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1940's ? Tresa Alligator Suitcase watch
« on: October 25, 2012, 11:59:50 am »
My mom has this watch from my grandmother. My grandmother recieved it as a gift for an old time gangster that died in prison. He had the sweets for her. My grandparents were interesting people. My grandfather and grandmother were business people. He wore a suit or sport coat till the day he died. He was a tough man. Anyway, back to the watch. Can't find it on the internet. I saw it in one of my books and have taken quick glances. Has anyone heard or seen one?
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Re: 1940's ? Tresa Alligator Suitcase watch
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2012, 12:05:54 pm »
I have seen one like this. It belonged to my grandparents also.  This was a traveling portable alarm clock wound by hand. I'm guessing from the 1940s or 50s.
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Re: 1940's ? Tresa Alligator Suitcase watch
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2012, 12:25:39 pm »
I have seen one like this. It belonged to my grandparents also.  This was a traveling portable alarm clock wound by hand. I'm guessing from the 1940s or 50s.
what a coincidence....what are the odds on that i wonder...both sets of grandparents having the identical clocks....and ...where did your grandparents get theirs i wonder.... or is there something you,re not telling us ghopper.... ;D...and Oh...G,acre.....its Hots!!....not sweets.... ;D...
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Re: 1940's ? Tresa Alligator Suitcase watch
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2012, 12:37:51 pm »
Come to think of it Greenacres is in Philadelphia and my grandfather was from there... ;D
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Re: 1940's ? Tresa Alligator Suitcase watch
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2012, 12:44:30 pm »
That's it! Philadelphia ;D What part of Philadelphia?  Maybe I'm not searching it right. The only one I found on ebay was new. I'm going back to the books, lol. Just for now!
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Re: 1940's ? Tresa Alligator Suitcase watch
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2012, 01:01:38 pm »
I found it in "Judith Miller's 2008" price guide. Maybe worth $175.00.
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« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2012, 01:05:32 pm »
Germantown.
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« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2012, 03:34:06 pm »
That's it! Philadelphia ;D What part of Philadelphia?  Maybe I'm not searching it right. The only one I found on ebay was new. I'm going back to the books, lol. Just for now!
Back to your books?....maybe you should look back to your roots??..... ;D
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Re: 1940's ? Tresa Alligator Suitcase watch
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2012, 05:41:53 pm »
I've done that too! ;D
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« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2012, 05:54:03 pm »
This is better than a soap opera !!  Waiting to read the next one !!  LOL

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« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2012, 06:12:22 pm »
"As the Stomach Turns!" ;D Ghopper, Germantown is where my grandfather had his manufacturing company. When I was little we would go to work with him. My sister and I would give each other rides on the hand trucks.
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« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2012, 06:15:02 pm »
This is better than a soap opera !!  Waiting to read the next one !!  LOL
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« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2012, 06:21:01 pm »
"As the Stomach Turns!" ;D Ghopper, Germantown is where my grandfather had his manufacturing company. When I was little we would go to work with him. My sister and I would give each other rides on the hand trucks.
the word i think you,re looking for is.As my stomach ...Churns,....and the plot thickens...and now we await the return of ghopper....to see if he can shed some light on this Conundrum!.... ;D ;D ;D
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Re: 1940's ? Tresa Alligator Suitcase watch
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2012, 06:59:37 pm »
Should be interesting !!

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Re: 1940's ? Tresa Alligator Suitcase watch
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2012, 05:47:39 am »
Not much light to shed, since this clock was purchased well before I was born!  Yes, my grandfather grew up in Germantown/Philly (don't know what part, some areas have declined!). I know he worked for Remington and DuPont in Connecticut and Delaware in the mid-century years, so this clock may have been purchased by his parents in Philadelphia, or at some regional east coast store.

My guess is that he and his family probably shopped in the same store(s) as your predecessors, Greenacres, and had the same kind of taste. Those traveling clocks were quite the thing back in the day!  I loved playing with it when I was a kid.
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