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Gruen Guild Watch Service Box - Canada [message #17456] Sun, 16 October 2022 18:56 Go to next message
Ephemerald
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Location: City of Lake Salt
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Period: 1933
Watch type: tbd
Size: tbd
Inventor: na
Patents: na

Time for me to share a box. But going for fastest post ever.
Side photo reads " 704s Rec'd Dec 30, 1933"





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Matthias

[Updated on: Sun, 16 October 2022 19:03]

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Re: Gruen Guild Watch Service Box - Canada [message #17457 is a reply to message #17456] Sun, 16 October 2022 19:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jenneke is currently offline  Jenneke
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Could this be a box that Gruen used when sending a watch back? After fitting a watch strap on the fixed lugs?

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

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Re: Gruen Guild Watch Service Box - Canada [message #17467 is a reply to message #17457] Tue, 18 October 2022 17:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ephemerald
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Yes, Gruen seems to send back a serviced calibre 704. But there are 6 squared off sections, much like the calibre/dial boxes. So maybe there was 6 of them, not sure, but a watch with strap wouldn't fit.

Matthias

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Re: Gruen Guild Watch Service Box - Canada [message #17477 is a reply to message #17467] Tue, 18 October 2022 19:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jenneke is currently offline  Jenneke
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Was Mr “Kinishman” (sorry, cant read those old handwriting…) a watchmaker? Maybe a spare movements order?

Interesting to see that Gruen would do repair on watches “of all makes”. Do they mean like Elgin etc.

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

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Re: Gruen Guild Watch Service Box - Canada [message #17487 is a reply to message #17477] Wed, 19 October 2022 02:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Case is currently offline  Case
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Mr Donald Alexander Kinsman, University of Toronto class of 1922. So about 32-33 years old in 1933, with an 8 year old son.

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[Updated on: Wed, 19 October 2022 02:01]

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Re: Gruen Guild Watch Service Box - Canada [message #17493 is a reply to message #17487] Wed, 19 October 2022 12:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Barney Green
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Yes, he is listed 1940 to 1945 in Toronto as a professional watch repairer for W D Kinsman. May be he took over his father's repair shop.

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1938 Walter D Kinsman is listed as jeweller and watchmaker, his son as watchmaker.

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Barney

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

[Updated on: Wed, 19 October 2022 12:55]

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Re: Gruen Guild Watch Service Box - Canada [message #17499 is a reply to message #17493] Wed, 19 October 2022 22:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Case is currently offline  Case
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Nice! That’s what I was seeking but couldn’t find. Wondering if he repaired watches. 6 cavities, a single caliber stamped on the box. Could this be a genuine material/refill box?

[Updated on: Wed, 19 October 2022 22:18]

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Re: Gruen Guild Watch Service Box - Canada [message #17505 is a reply to message #17499] Thu, 20 October 2022 12:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Barney Green
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It's an old Canadian watchmaker family. Daniel Kinsman is listed in 1861 already as watchmaker in 365 Yonge Street, either the moved or the street was renumbered in between.

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

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Re: Gruen Guild Watch Service Box - Canada [message #17510 is a reply to message #17505] Thu, 20 October 2022 16:06 Go to previous message
Ephemerald
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Barney Green wrote on Thu, 20 October 2022 06:19
It's an old Canadian watchmaker family. Daniel Kinsman is listed in 1861 already as watchmaker in 365 Yonge Street, either the moved or the street was renumbered in between.
You're right, Kinsman's are an old Canadian watchmaker fam...but before that they were an old English watchmaker family from Cornwall. Daniel is Donald's grandfather.
Donald's occupation in 1922 was as a chemist. In 1933 he would have been 36.


Matthias

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