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Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.
Your Illinois Skyways are strikingly handsome wristwatches what with the unique logo below 12 o'clock and the stars around the bezel; I understand that the caseback also has matching stars around its circumference. I'm generally partial to black dials but for some reason I prefer the white...- viclip
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.
According to the Price Guide,there are less than 350 Illinois Skyways kicking about. I wonder whether the dials came in colors other than white.- viclip
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Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.
Very nice pair of vintage wristwatches. I especially like the alarm function of the Cricket. Those are super- handy timepieces due to that reminder feature.- viclip
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Putting clear glass into vintage eyeglass frames
Googling "non prescription glass" brought up quite a number of hits. You might also consider a safety supply outfit which provides safety glasses for persons with 20/20 vision. Is it the problem that you need perfectly round lenses as distinct from shaped? Vintage eyeglasses that I've seen...- viclip
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46R vs 46L
I think that the important thing is whether a jacket meets the curled finger test for length. If you're not familiar with that test, the idea is to stand with your arms dangling by your sides, then curl your fingers. The bottom of a properly fitting jacket will just nicely fit into your...- viclip
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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
A couple of those pics wherein the gents are sporting pocket watches, caught my eye. Their chains,instead of being looped through a button hole on their vests, are instead snaked through a vertical slit specially created for the purpose. I don't recall seeing such clear examples until now. I... -
Here is why there are so many tiny and so few large vintage hats
Clothing outfits as well as armor collections (including helmets) that I've seen in museums look like they were sized for young teenagers, but of course those items formerly belonged to adults who were far smaller than the average North American these days. -
A couple of fashion pet peeves...
That's good to hear. Incidentally is that a Roman ruin in the background?- viclip
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A couple of fashion pet peeves...
Fashion or style aside, the first thing I noticed about your stingy brim was that it failed to provide adequate protection from the sun. I see from your avatar that you're not averse to wider brims. Every so often I like to remind the membership that a minimum 2.5" brim (preferably 3") is...- viclip
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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
Quite the pic. Now I understand why I once witnessed some black powder shooters start a grass fire at a public range. -
Here is why there are so many tiny and so few large vintage hats
A while ago in a similar thread someone provided actual hat order figures from the 1920s on an industry-wide basis breaking down hats by size. Those figures bore out what I consider to be historically accurate, namely that men's head sizes were generally smaller back then. I wish I'd saved... -
Here is why there are so many tiny and so few large vintage hats
Great find, we now have ineluctable proof of the truth of the fact asserted -
Show us your TIES
Those loop bands are totally unnecessary when a tie is worn with a vest. Thus it stands to reason that loop bands became more prevalent as vests in particular became less popular. I've always felt that the decline of the vest corresponded with the decline of the pocket watch. By the end of...- viclip
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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
I can't imagine who would do such a terrible thing to a lawyer -
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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
My first thought was that the parking meter hadn't been fed. What's that on the windshield? Could be a violation notice. Or maybe the car was being re-possessed for non-payment of its financing, in which case notice thereof would be posted on the windshield? -
1890 Spy Camera in Oslo
The secret photographer's candid camera gives us a rare glimpse into the lives of real people as they were well over a century ago ~ thanks for sharing- viclip
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Pocketwatches
That double sunk dial with its large swirly black hour chapter & discrete red minute chapter, is spectacular & appears immaculate. I'll bet it's a great timekeeper, those Hamilton 992's were so very well made.- viclip
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List of different hats from more dressy to less dressy?
I'd put the Bowler above the Homburg, with the Top Hat being the dressiest of all ... just my 2 cents -
Biltmore Senator (Canada)
Are you referring to a Canadian Biltmore Senator being sold as New Old Stock, or is it a newly manufactured hat turned out in Texas by the Dorfman-Pacific group? From a brief review of the latter's current Fall/Winter catalog it doesn't look like they've continued with the Senator name as such...
