There are some odd things going on with this watch! First the s/n on the back is 226321 which indicates the mfg. date is 1932, but there is a second s/n on the inside of the caseback 3031093 which would indicate a mfg. date of 1933. Then the movement symbol appeares to be a T indicating 1932, but then it appears someone scratched a line through it changing it to an X which would make it 1933. The only ad in the DB for a 1932 President is for a 17 jewel mvt. This one is 21 jewel. Also the 32 does not have the wandering seconds bit as this one does. No 1933 ad in the DB for a President. The first wadering seconds ad I've seen is a 1934 ad. So thats the ad I used for the supporting advert. Hope the panel can figure this one out!
Drop dead cool.
President for sure, and it's possible the wandering seconds debuted earlier than we thought?
What a beautiful puzzle. The watch is beyound fantastic. My vote is tentative President until we can uncover the wandering seconds issue.
1933 'PRESIDENT'
...and a beauty Mr Bruno!
That is a beauty Bob, you may have one of the first wandering seconds President produced on your hands, maybe a late 1933 marketing change, the case serial and movement jewel/code changes would seem to indicate that, Very Nice!
World class Bob, this is a magnificent watch. I guess I didn't pick up on the date when we talked the other day but I think we should date it 1933 as Mark and Greg suggest. You really hit a home run on this on this one, Mr Veeck would be proud.
President - "Hail to the Chief"
Oh so jealous!!
Thanks for your kind comments and help guys. I changed the the date to match the inside caseback s/n.
My brother has a similar watch i need to post and it looks like yours. Who makes the band for it? I am trying to find an original and it seems impossible