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Re: Strap 320: Tilton [message #5235 is a reply to message #5180]

Mon, 09 March 2015 21:02

MikeTheWatchGuy
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Jason, here's an ID from the Model ID Guide Vol 2 page 44.

index.php?t=getfile&id=2194&private=0

This one shows a cord strap. It wasn't until a 1938 ad that I saw a metal strap on one of these.

There is one advertised with the description "Black dial. Yellow gold hands and numerals" and another with a black dial that almost perfectly matches Jason's.

A nice illustration of a black dial model is on page 94 of The 1930's.

I noticed a phase in the 1930s where a number of men's watches are slender and small. They are easy enough to confuse with a women's watch that many of the ads explicitly point out it's a men's watch. I'm surprised Gruen decided to launch the Tilton with a cord bracelet rather than a metal one.

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		Strap 320: Similar to the Tilton By: kastner on Mon, 23 February 2015 00:09
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: JackW on Mon, 23 February 2015 01:46
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: Gary on Mon, 23 February 2015 02:32
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: timeliz on Mon, 23 February 2015 23:16
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: kastner on Tue, 24 February 2015 04:03
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: afire on Wed, 25 February 2015 17:05
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: mikey on Wed, 25 February 2015 21:36
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: timeliz on Wed, 25 February 2015 23:03
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: MikeTheWatchGuy on Mon, 09 March 2015 21:02
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: kastner on Wed, 11 March 2015 02:35
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: MikeTheWatchGuy on Wed, 11 March 2015 14:16
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: Barney Green on Wed, 11 March 2015 14:26
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: afire on Wed, 11 March 2015 15:28
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: Barney Green on Wed, 11 March 2015 19:04
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: Barney Green on Tue, 24 February 2015 09:36
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: MikeTheWatchGuy on Tue, 24 February 2015 23:45
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: kastner on Wed, 25 February 2015 03:57
		Re: Strap 320: Tilton By: timeliz on Wed, 25 February 2015 05:14

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