John,
I have never seen or heard of the watch. Sounds fascinating.
If you don't get an answer to your query on this mgs list, try the mg-t
list. It is read by those who have T-series and older MGs. Another
thought would be to send a pic and your query to Dick Knudsen, Drawer
220, Oneonta, NY 13820. Dick is the editor of the magazine of The New
England T Register.
Bob
On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 21:16:01 EST MGMagnette@aol.com writes:
> Looking to see if anyone has any history or information about the
> 1920s/30s
> MG-logoed pocketwatch shown at
>
> http://www.mgcars.org.uk/farina/watch.jpg
>
> All I know is that the movement is from a 1910 Longines... 21
> Jewels... but
> it was recased in the late 20's or early 30's. The previous owner
> had no
> additional information, and had a large collection of mainly
> american marque
> logo watches his father had collected
>
> The watch repairman (who has repaired this stupid thing 3 times in 5
> years
> for the SAME problem) says that the logo and face were fired at
> once...
> meaning that the MG logo was painted on at the same time as the
> numerals.
>
> The small print is: "Winter's" "MPL'S" then the MG logo and then
> "Swiss".
> Any people in the UK know about a "Winter's" jewelry store in the
> UK in the
> 1920s/30s?
>
> Any help about finding out more information would be greatly
> appreciated.
> I've had this watch a while... and asked this newserver about it
> several
> years ago but I've never had a picture available. I just found the
> watch
> again in a desk drawer so now I'm intrigued with it again! Maybe
> I'll even
> have it fixed again? NAH!
>
> Thanks-
>
> John
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