Ladies' silver toned wrist watch with a white circular face and a metal back and expansion bands, as well as metal hands; numbers are printed in gold, and only the numbers 12, 3, 6, and 9 are shown, with hatch marks where the other numbers would be; second hand is red, and there are words printed …
Ladies' silver toned wrist watch with a white circular face and a metal back and expansion bands, as well as metal hands; numbers are printed in gold, and only the numbers 12, 3, 6, and 9 are shown, with hatch marks where the other numbers would be; second hand is red, and there are words printed on the clock face in the middle above and below where the hands begin; back of the watch also contains engraved writing, as well as each metal link; each side of the watch face has a metal protrusion to which the watch band is meant to be attached, though it is only attached on the side above the watch face; no clasp and is broken.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Used by donor’s great aunt, Connie Cox (20 Aug 1939- 5 June 2010), while working at the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital for over 35 years. Ontario Hospital Kingston Nursing School, Grad 1962.
Date based on maker's mark and the use of the word "waterproof"
Material
metal: silver
ink: white, gold, black, red
Inscriptions
Printed on watch face: "12 // 3 // 6 // 9 // K. D'E // 17 JEWELS // SHOCKPROTECTED // Permaspring // SWISS MADE"; engraved on back of watch: "MAGNETIC INCABLOC STAINLESS STEEL BACK S WATERPROOF"; engraved on watch expansion links: "FIXOFLEX"
Fritz Marti invented the Incabloc shock absorbing system which went into production in 1933. Watches ceased to have "waterproof" engraved on them mostly after the 1960s in the USA, as no watch could ever be fully waterproof. "Water resistant" is the current term used.