| Re: "1916 World's Champions" Watches. [message #9733 is a reply to message #9730] |
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Ephemerald
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thesnark17 wrote on Sat, 19 January 2019 01:15Fascinating!
The only other baseball team that I've heard of receiving Gruen watches after the World Series is the 1923 Yankees (14k V2.5 Pentagons). I wonder how many years this was done?
Thank you for a much higher quality data point than usual!
No problem.
I don't know how accurate it is but from the description in the link, easy to miss but it may answer your question.
"Championship rings for World Series victory first debuted in 1922 and became the standard format in 1926. Before that time, pendants and watch fobs were the most common player prize."
Seems to fit in with your Yankees story.
If you have a reference I'd love to see it.
Matthias
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