1929 Illinois Speedway 178
Given to the 10 leading drivers of the Indianapolis Motor Race, 1929
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Very nice pair of vintage wristwatches.Currently, I am wearing these:
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A 1950s Longines Silver Arrow and a 1960s Vulcain Cricket
Incredible!1929 Illinois Speedway 178
Given to the 10 leading drivers of the Indianapolis Motor Race, 1929
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According to the Price Guide,there are less than 350 Illinois Skyways kicking about.Thanks. It looks larger in the photo. Compared to the monster watches these days
these are much smaller. The Illinois Watch Co. was the King of Art Deco.
Here is an extremely rare 1930 Illinois Skyway with White dial.
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.
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.As a matter of fact... it also came in a Black Dial.
I have been collecting these for years and that 350 number is
probably 10 times higher than the actual amount of these that have survived.
The "star" case had a screwback and bezel, and watchmakers couldn't figure
out how to get them off and pried them to bits. There are even several examples
with holes drilled in the back to get them off. Most were destroyed.
It also came in several other dial configurations, that I will show later.
Looks like a great pair of Zenith wristwatches.
Looks like a great pair of Zenith wristwatches.
The second one I can recognize as the Zenith 2400 with the date window at 4:30 o'clock. Does it have the "T" for Tritium marking at 5 o'clock? Correct me if I'm mistaken but this model was made in the mid-1960's.
The first watch I cannot make out from the photos. Can you describe it better?
The first watch I cannot make out from the photos. Can you describe it better?