in Europe at the time. Further more he was living in California 1941 - 1953. However, if the watch was his, it must have been imported to Europe around the turn of the century and then he would have taken it with him to US some 40 years later. Then he must have given it to someone or traded it in for a newer one before he left for Europe again. Yes it is far fetched to say the least, but a mind blowing scenario if it were true.

Regards, Krister.

A couple of google images show him wearing a pocket watch.

Rick, who is the case made by?

Hi Lorne, it's a Fortune GF case.

Rick