LRF ANTIQUE WATCHES
WWI Trench Watches
LRF ANTIQUE WATCHES
WWI Trench Watches
Below you will find and absolutely incredible photo archive of WWI trench watches that I have restored over the past 10+ years. Some watches were fully restored and some watches only had mechanical repairs done to them to preserve originality.
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The Illinois Watch Case Company Admirals & Generals.
This is the ONLY COMPLETE SET of the 10 IWCCo Admiral & General trench watch cases
in this series known to exist with the regular crown and offset crown configurations.
The two size 12s watches only came with regular 3 o'clock crown configurations.
EXTREMELY RARE 14k SOLID GOLD 1916 WWI Waltham Depollier "D-D" Utility Trench Watch.
This is the ONLY example currently know to exist in 14k SOLID GOLD.
Circa 1917 WWI Elgin Trench Watch with 17 Jewels, This is the ONLY 18k SOLID GOLD
American Made Trench Watch Case Known to Exist!
The WWI Integrated Crystal Guard Trench Watches
These guards are actually part of the case, not an aftermarket attachment.
This is the ONLY size 0s 14k SOLID GOLD WWI Admiral Evans Trench Watch currently known to exist. This incredibly RARE watch features SOLID GOLD Swivel Lugs and the factory original 14k SOLID GOLD crown. 17 jewels with a SOLID GOLD center wheel, SOLID GOLD, jewel chatons and SOLID GOLD balance wheel screws. It even has a 14k SOLID GOLD strap buckle.
WWI Waltham Depollier KHAKI Trench Watch Cases
The WWI RED 12 Elgin & Waltham Trench Watches
The WWI Elgin "STAR DIAL" Series Trench Watches
The WWI Era Waltham Depollier "Field & Marine" Waterproof Watch
The 36mm Semi-Hermetic Dennison WWI Trench Watch Cases
The WWI Trench Watch Shrapnel Guards, Crystal Guards
Original Condition WWI Trench Watches
Only Mechanical Repairs Have Been Done
More Original Condition WWI Trench Watches
Only Mechanical Repairs Have Been Done
The GIANT Size 6s 38mm - 39mm Waltham & Elgin WWI Trench Watches
Very Special 1918 WWI Illinois Trench Watch, this Officer Had the Names of the French Towns he Visited During WWI Engraved onto the Watch Case
Extremely Rare BEHEMOTH 44mm - 47mm Size 12s WWI Elgin Trench Watches
EXTREMELY RARE WWI Elgin & Waltham Trench Watches
Only 1-3 Examples of each Trench Watch are Known to Exist
An incredibly RARE 1918 BEHEMOTH Size 12s 43mm WWI Elgin Admiral Benson Trench Watch. This is currently the ONLY example known to exist. It is pictured next to a 31mm size 3/0s Admiral Evans for some scale.
This 1916 WWI Waltham Depollier Trench Watch that still has the original factory KHAKI Strap was originally owned by 2nd Lieutenant Walter Poague. Lt. Poague tragically died on November 6 1918 only 6 days before the Great War ended. He hunted German submarines from the skies off the coast of Spain in the Azores. Lt. Poague was one of the very first US Marine Corps Aviators.
WWI Trench Watch Advertising from 100+ Years Ago