Watch Collection (page 8)

Canadian Cemetery Beny sur Mer Normandy
The cemetery sits on the highest point for some miles & has two watch towers from which excellent views can be gained towards Juno Beach where the Canadians came ashore

Comic German postcard -- drunkard in the toilet
Comic German postcard by Arthur Thiele -- a drunkard collapses at the side of a toilet. Date: early 20th century

Christmas card in the shape of a jewellers box
Christmas card in the shape of a red jewellers box, open to reveal a pocket watch and chain, with verse under the lid. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Advertisement for Mickey Mouse watch, 1933
An early form of character licensing in the form of a watch featuring Walt Disneys world famous character Mickey Mouse. Date: 1933

A marine serving with Mortar Platoon, 40 Commando Royal Mari
Digital photograph: A marine serving with Mortar Platoon, 40 Commando Royal Marine attached to the Black Watch Battle Group at Camp Dogwood takes an opportunity to have a field shower during a fire

Advert for John Bennett pocket watches 1892
Seletion of pocket watches for men and women. 1892

First journey of Londons electric tram 1903
Londoners throng the pavements of Westminster Bridge Road to watch the first journey of Londons first electric tram as it heads for Clapham. Date: 1903

American Watch Factory, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
American Watch Factory at Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. circa 1905

King George V as Colonel-in-Chief of Black Watch
King George V (1865-1936) as Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch. Date: circa 1920s

WW1 - RMS Laconia torpedoed, 25th February 1917
WW1 - RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner torpedoed by SM U-50 while returning from the USA to England with passengers. The first torpedo struck the liner, but did not sink her

Table clock (16th c. ). Renaissance art. Jewelry
Table clock (16th c.). Renaissance art. Jewelry. FRANCE. FRANCHE-COMTɮ DOUBS. Besan篮. Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology. Proc: GERMANY

Barbed wire party freeze under enemy star shell, WW1
A detachment of British soldiers, busy setting up barbed wire defences freeze momentarily as the area is lit up by an enemy star-shell

Suffragette Sandwich Board Mustard. Two men watch a Suffragette (man dressed up) carrying a VFW sandwich board. One man remarks, There ain t much am in that sandwich arry

Fretwork wooden pocket-watch stand showing hand-to-hand fighting between British and German troops. Dated 1915.. Trench Art

Stirrup Charge by 2nd Dragoons & Black Watch - St Quentin
Stirrup Charge by the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) & Black Watch at St Quentin, 30 August 1914. by Countess Feodora Gleichen, RE (1861-1922)

Advert for J. C. Vickery luminous & grill-guard watches 1918
Active service wrist watches. Sterling silver high-grade lever wrist watch, with luminous hands and figures. Sterling silver very reliable luminous wrist watch with very detachable grill guard. 1918

J. C. Vickery advertisement with Fums Up lucky mascot, WW1
Advertisement for J C. Vickery, Their Majesties Jeweller, featuring an active service watch with luminous hands and figures and FUMSUP" for luck, a popular lucky charm or talisman for soldiers

Army wrist watch protector advertisement
Advertisement for a practical wrist watch protector for soldiers during the First World War, protecting from the glint on the glass possibly attracting bullets

Advertisement for Waltham pocket watches, Riverside Series. 1914

Operation Mincemeat - possessions of Major Martin
Personal possessions of Major William Martin, found when his body was washed ashore in Spain on 30th April 1943 carrying sensitive documents

Vicar captured by Cannibals
Shakespeare Up to Date ! Quote from Pericles - Act IV. Sc. 2: " If you require a little space for prayer, I grant it

British regimental crest -Cherat Hills, Pakistan
British Indian Regimental Badges Carved into the Rock Face in the Cherat Hills. Cherat was a hill station and sanatorium for British troops above the village of Saleh Khana commanding a view over

Royal wedding 1893 - the departure
The departure of the Duke of York and his bride from Buckingham Palace.Earlier, George Duke of York(later King George V)(1865-1936) had married Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York)

Advert for Wilson & Gill, Ermeto ladies pocket - bag watch
The most practical and stylish watch ever introduced, commencing the third chapter in the history of the watch. Shock-proof, dust-proof and damp-proof; protected against glass breakage

Quarries, Portland Prison, Dorset
Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area. This view shows small groups of men cutting stone by hand while prison

Wendy Craig, English actress, with butterflies
Wendy Craig (b 1934), BAFTA award-winning English actress, seen here posing with butterflies, a reference to the popular sitcom Butterflies in which she starred between 1978

German Christmas card with soldiers
A German Christmas postcard, depictng a jolly group of German soldiers sitting in a festive barracks building, opening letters and parcels from their loved ones around a table

Central African Republic - Baya People (Gbaya), comprising 34% of the population

Soldiers and Sailors Manning a Capstan, 1873
Engraving showing Royal Navy sailors and soldiers from a Scottish Regiment manning a capstan, whilst a Scotch piper stands on the capstan to give them some music

The Zulu wars. A Zulu blacksmith forging an assegai
Scene depicting a Zulu making a spear in a fire and shaping it into the famous zulu weapon. Male and female zulus are in the foreground, while two European men watch in the background

Worthing Pier Fire 1933
Crowds watch the terrifying spectacle of Worthing Pier Pavilion ablaze. The flames and smoke could be seen for miles and the pier was completely destroyed

Hans Eysenck / Closeup
HANS EYSENCK Psychologist

Watch Repair
A suited man concentrates very hard as he fixes a wrist watch

Paul Kruger
STEPHANUS JOHANNES PAULUS (PAUL) KRUGER, last President of the South African Republic and generlly regarded as the greatest figure Afrikanerdom produced

Boy, Girl, Model Boat
Brother and sister watch their model boat as it sails proudly away across a pool

Luther and Elector
MARTIN LUTHER with the kurfurst von Sachsen (elector of Saxony), togethar with God and a covey of cherubs, watch as Jesus is baptised

Children watch a puppet show in Paris, France
Children watch a Theatre Amusant puppet show in the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, France

Susi - with a watch. 1950s

Pawnbroker and customer on a postcard -- Trying to pass the time. Date: circa 1900s

Black Watch pipers playing to captors of Longueval, WW1
Black Watch pipers playing to the captors of Longueval, Somme, France, WW1. 1914-1918

WW2 - Sunset on Western front - British soldiers on guard. Date: circa 1942

Andrew Besley, photographer, Cornwall
Andrew Besley, photographer, in action with a Pentax 6x7 camera in Cornwall. circa 1960s

Fashionable jewels 1933
Model wearing ornamental jewellery with time watch which fastens on top of the womens clothing by Ciro. 1933

Woman asleep on a train. circa 1950s

Clock and watch repairs, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Traders sign outside a shop for clock and watch repairs, probably in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Wang Lee Lepaer Colock and Wach. Below is another sign, Yah Lih, boot and shoe maker

Industrial School Training Ship HMS Wellesley - Mess Room
The lower-deck mess room aboard the Industrial School Training Ship HMS Wellesley. Boys sit at tables while officers stand watch. Date: 1914

Owner standing outside jewellers shop, USA
Owner standing outside his jewellers shop, North America, taken on 14 October 1909. Date: 1909

WW1 - The Patron Saint of Paris watching over the town
WW1 era - Saint Genevieve, the Patron Saint of Paris, still watching over the town until dawn.... the card bears a small souvenir medallion

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