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KiwiSteve · 11 November 2015, 01:13 AM

Ok this has me stumped and I am usually good at tracking things down , I found a lovely 9ct Ladies Unicorn watch , it has on the face Unicorn and at the bottom on the face it has the words Joe Reid . This name is where you would normally find the amount of jewels and its the same writing as the word Unicorn . I cant for the life of me figure out why it would be like this , I will post a pic later when the cameras charged up .

Paul · 11 November 2015, 04:05 AM

Hi Steve,

Paul from sunny Wellington here - how's it going.

There was an era when jewellers would add their own details to a watch dial before sale. I'm talking about way back when - 1920s / 30s perhaps ?.
Sometimes the jeweller details accompanied the usual manufacturers logo .... sometimes it was simply the jewellers info.
A VRF member has a splendid very early Rolex oyster watch with text on the dial relating to a jeweller from Taihape NZ - go figure.

Seems your watch may have been originally sold by this fella down in Oamaru . Excerpt is from the Oamaru Mail circa 1914 ....

Paul · 11 November 2015, 06:07 AM

A bit more scouting around and I see that Joe Reid Jewellers in Oamaru did personalise dials on watches they sold.

A 'Joe Reid Oamaru' watch was up for sale on a Spanish-language web-site a few months back. Pic has been deleted but I guess that adds some weight to the theory as to where your watch originated

Old Expat Beast · 11 November 2015, 06:26 AM

Nicely done Paul

KiwiSteve · 11 November 2015, 01:44 PM

well maybe not so sunny today ............

Now that was amazing how fast someone tracked that down , I will ask the previous owner if her mother lived in Oamaru . But She must have or visited there and bought the watch . I was chatting with a few of the shop dealers here today about the watch and all are intrigued , as they could not understand why it would have be on there , none had seen anything like it before , well the watch is standard issue but with the name Joe Reid name .......... I'll post a pic with the next message . .......... Thanks Again Paul ........

KiwiSteve · 11 November 2015, 01:50 PM

Ok this may or may not work , if not I will go and have a read up .......

11 November 2015, 01:13 AM	#1
KiwiSteve "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Nelson NZ Posts: 3	Ladies Unicorn Rolex with mans name on the face Ok this has me stumped and I am usually good at tracking things down , I found a lovely 9ct Ladies Unicorn watch , it has on the face Unicorn and at the bottom on the face it has the words Joe Reid . This name is where you would normally find the amount of jewels and its the same writing as the word Unicorn . I cant for the life of me figure out why it would be like this , I will post a pic later when the cameras charged up .

11 November 2015, 04:05 AM	#2
Paul "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,000	Kia Ora Bro .... Hi Steve, Paul from sunny Wellington here - how's it going. There was an era when jewellers would add their own details to a watch dial before sale. I'm talking about way back when - 1920s / 30s perhaps ?. Sometimes the jeweller details accompanied the usual manufacturers logo .... sometimes it was simply the jewellers info. A VRF member has a splendid very early Rolex oyster watch with text on the dial relating to a jeweller from Taihape NZ - go figure. Seems your watch may have been originally sold by this fella down in Oamaru . Excerpt is from the Oamaru Mail circa 1914 ....

11 November 2015, 06:07 AM	#3
Paul "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,000	Extra info .... A bit more scouting around and I see that Joe Reid Jewellers in Oamaru did personalise dials on watches they sold. A 'Joe Reid Oamaru' watch was up for sale on a Spanish-language web-site a few months back. Pic has been deleted but I guess that adds some weight to the theory as to where your watch originated

11 November 2015, 01:44 PM	#5
KiwiSteve "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Nelson NZ Posts: 3	And Kia Ora From Sunny Nelson well maybe not so sunny today ............ Now that was amazing how fast someone tracked that down , I will ask the previous owner if her mother lived in Oamaru . But She must have or visited there and bought the watch . I was chatting with a few of the shop dealers here today about the watch and all are intrigued , as they could not understand why it would have be on there , none had seen anything like it before , well the watch is standard issue but with the name Joe Reid name .......... I'll post a pic with the next message . .......... Thanks Again Paul ........

11 November 2015, 01:50 PM	#6
KiwiSteve "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Nelson NZ Posts: 3	Picture Ok this may or may not work , if not I will go and have a read up ....... Attached Images

11 November 2015, 06:26 AM	#4
Old Expat Beast TRF Moderator & 2025 Titanium Yacht-Master Patron Join Date: Jul 2013 Real Name: Adam Location: Far East Watch: MQ-24-7B2LLJF Posts: 28,930	Nicely done Paul

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