Idle Curiosity

Ian OB

Going through my late mother in laws effects & found this little piece. Dial is branded "Deli Watch".

Its a ladies manual wind watch. Appears to be a gold case. Still runs!!

In this instance, Google is useless as all it brings up are assorted delicatessens🤔. Its from Central/Eastern Europe originally. Can anyone (ie Wibbs) help out?

Not inclined to sell or anything. If anything, give it a service, a clean, & a cracking strap because I reckon it'll really POP!!

Anyway, does anybody know anything?

j2

That's a very Cartier looking crown to my eye. Also the dial layout looks similar to some of the vintage Cartier's with Arabic numerals. Just guessing!

Lorddrakul

Could it be from the other direction?

Might it be a sub brand from a source such as HMT?

Wibbs

I'd say early 20th century ladies watch made by one of the large number of small Swiss brands that were around until the 60's and 70's. The crown is a later replacement, as I suspect are the hands as the dial looks to have radium lume numerals. You'd need a geiger counter to test that though.

Ian OB

Thanks folks. Some interesting avenues to explore in fairness.

Cienciano

Can you blurr the photos a bit more, I can almost make out a watch in the first picture

In fairness, looks quite cool, think it would look well after clean

Ian OB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119582061#Comment_119582061

Herself took them. My skills are FAR worse

blue5000

That could be a Longines crown, they used crowns like that in the 1970s and early 80s.