I wonder if you can add a detail for us? I don't see a date code on the case back which should be present for a 1950 watch. I think your watch might be a couple years older than 1950. Is there a date code on the movement perhaps? In the last few years of the 1940's this watch might have been classified as an His Excellency model. Here's an example
In reply to I wonder if you can add a… by Geoff Baker
Nice watch! Based on the serial number starting with a "7", I'm going to say this is a 1947. If that is the case, it is most likely a Princeton, like this one.1947 was a transition year from Princeton to His Excellency.
My opinion is that this is a
1947 Princeton "A".
I think they pretty close Lori. If it's 1947 I think it should be His Excellency, not Princeton on account of the cross over in 1947. The band is certainly of the era but I'm not sure it's the original. There is a 1947 advert here that shows it on a leather strap.
I know it's so crazy they show them with leather straps on the men's, but the band that is on my watch looks just like the bands on the ladies models... those kinda "curvy" links?
Odd :)
thank you all for the info! I love learning about my families artifacts!!!
lori
