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Gruen "Wristlet" Watch Box 2. [message #15827] Sat, 13 November 2021 05:52 Go to next message
Ephemerald
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Description: This ones a bit different than other similar posted. Leather over wood. Removable insert. Centered "Gruen Wrislet Watch" on silk. Dot - diamond pattern on inside like Gary's example with ad:

https://vintagegruen.org/vgforum/index.php?t=msg&th=1773 &start=0&

Not sure what to call top pattern.


Period: 1918 to 1922
Watch type:Wristlet
Size:tbd
Inventor:na
Patents:na

Box maker:na


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Matthias

[Updated on: Sat, 13 November 2021 05:58]

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Re: Gruen "Wristlet" Watch Box 2. [message #15830 is a reply to message #15827] Sat, 13 November 2021 07:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jenneke is currently offline  Jenneke
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Thats a first I see this combo. So it could be that all the brown boxes had an time hill outer box. Probably made by denisson mfg co. Which makes me wonder if the inner box (is it leather or leatherette paper cladding) was also by them.

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Re: Gruen "Wristlet" Watch Box 2. [message #15832 is a reply to message #15830] Sun, 14 November 2021 04:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Case is currently offline  Case
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I’m guessing they did, only the outer box wore out. This set looks great for its age! I’ve got a set from the 40s with its outer box, so they were still in use decades later.
Re: Gruen "Wristlet" Watch Box 2. [message #15839 is a reply to message #15830] Mon, 15 November 2021 02:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ephemerald
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I have a few paper ones, doesn't feel like them, it feels like leather.

Matthias
Re: Gruen "Wristlet" Watch Box 2. [message #15854 is a reply to message #15839] Wed, 17 November 2021 19:03 Go to previous message
afire is currently offline  afire
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Interesting. I've never seen an inner and outer box before. But I've seen plenty of examples of early Hamiltons packaged that way, so it makes sense.
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