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Paper box Wristlet [message #18214]

Tue, 18 April 2023 19:54

Jenneke
Messages: 2077
Registered: May 2013
Location: Netherlands

Gruen Authority

Description
The light brown cardboard/paper box has a brown rim. The lid is not flat. The watch holder is made from brown velvet. Inisde the lid is silk with “Gruen Wristlet” and “The most beautiful in America”.

Period: 1915-1917?
Watch type: ladies silk ribbon wristlet
Size: H=2.5 cm W=9.7 cm D=4.8 cm
Inventor: unknown
Patents: unknown

Box maker : Maybe Dennison Mfg Company? No markings though.

Other: dating of this box is done by looking at advertisements. For a short period Gruen mentioned the “most beautiful..” in their ads.

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Example advertisement on hifi archiv ( https://www.hifi-archiv.info/Uhren-Werbung/Gruen/Gruen%20191 5%20101.jpg).

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

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Re: Paper box Wristlet [message #18215 is a reply to message #18214]

Tue, 18 April 2023 20:01

Jenneke
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Registered: May 2013
Location: Netherlands

Gruen Authority

What also could help with dating the box, is the wristlet.

The watch that was inside, was the left one. The right one came with it, so could also be the original watch.

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Botch watches have a gruen 1/10 clasp. Slightly different in markings.
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The clasp on the right has a patent date:
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You can only waste time if you forget to enjoy it - Loesje

[Updated on: Tue, 18 April 2023 20:02]

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Re: Paper box Wristlet [message #18221 is a reply to message #18215]

Wed, 19 April 2023 16:27

Ephemerald
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Registered: October 2018

Gruen Authority

Here is the patent you mentioned you were looking for, Bugbee & Niles Co, 51860, 3-12-18.

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Re: Paper box Wristlet [message #18222 is a reply to message #18221]

Wed, 19 April 2023 16:33

Ephemerald
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Registered: October 2018

Gruen Authority

& She has a sister patent, 51861.

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Re: Paper box Wristlet [message #18224 is a reply to message #18222]

Wed, 19 April 2023 18:31

Jenneke
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Registered: May 2013
Location: Netherlands

Gruen Authority

Great! Looked it up and no mentioning of Gruen in the text. And no B&N on my clasp. Strange.

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