Small 1950s TIMEX, Cream Dial, V-CONIC Movement
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Here is a small 1950s Timex made in Great Britain, made either for women or kids. Given that Timex had similar sized watches with obvious children themes and branding, this was most likely made for women.
Because the crystal unfortunately has some crazing, I will show most pictures with the crystal removed.
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The dial is nice. It has a cream background. Whether this is original, or if the dial has white and has acquired this color over time is uncertain. The hands are steel or at least made with some degree of iron, and you can see there is brown-orange corrosion typical for the rust of iron.
Notice the M in TIMEX, with straight up-and-down sides, a feature essentially exclusive to TIMEX made in Great Britain. Other TIMEX have the M with laterally-slanted sides.
Movement, I believe M22, made in Scotland. This is a movement without seconds hand.
Caseback, with the "Timex Rondel," indicating various features of the watch, including the legendary V-CONIC ESCAPEMENT.
Here is the caseback, with a brass movement holder fitted into the caseback. Those U-shaped cutouts function like springs, creating tension, pushing the assembly forward when everything is closed up, preventing loosening and rattling of the movement.
Here is the whole watch. See the crazing of the crystal, esp at the upper edge. This case was used very commonly for ladies and kids Timex of the 1950s. I believe it's about 24 mm across. The leather strap is old and may be original.
Another look at the partially corroded hands.
Notice also the circular mark 12-3, where the minute hand has chronically scraped a thin arc where it mistakenly was touching the dial through that region.
People along the beach, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland, 1950s, along the north bank of the Firth of Tay. A firth is a body of water, with variable description, see link if interested.
