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What is the connection between Levi Strauss and pocket watches?

Most, if not all of us, have seen those stereotypical films of American kids in the 1950s wearing the blue jeans and white T-shirt combo that was the fashion at the time. When matches with a pair of high-top tennis shoes it was virtually an unofficial uniform. But when we indulged in the films which starred these American ‘cool cats’ did we ever pay much mind to the details of those must-have trousers?

Levii Jeans | With An Antique Pocket Watch |In The Watch Pocket

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Christie’s Patek Philippe 175 Auction Preview

To celebrate watchmaker Patek Philippe’s 175th anniversary, Christie’s is hosting a thematic auction on November 9th at Geneva’s Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues. The celebratory event will see sales include a total of 100 lots, including everything from 19th-century enamel pocket watches to 1980s complicated wristwatches. So if you’re in the market and antique watches for sale in this exclusive auction appeals to you then take a look at this historic auction:

Patek Philippe | 1563 Split Seconds Chronograph

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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude Exhibition at National Maritime Museum

If you enjoy all things maritime and you have a penchant for antique marine watches amongst other classic marine objects then this is the event for you. To mark the 300th anniversary of the passing of the Longitude Act in July 1714, this landmark exhibition tells the extraordinary story of the race to determine longitude (east-west position) at sea, helping to solve the problem of navigation and saving seafarers from terrible fates including shipwreck and starvation.

Ship, Clocks & Stars Exhibition | Antique Marine Watches

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Survey suggests the average woman owns £6,000 of jewellery

Some call it a collection, some call it hoarding, and others might just see it as a waste, but almost all women can say they have jewellery boxes at home, many of which not be entirely sure what exactly is in them. A recent study has revealed there could be as much as £6,000 worth of jewellery in the average collection of a 40-year-old woman.

Antique Pocket Watch | Rests Against Old Jewellery Box

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