FLATO Platinum and Diamond Travel Watch
By Paul Flato
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This unusual watch clock was created by Paul Flato in New York in the 1930s.
Vintage 1930s American Pocket Watches
Diamond, Platinum
FLATO Platinum and Diamond Travel Watch
By Paul Flato
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This unusual watch clock was created by Paul Flato in New York in the 1930s.
Diamond, Platinum
Rolex Stainless Precision Ladies Watch with a Rare Movement and Roman Numerals
By Rolex
Located in Long Beach, CA
Our Finest Rolex Trained Master Watchmaker has recently finished a complete service on this unusual watch. If you are looking for a distinctive watch which can be worn for all sorts ...
Stainless Steel
Cyma Stainless Steel Navy Star with Original Dial and Hands, Circa 1950's
By Cyma
Located in Long Beach, CA
It is an unusual watch with an original dial with rose markers and hands.
Stainless Steel
Rolex Two Tone Zephyr with Original Bracelet from 1968
By Rolex
Located in Long Beach, CA
You can wear this unusual watch for all sorts of occasions and count on it to get you there on time, evry time.
Gold, Stainless Steel
Cyma Stainless Steel Navy Star with Original Dial and Hands, Circa 1950's
By Cyma
Located in Long Beach, CA
It is an unusual watch with an original dial with rose markers and hands.
Stainless Steel
Thomas Russell Liverpool. A Gold Keyless Fusee Up & Down Watch C1906
Located in Mayfair, London, London
Russell also had a fallback in case the keyless mechanism stopped working, a key could be used. This pocket watch is indeed rare and unusual watch. I believe that this watch moveme...
Gold, 18k Gold
0.75 Carat Ruby 0.52 Carat Diamond 18k Yellow Gold Watch - Vintage 1964
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
This unusual watch secures to one side of the watch case with a hallmarked push fit clasp and benefits from the additional security of a hinged safety clasp.
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
17th Century Antique Fireplace Mantle in Burgundy Hard Stone
Located in Beervelde, BE
The details of the carving on the jambs and front are very Fine and unusual. Watch carefully the images and you ll be impressed.
Stone
Unusual Lecoultre Disco Volante Watch in 14K Gold
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
An unusual "disco volante" or flying saucer wristwatch from Lecoultre, in 14k gold. Diameter across not including crown is 32.5mm. Approx. weight 28 grams. Manual wind movement runni...
14k Gold
Rockford Yellow Gold Filled Open Faced Pocket Watch from 1886
By Rockford Watch Company
Located in Long Beach, CA
We will continue to service it for you. It is a large watch with an unusual case design and we supply it with pocket watch chain as well.
Illinois Gold Filled Art Deco Pocket Watch with Rare Hammered Case and Red Dial
By Illinois Watch Company
Located in Long Beach, CA
LIFETIME SERVICE COMMITMENT This is one of the most unusual Illinois pocket watches I have ever seen.
Gold-filled
Tag Heuer 3000 professional, reference 932206, unusual design, Year 1987
By TAG Heuer
Located in Canterbury, England
Our vintage and rare Tag Heuer 3000 professional, reference 932.206 features a 40mm (inc crown guard) stainless steel case with grey dial. An unusual design from the post Tag takeove...
Patek Philippe 2279J Ladies Rectangular wristwatch with very unusual Conical sha
By Patek Philippe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Patek Philippe 2279J Vintage Ladies Rectangular wristwatch with very unusual Conical shape pyramid lugs. The watch was made in 1950; and measures 28 x 15mm.
18k Gold
American Watch Co. A Rare Gold Railroad Pocket Watch C1880
Located in Mayfair, London, London
Notably, the movement boasts a highly unusual layout for an American watch. Incorporated in 1859, the American Watch Co. revolutionized the industry by mass-producing high-quality p...
Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Patek Philippe 2429J Vintage Unusual Large Curved Claw Lugs in Gold Circa. 1948
By Patek Philippe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Introduction: Patek Philippe 2429J Vintage Calatrava made in 18K yellow gold case, measuring 32.5 x 40mm. The case design has large curved claw stepped lugs, with a tapered bezel. ...
