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Gruen "Wristlet" Watch Box [message #15679]

Fri, 29 October 2021 20:39

Ephemerald
Messages: 1039
Registered: October 2018
Location: City of Lake Salt

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Description: ok, trying to catalog more of my boxes for the box ppl.
I would describe this as light olive green leather over wood.
I'd appreciate any feedback and expertise on putting a date to this box

Period:1912- 1922?
Watch type: Wristlet.
Size: the usual, but tall.
Inventor:
Patents:

Box maker:

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Matthias

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Re: Gruen "Wristlet" Watch Box [message #15680 is a reply to message #15679]

Fri, 29 October 2021 20:42

Ephemerald
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Registered: October 2018
Location: City of Lake Salt

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Gruen "Wristlet" Watch inserts are in boxes from teens (mostly 1915-1916) but I will show the one box that is the closest general match from McClures November 1915.

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Ad from Thorpe & Company. Founded in 1900. Dissolved in 2021.

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Matthias

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Re: Gruen "Wrislet" Watch Box [message #15682 is a reply to message #15680]

Fri, 29 October 2021 22:00

Jenneke
Messages: 2002
Registered: May 2013
Location: Netherlands

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I have seen that watch holder in a 1916 ad with a convertible (“wristlet”. Imo you are in the correct period. No gruen crest yet. Brown velvet. And a pusher to open/close the box.

And… no patented or patents pending (other gold rim)

You can only waste time if you forget to enjoy it - Loesje

[Updated on: Fri, 29 October 2021 22:02]

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Re: Gruen "Wrislet" Watch Box [message #15684 is a reply to message #15682]

Fri, 29 October 2021 22:50

Ephemerald
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Registered: October 2018
Location: City of Lake Salt

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Ok, thanks! Yup, there are these images of Gruen Wrislet Watch inserts from 1916. But I have yet to see a box in an advertisement that matches my box exactly. My insert is not removable. Good to know I'm in the ballpark. The 1912 boxes have similarities to mine but the inserts are quite different. So what was the colour of velvet in the wristlet boxes before brown?

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Matthias

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Re: Gruen "Wrislet" Watch Box [message #15686 is a reply to message #15684]

Sat, 30 October 2021 03:08

Case
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Registered: May 2019
Location: Cincinnati

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I think 14-15 is the range. 1913 ads through end of year show same box as 1912 —and labeling on outside. No box pics from 1914, but the insert in that Nov 1915 ad box seems a next evolution from yours.

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Re: Gruen "Wrislet" Watch Box [message #15688 is a reply to message #15686]

Sat, 30 October 2021 06:48

Jenneke
Messages: 2002
Registered: May 2013
Location: Netherlands

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I am not sure, but think all the brown inserts were fixed.

The color before (or after)… might be greyish/taupe color. See my convertible wristlet box. And the unusual afire box.

You can only waste time if you forget to enjoy it - Loesje

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