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2. Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication - Wikipedia

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   The Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication (no. 198.385) is one of the most complicated mechanical pocket watches ever created. The 18-karat gold watch has 24 complications and was assembled by Patek Philippe. [ 1][ 2] It was named after banker Henry Graves Jr. who supposedly commissioned it out of his desire to outdo the Grande ...

3. Gruen Watch Co. - Wikipedia

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   The Gruen Watch Company was formerly one of the largest watch manufacturers in the United States. It was in business from about 1894 to 1958 and was based in Cincinnati , Ohio . It was founded in 1894 by German-born watchmaker Dietrich Grün, who changed the spelling of his name to "Gruen" because the letter ü does not exist in English.

4. 8 watches owned by Formula One great Michael Schumacher are ...

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   The custom-made timepiece features 18-carat white gold, a red watch face and images of a Ferrari logo, Schumache 8 watches owned by Formula One great Michael Schumacher are going up for auction ...

5. Elgin National Watch Company - Wikipedia

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   The watch was an 18-size, full plate design. In 1869, the National Watch Company won "Best Watches, Illinois Manufacture" at the 17th Annual Illinois State Fair, for which it won a silver medal. [3] The company officially changed its name to the Elgin National Watch Company in 1874, as the Elgin name had come into common usage for their watches.

6. Watch 1505 - Wikipedia

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   The Watch 1505 / ˌ w ɒ t ʃ f ɪ f ˈ t iː n ˈ ə ʊ ˈ f ɑː ɪ v / (also named PHN1505 or Pomander Watch of 1505) is the world's first watch. It was crafted by the German inventor, locksmith and watchmaker Peter Henlein from Nuremberg , during the year 1505, in the early German Renaissance period, as part of the Northern Renaissance .

7. Radium dial - Wikipedia

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   November 1917 ad for an Ingersoll "Radiolite" watch, one of the first watches mass marketed in the USA featuring a radium-illuminated dial. Radium was discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898 [1] and was soon combined with paint to make luminescent paint, which was applied to clocks, airplane instruments, and the like, to be able to read them in the dark.