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Danwales
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Who was JDM? This little Cyma was bought in a clearance auction, part of a job lot. The watch meant enough for the owner to have it engraved. Why wasn't it left to a relative? Where has it been in its life? I'll never know.
 
DeathandTaxes
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My favorite of my collection - my full intials (I'm not the 3rd and that is certainly not my crest/heraldry) in the back of a 1926 Longines:
 
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gbesq
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I’m generally not a fan of case back inscriptions, but this one I really like. I thank you for your service, Mr. Ladwig and, by the way, you had spectacularly good taste in watches.
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peatnick
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James W. Martin
25 years at Kraft
March 3, 1972

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14k Seamaster De Ville ref. 6610
 
Pvt-Public
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Don't know why this little Elgin was engraved inside with Dixon Ill. Dixon is an actual town in Illinois. But why engrave a town name instead of a person, achievement, or other milestone?
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gefmey
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Nice WW 1 era Gruen, silver case, likely Aegler Gruen/Rolex type movement. Newport News was a major embarkation port in 1917.
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Davidt
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These ‘military’ style SM600’s are quite uncommon and a lot of them have a name and number engraved on the case back. Another collector recently told me he thinks many were bought by servicemen in the Far East in the mid 60’s.
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