A bit more history associated with this watch. The original owner was on the first roster of one of the first and oldest surviving NBA teams (NY Knicks) and played in the first NBA basketball game. He owned and wore this watch at the time.
1946/47: On June 6th a group of 11 franchises formed the Basketball Association of America (later the NBA) in a meeting at New York’s Commodore Hotel. The Knickerbockers face the Huskies in the league’s first game on November 1st in Toronto’s historic Maple Leaf Gardens. The Knicks, as they will become more well known, win that inaugural game 68-66, followed by winning 10 of their first 12 games.
The 1946–47 New York Knicks season was the first season of the franchise in the NBA. The Knicks, the shortened form of Knickerbockers, are one of only two teams of the original National Basketball Association still located in it's original city (the other being the Boston Celtics).
How cool is that?