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U. Nardin dress pocket watch?

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June 15, 2014, 22:46
Ken Habeeb
U. Nardin dress pocket watch?
U. Nardin dress pocket watch?

Is it fair to say that this is a dress watch (50 cm case w/o crown, Sterling), or was there another application? Can I assume the button above the crown is solely for opening the case? 1920s vintage? I'd be grateful for any and all information about it. Thanks in advance.

ken h.


June 15, 2014, 22:46
Ken Habeeb
movement:


June 15, 2014, 22:46
Ken Habeeb
dial:


June 16, 2014, 00:05
Ethan Lipsig
Ken, I am not a Ulysse Nardin expert, but your watch looks like a typical "ordinary" example. It does not look like a deck watch and, being a hunter, it wouldn't be an RR watch by US standards. So, I guess that makes it a dress watch. As for the age, of my three Ulysse Nardins, your watch most closely resembles a 14k hunter that I date to around 1920. The movements seem identical except that my watch has a jeweled center wheel and a micrometer whiplash regulator. See the photo below.


June 16, 2014, 01:51
Ken Habeeb
I see that. Thanks!