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Posted By: CarltonHendricks

c1890 SWIMMING POCKET WATCH
2 3/4" Diameter

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290297815011
I usually wait till I receive stuff before posting new pickups...but pretty excited about this piece I got tonight on eBay, link above....The seller, who's a friend, thinks it's Italian, and I think he's right...I think I see a Luigi's pizza sign in the distance!!....I was about to pass if they were nude, I couldn't tell from the photos...but Tom the seller said they all have on old fashion men's bathing suits..and that the detail is exceptional and they all have beards and moustaches...You can't beat eBay for bottom fishing...If this was at an antiques show It would proably be priced 5 or 6 times what I gave....if someone can show me a better swimming pocket watch anywhere in the world I'd like to see it...Anyone care to guess what I'd have had to give were it baseball?