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My great grandfather was one of the guys who was closely involved with arranging the Helsinki Olympic Games in 1952. This pocket watch was some kind of gift from Finnish Olympic Committee.
I thought it made a nice picture with my Ebel 1911 (also these used Zenith movements before).
Cheers.
https://luxurywatches635.files.wordp...oldvsnew-1.jpg
More information please!!
I wish I knew more. My great grandfather was Minister of the Interior of Finland in the 1920's and it was some kind of gift from the government / Olympic committee. He died three years before the actual Olympic Games took place. All I know that he was closely involved with the project (and getting the games in Finland in the first place).
Here is his Wiki page. It's in Finnish... you can auto translate it to English.
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yrj%C3...CJKhYyTOvPE45Q
Very cool. What does the front of the pocket watch look like?
Best wishes,
Bob
Hi Bob, sorry for missing this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by rfrazier
It's just typical white dial old pocket watch. I'll photograph it one of these days.
Here's my grandfather's old thing. It's from the 50's, not 40's (as I originally thought).
https://luxurywatches635.files.wordp...hoisi_side.jpg
Some of these old Zenith have a treasure inside, as Zenith was (successfully) going after all the chronometer records it could.
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint-Just
About the Helsinki Summer Olympics still... they were originally given to Helsinki in 1940 but were cancelled due to the Winter War. They took place in 1952.