After all, the second Olympic replica Corum watches games (ever) were part of this 6 month event.What else went down at the Exposition Universelle?Well, let's see.It saw the introduction of the escalator and the talking movie.It saw Campbell's soup with that gold medal that it STILL uses on its label, and it was the first Olympic games where women were allowed to compete (in some cases on multi-national teams).It was a pretty revolutionary six months in Paris.So this Omega pocket watch celebrates all that, but we're not done yet.This watch is co-branded, much like the Tiffany & Co.Rolexes we often feature.
It is signed by an old jeweler named K.Nudsen, which was a prominent shop in Kristania, Norway.Now here's a Hodinkee challenge: Find Kristania on a replica Ulysse Nardin watch map.You can't.It doesn't exist anymore.Kristania was renamed "Oslo" in 1925.So this watch is engraved with what many describe as the most important cultural event in the modern era AND with a city that no longer exists.And it's an Omega.This watch is beyond cool.Click here for the details of this 100 year old Pocket Watch, one that's worth buying right away at only 850 GBP. Hodinkee in Antique, Omega, Vintage Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 3:09PM
It is not everydaythat we talk about a watch that isn't worn on your wrist here on Hodinkee, but then again it is not every day that we find awatch like this.Actually, what we have here isn't a wristwatch, or evena replica Zenith watch pocketwatch, it is a Deck Watch, or more specifically, a Deck Chronometre.These watches, which are much larger than pocketwatches,are used by naval crews as immensely accurate timepieces used for navigation.This watch is a very rare Deck Chonometer, one from a legendary house with considerable provenance behind it.
