Wrist Watch Designs

- Would you feel hurt if your daughter sold an expensive watch you gave her if she no longer wore it?
My dad gave me a beautiful Tiffany watch for Christmas in 2008, and I love the sentiment of it but haven't worn it for over a year. It's got a pale pink wrist band with a pink face surrounded by hearts, and was exactly what I wanted then, but I've outgrown it now. I can't imagine wearing it at this stage of my life or any other. I already have a lot of "keepsake" jewelry I can pass on to any daughters I might have one day, so it isn't really necessary to save every item. He gave me another watch this year that I wear everyday. I'm currently in a feud with him and don't want him to think I'm selling it for spite, but I really could use the money, and it has just been sitting in its box for far too long. Would it hurt your feelings if your daughter sold something like that on Ebay? This is the watch: http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Item.aspx?sku=22902237&mcat=148205&cid=288186&search_params=s+5-p+1-c+288186-r+-x+-n+6-ri+-ni+0-t+ As you can see, it's not something anyone over the age of fifteen or sixteen would likely wear. Jack ~ What kind of jewelers? I don't think Tiffany's would buy it back. I don't know about the process for this sort of thing...... Thanks for the suggestion.

A It depends. I never received anything terribly valuable from my parents growing up, and the one or items which were a bit on the expensive side, I would never dare sell them as it would be insensitive and insulting. If the item is not particularly conspicuous because of price or sentimental value, then it should be ok. Your father knows you, and he will know that his daughter wouldn't do something so childish as to sell a gift out of spite alone.

- What brand and model of watch did you wear today and yesterday?
I now wear a LeCoultre "Futurematic" that debuted in 1953. It has a self-wind mechanical movement that displays hours, minutes, seconds and power reserve. It tells me my watch will run 30 more hours if I do not wind it by moving my wrist. It has an 18 karat yellow gold round case 36 mm in diameter with fancy Art Deco strap lugs and a disc on the back for setting the time, so there is no crown at 3.00 on the case band. The dial is champagne enamel with small gold triangle markers at the hours (2 larger ones at 12:00) and black dashes for minutes, larger at 5 minute intervals. It has two sub-dials. One at 3:00 on the main dial shows seconds, and one at 9:00 shows power reserve in hours. Hands are gold Dauphine-style in 3 sizes. The strap is sienna (reddish brown) crocodile skin with a gold buckle. Yesterday, I wore a Tiffany & Co, "Classic" with manual-wind mechanical movement that displays hours, minutes and seconds (of solar mean time to be specific). It is just a bit smaller than the "Futurematic" with round 18kt. yellow gold case and plainer lugs. The dial is white enamel with gold bar hour markers but no minute markers. A sub-dial at 6:00 shows seconds. Hands are gold baton-style. The strap is black lizard skin with gold buckle. Antoine LeCoultre began making watch movements in 1833. His grandson David LeCoultre took master watch-maker Edmund Jaeger as a partner at an uncertain date, probably about 1920-1927. I own 1952 and 1953 watches labeled "LeCoultre" and a 1956 one labeled "Jaeger-LeCoultre". Charles Lewis Tiffany and John P. Young opened a department store in New York in 1837. Later, they took several partners, and the firm was incorporated as "Tiffany & Company" in 1851. They sold jewelry and introduced Patek Philippe watches to the USA. They eventually began making their own watches too. I once lived about 10 years 2.5 blocks from San Francisco's Tiffany & Co. store at about 450 Post Street I think. 5 POINTS FOR THE MOST THOUROUGH DESCRIPTION OF AN EXCELLENT WATCH! There is quite contrast between the ladies' watches with none, a Timex, a Vacheron Constantin and a Russian Poljot. I own several Vacherons, including a 1902 railroad approved one with lever to set time, engraved gold hunter case and glass back to display the movement and a 2005 very limited-edition 250th anniversary model. Would you believe I have never owned a Timex? My brother has, however. Poljot was a name used on some waatches made by the Moscow Watch Co. that began in 1961 I think. Sturmanskie and Buran are other Soviet watch brands with some history. Now, Vostok Europe offer watches intended to be cheaper than Swiss ones but not as cheap as Chinese ones. Aviator is another current Russian brand. Tovaricha Olga, kak ti! John, why do you think your watches stop? I have heard that some people have that problem. Some believe it is magnetism in their bodies. IWC was a pioneer in antimagnetic models with a series of 15 pilot's watches. Then, in 1976, IWC's "Ingenieur" resisted 80,000 Ampere/meters of magnetism with its shielded movement. That is 16.67 times the COsc standard for antimagnetic watches. In 1989, a 500,000 A/m "Ingenieur" appeared. Its critical parts were made of an alloy that resists magnetism. Production of said alloy ceased, so this model could no longer be made. In 2008, I saw some "Ingenieurs" that are still quite antimagnetic priced $5600-$7500 in steel in two sizes. In 2009, I saw some Sinn watches that are rated 80,000 A/m priced $2300 for a basic model to $4600 for a chronograph, all in steel. You might check IWC and Sinn, who are the leaders in antimagnetic wristwatches now.

A I just wear a plain and simple Timex...with a leather strap.I have had it for five years and it has not given me any problems....and I wear it every day. I just need a watch that is basic for every day use. It is oval and has a second hand to count the seconds.The strap is black leather and the is at least 10 years old.