Vintage Dress Watch Design in Depth - 1940 to 1960

For many, dress watches may not look like much.... They are simple, calm and elegant timepieces, nothing too flashy.

And yet, these - at first glance - simple designs can easily captivate you, and when you get right down to it, seemingly tiny changes can completely transform the entire look and feel of the watch.

Here you can find again all charts and tables for further reading:

0:00 - Intro
1:22 - Overview 40-60s
3:41 - Dress Watch Sizes
5:30 - Numeral Layouts
7:40 - Hour Markes
10:05 - Dress Watch Hands
12:15 - Conclusion

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[johnmagnussen]

And now I know why all the watches I like are from the late 1940s, Playful Leaf Hands, etc. 😂 Way to go. And thank you Marcus. Great article.

[vicentegazali]

Why am I just finding out this channel? Amazing, informative and entertaining, exquisite work!!

[drtaytay]

This is one of the greatest watch channels out there. Thank you so much for all you've taught me about the world of vintage dress watches!!

[RM-vmeb]

The quality of your videos is excellent, particularly the content. The lighting and photography and the quality and condition of the watches is exceptional. Keep up the good work.

[tzla]

So recently I was going on a flea market checking the things that were on sale and I got my attention on an old wristwatch that was sitting in a pile of watches. It was in quite a rough shape and it had a cracked glass, but I ended up buying it for $25. It’s not even close to the watches that are shown in this video, but now I know from which decade this watch is: a mid to late 1950s dress watch due the hands and hour markers. Thank you.

[lolollolol]

you have one of the most beautiful collections i ever saw, what a fine taste

[adrianmartinez]

Those are more than watches, those are pieces of art and history. Great video. Greetings from México.

[kojiattwood]

My favourite era and type of watches by far, wonderful video--danke schön!

[orkunyildiz]

Amazing and informative video, thank you🙋🏻‍♂️

[BronyaZaych]

Really hardcore and useful information, impressive

[joaoalbertodosanjosgomes]

Very interesting watches.
Thank you very much.

[kk-ecrt]

Amazing video! Great quality, nice and concise, super informative, beautiful examples. Your videos deserve 100 times more views!

[thewholecut]

Great video guys! So many beautiful watches!

[marker]

I'm happy to say that I am the proud new owner of the Longines reference at 2:07

[junglistmovement]

Outstanding video production as always!

[nottooherbal]

I like the Omega. Oh my goodness and lots of the others too. Smaller watches are very preferable in my opinion.

[EpicJuanto]

Super useful video! By the way, would you happen to know the ref number for the watch at 2:10?

[matsudaira]

What is that Vacheron with the gold dial on 2mins 40sec? can anyone teach me the references?

[boydsargeant]

Thank you. Is it Marcus? You make great videos. I like all watches, but love watches from the 40’s most I think, with 50’s following. I have watches from 1919 to 1999, and prefer them with sub seconds. I have a question. Some watches hands are gold in colour but the markers on the dial are silver. Why is this? To me they don’t look as good, even odd, even though I have a couple like this? Was it just experimental and playful? Or is there a good reason! Ta.

[世界品牌名錶銷售個人]

I bought a lot of iwc from ebay and in 2001-2005 i remember the price always usd 380/1200 not expensive.