Thos RUSSELL & Son – Finest Gold Wristlet Watches
Full page advert for a “handsome, trustworthy, dignified” wristwatch – “a manly affair”
£5.00
Featuring Russell’s Type 598 wristwatch, supplied with either ’Jewelled’ or ‘Precision’ movements in a cushion-shaped case. The cost for 18ct was £11/5/0. Extracted from the November 1926 issue of the Horological Journal. Page size 10 x 7 inches (25 x 18 cm).
Thomas Russell, one of the largest and most important Liverpool watch manufacturers of the period, retailers of the earliest known (pre-1900) wristwatches for wear by men – years before the Swiss were doing so.
NB: When binding the Journal it was standard practice to discard the separately paginated section of adverts, and all such pages are rare survivors.
A fine image of what is now almost a 100-year old design. Only slight age browning, rust stains from the staple binding and a couple of small edge tears, none of which affect the image
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Featuring Russell’s Type 598 wristwatch, supplied with either ’Jewelled’ or ‘Precision’ movements in a cushion-shaped case. The cost for 18ct was £11/5/0. Extracted from the November 1926 issue of the Horological Journal. Page size 10 x 7 inches (25 x 18 cm).
Thomas Russell, one of the largest and most important Liverpool watch manufacturers of the period, retailers of the earliest known (pre-1900) wristwatches for wear by men – years before the Swiss were doing so.
NB: When binding the Journal it was standard practice to discard the separately paginated section of adverts, and all such pages are rare survivors.
A fine image of what is now almost a 100-year old design. Only slight age browning, rust stains from the staple binding and a couple of small edge tears, none of which affect the image