I just purchased this and am anxiously awaiting it's arrival. Anyone ever seen one of these before or have an estimate of age? My guess would be perhaps 1940's. It measures approx 15" across and is made of wood covered with cloth. I've never encountered one and had to have it. One would think this is a pretty uncommon item. Thoughts?
I am guessing 1940's based on latches, construction and almost 35 years of antique buying and selling. It might be older, but certainly not much newer. I don't believe it's a retail display based on configuration, which leaves only a tradesman/salesman sample case. It looks more like a briefcase than a store display tray. If it is sales rep presentation related, it seems it would be a fairly uncommon item. Hopefully, someone will be able to put a decade to it based on the tag line "America's Greatest Watch Value", which sounds like an advertising campaign slogan. It's possible there might be markings on it, but alas, not probable. I am pretty excited about the prospect of sitting and filling it with watches from my collection............
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The process of selection of the "chosen 32" has already begun. After that, I have the dilemma of what to put in the 32 newly vacated spaces. Nature hates empty space, it must be filled. It's a big responsibility, but I think I'm up to the challenge; "more is better - buy more". Hope my wife is on board.............
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