Gold, 18k Gold
Rolex Steel Datejust with Custom Carbonized Finish Unusual Custom Dial, 1960's
By Rolex
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Rolex Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Datejust / Reference 1603 METAL / MATERIAL: Stainless Steel with Carbonized Finish CIRCA / YEAR: 1964 DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Lengt...
Rolex Steel and White Gold Datejust with Unusual Black Dial Rose Batons, Early 1
By Rolex
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Rolex Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Datejust / Reference 1601 METAL / MATERIAL: Stainless Steel / 14Kt. White Gold Bezel CIRCA / YEAR: Early 1960's DIMENSIONS / S...
Universal Geneve Pink Gold Bumper Automatic Watch
By Univeral Geneve
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
Rare to find in nice condition this unusual Universal Geneve dress watch. Bumper automatic, cal. 138, solid pink gold, 18k.
18k Gold
Longines Cuff Watch Bracelet Sterling Silver ca' 1970's
By Longines
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
An unusual cuff watch in sterling silver by Longines, ca' 1970's.
Vintage Bucherer 800 Silver Hand-Wind Cuff Bracelet Women’s Watch
By Bucherer
Located in New York, NY
Its unusual combination of a wide silver bracelet and concealed-style watch face makes it both a functional timepiece and a statement accessory.
Silver
Hilton White Gold Filled Mid Century Mystery Watch
Located in Long Beach, CA
They specialized in unusual men's and ladies watches for the unique jeweler around the world.
Bueche Girod Dual Time Mechanical Watch Ca' 1970's
By Bueche Girod
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
An unusual dual time mechanical watch by Bueche Girod in 18k gold.
18k Gold
A Rare Swiss Musical Quarter Repeater Pocket Watch C.1820s
By Unbranded
Located in Mayfair, London, London
This is what makes this watch a very unusual and rare piece to own. This lovely rare pocket watch is made to look like a Breguet pocket watch, but it was made by a very competent wa...
18k Gold, Rose Gold
Van Der Bauwede Genève "Spider" Diamond, Sapphire, and Aquamarine Tonneau Watch
By VAN DER BAUWEDE
Located in Antwerp, BE
Ideal for collectors of Van Der Bauwede watches or anyone seeking an unusual and elegant statement watch.
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, Stainless Steel
Movado St.Christopher Coin Watch Sterling Silver Retailed By Turler
By Movado
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
An unusual sterling silver coin watch by Movado ca' 1950's-60's.
Sterling Silver
Essex Nickel Silver One Button Chronograph Original Enamel Dial Watch
Located in Long Beach, CA
LIFETIME SERVICE COMMITMENT This unusual military style watch has a flawless enamel dial and original Breguet style Arabic numerals and a matching pair of original blued steel Bregu...
18K Gold Cartier La Dona Sport Wrist Watch with Cartier Leather Strap
By Cartier
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Having a very interesting case shape and crown placement, this watch is unusual, sporty and elegant. The dial has a silver background with Roman Numeral black markers above a field o...
18k Gold
1964 Omega Seamaster Mens Vintage Full Size Watch with 562 Movement Prussion Blu
By Omega
Located in Suwanee, GA
The Prussian Blue dial brings richness and individuality to an otherwise restrained design, making the watch feel sophisticated, unusual, and distinctive on the wrist.
Stainless Steel
A. Barthelay for Moribito Sterling Silver Bracelet Art Deco Watch circa 1970
Located in Long Beach, CA
LIFETIME SERVICE COMMITMENT This is an unusual and unique unisex bracelet watch made in Sterling Silver.
Sterling Silver
Essex Nickel Silver One Button Chronograph Original Enamel Dial Watch
Located in Long Beach, CA
LIFETIME SERVICE COMMITMENT This unusual military style watch has a flawless enamel dial and original Breguet style Arabic numerals and a matching pair of original blued steel Bregu...
A. Lange & Sohne. A Rare Rose Gold Open Face Pocket Watch C1900
By A. Lange & Söhne
Located in Mayfair, London, London
The compensation balance with micrometer regulation, blued steel overcoil hair spring and gold escape wheel showing that this is a top quality movement. This watch is rare as it is ...
Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
A Swiss Perpetual Minute Repeater Chronograph Full Hunter Pocket Watch C1900
Located in Mayfair, London, London
The other unusual aspect of the watch is that the phases of the moon are situated at the nine o'clock.
