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1927 Tank 13 [message #8336]

Fri, 25 August 2017 19:50

afire
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Location: Wisconsin

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Model name : Tank 13
Type : Wristwatch
Period/date : Circa 1925
Gender : Men's

Case Maker : Gruen Cincinnati
Case Material : 18k White Gold, Black Vitreous Enamel
Case Serial : 1127104
Case Style no : N/A

Caliber : 115
Movement Maker : In-house
Movement Serial: 623407

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Hand engraved case "rails" sides and back, hard-fired enamel inlay between the lugs, similar to a couple of Cincinnati-cased Quadron models with the same case details. The listing for Tank 13 in the Master Book shows a different case, also 18k engraved, but a different pattern with no enamel, and this case doesn't show up at all, which initially had me thinking it might be uncatalogued. But then I looked in the 1927 Stock Record Book, and sure enough, there it is listed as Tank 13. I've noticed this with a few models.

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Re: 1927 Tank 13 [message #8337 is a reply to message #8336]

Fri, 25 August 2017 19:56

Barney Green
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Registered: February 2014
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany

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What a beauty!!!!
Great watch, but you have to give it back to me. RSTW are my initals! Smile

Gruen, Gruen, Gruen ist alles was ich habe... Gruen, Gruen, Gruen is all I have...(German folklore song)

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Re: 1927 Tank 13 [message #8339 is a reply to message #8337]

Fri, 25 August 2017 20:54

Gary
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Location: Seattle

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Cheerleader

The tank in black, I could picture Johnny Cash wearing that one. ;-)

What brand is that band?

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Re: 1927 Tank 13 [message #8340 is a reply to message #8337]

Fri, 25 August 2017 21:03

afire
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Location: Wisconsin

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Barney Green wrote on Fri, 25 August 2017 14:56

What a beauty!!!!
Great watch, but you have to give it back to me. RSTW are my initals!

Sorry, RSTW, but this is actually RSTPW's watch. At least that's my best guess. Looks like a combined T and P to me.

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Re: 1927 Tank 13 [message #8341 is a reply to message #8339]

Fri, 25 August 2017 21:08

afire
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Location: Wisconsin

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GaryM wrote on Fri, 25 August 2017 15:54

What brand is that band?

International Watchman. "Premium Pig Skin 1940's" is the style. Most of the sizes no longer have the white stitching, but they still have the squared off stitched ends for the right vintage look. I wish more makers offered this style of stitching. About the only other straps I see in this style are the gigantic sports staps, 24-26mm, thicker than most of my watches.

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Re: 1927 Tank 13 [message #8345 is a reply to message #8336]

Sat, 26 August 2017 03:44

MonKee
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Registered: May 2013
Location: Finger Lakes

Gruen Guildsman

You win the trophy for finding the neatest watches !!

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Re: 1927 Tank 13 [message #8346 is a reply to message #8345]

Sat, 26 August 2017 21:32

Jenneke
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Location: Netherlands

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Nice! Very nice!

You can only waste time if you forget to enjoy it - Loesje

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Re: 1927 Tank 13 [message #8347 is a reply to message #8346]

Sun, 27 August 2017 16:07

kastner
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Registered: May 2013
Location: Pasadena CA

Gruen Guildsman

That's an incredible watch!

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Re: 1927 Tank 13 [message #8348 is a reply to message #8347]

Sun, 27 August 2017 16:16

Barney Green
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Registered: February 2014
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany

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You should be correct with the monogram. It's a shame, that watch should be mine Sad

Anyway it is a beauty. Why cant I have them all? But I may reach my goal to have at least most of the Gruen models, which will be a significant number. The good thing is that my percentage is not single digit anymore already.

Gruen, Gruen, Gruen ist alles was ich habe... Gruen, Gruen, Gruen is all I have...(German folklore song)

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Re: 1927 Tank 13 [message #8360 is a reply to message #8348]

Wed, 06 September 2017 01:39

Timeticker
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Registered: June 2013
Location: Somewhere in the world

Gruen Master

Hey Afire...........Christmas is coming, and I will not be mad one bit if you put it the mail to me......really, I won't Hey, look at this way, me and the fat man with the red suit have a very good relationship, and if you give that to me (Instead of Barney Green) I'll put in a good word for ya. Sound good?

People you thought were your best friends will stab you in the back to your face!

Love them anyway.
A "Paradoxical Commandment"

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