Kent Watch – Early 1950′s

Posted November 28th, 2011 by MPitzer with 2 Comments
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This is a beautiful, completely restored 1950′s watch originally imported from Switzerland by Kent Watch & Co., the in-store brand of the Finlay jewelery departments within the New York chain of department stores owned by A.S. Hirshberg.

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Croton Watch – Early 1940′s

Posted November 20th, 2011 by MPitzer with 6 Comments
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This is men’s tank watch from the early 1940′s created by Croton Watch Company, a 128-year old family run watch company located in New Jersey.

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Marc Nicolet – Late 40′s Men’s Watch

Posted November 20th, 2011 by MPitzer with 3 Comments
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I started restoring watches in mid 2011 after seeing some very cool old watches on ebay.com that were being sold for parts. Basically each was missing hands, stems, rusted bands, broken crystals, you name it these watches were destine for the scrap piles not someone’s wrist.

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