18k Gold, Rose Gold
Rose Gold Quarter Repeater Chronograph Keyless Lever Full Hunter Pocket Watch
Located in Mayfair, London, London
This is a fine example of a Swiss Repeating pocket watch with an unusual dial and an unusual chronograph hand.
18k Gold, Rose Gold
1960's Ulysse Nardin Vintage Mens Large 36000 BPH Chronometer Watch - SS
By Ulysse Nardin
Located in Suwanee, GA
It is very uncommon with a large, retro case powered by a high-frequency movement, an unusual combination. It’s a watch that feels deliberate and design-driven - strong in form, ba...
Stainless Steel
Fremes Steel Aquamatic Art Deco Watch circa 1940's Bumper Model Original Dial
Located in Long Beach, CA
But... it is a completely unique watch with an unusual patinated dial. We have never seen this model before.
Stainless Steel
1.56 Carat Ruby 1.02 Carat Diamond Ladies Cocktail Watch in White Gold Art Deco
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
This stunning ladies vintage cocktail watch has been crafted in 9k white gold. This 1940s wristwatch has an unusual, geometric Art Deco style design.
Diamond, Ruby, 9k Gold, White Gold
Zenith 18 Karat White Gold Art Deco Tank Style Watch, circa 1930s
By Zenith
Located in Long Beach, CA
It is done in the classic art deco style and the two piece case is very unusual. The watch has just been serviced by our team and comes with an 18 month warranty on this nearly 100 y...
White Gold
Tiffany & Co Mathey-Tissot 14k Gold Heavy Art Deco Flared Lug Mens Watch
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
A very unusual wrist watch ca' 1940's with exaggerated (flared) lugs.
14k Gold
LAPEL WATCH 1915 Swiss Art Deco Guilloche Blue Enameled Silver And Gilt Brass.
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco enameled lapel watch. This is a very unusual and handsome lapel watch, created in Switzerland during the art deco period, back in the 1915.
Silver, Sterling Silver, Brass, Bronze, Enamel, 18k Gold, Gilt Metal
Buren Gold Filled Art Deco Watch with Articulated Lugs From the 1940's
By Buren
Located in Long Beach, CA
LIFETIME SERVICE COMMITMENT This unique watch Buren is done with an unusual articulated design.
Gold-filled
Helbros Yellow Gold Filled Dress Watch 1950's with Covered Dial and Pearl Inlay
By Helbros
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Helbros Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Dress Watch METAL / MATERIAL: Yellow Gold Filled CIRCA / YEAR: 1950's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 31mm X Width 17mm MOVEMENT /...
Gold-filled
Rolex Cellini 6623 Anniversary Logo Dial, Crocodile Strap & Orignal 18k Buckle
By Rolex
Located in Tucson, AZ
Applied hour markers, slender hands, and the signature Offered with a genuine crocodile black leather strap and original 18k yellow gold Rolex buckle, this Cellini makes a sophisti...
18k Gold
Patek Philippe 1485A Rare stainless steel water Resistant Square Circa 1944
By Patek Philippe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Only offered with a silver dial, the ref. 1485 is a completely monochromatic timepiece that broke from Patek’s conservative design language and dared to do something new and unusual....
Steel, Stainless Steel
Salvador Dalí Softwatch – Mother of Pearl Dial – Original Strap
Located in London, GB
Our View The Softwatch remains one of the most unusual and entertaining watch designs ever produced.
Poljot (USSR) 34 x 42mm stainless steel gold coloured case, patination, c1967
Located in Canterbury, England
This is a great Soviet era mens watch with an unusual cushion case. we date manufacture to c.1967 Vintage collection: all vintage collection watches are watchmaker reviewed, come wit...
Vintage 1990s Eterna Gold Club Two Tone Sapphire Bezel Skeleton Dial Auto 34mm
By Eterna
Located in New York, NY
An Enigma From The Nineties This Eterna Gold Club is one of the most unusual and sparsely documented watches we have encountered.
Onyx, Sapphire, Gold, Stainless Steel
Vintage 1950s Movado for Cartier 14K YG Manual Double Stamp White 13 mm
By Movado
Located in New York, NY
It is a piece for someone who appreciates clever design, strong gold work, and the charm of unusual mid-century watches. Worn closed, it reads as a refined gold bracelet, with the ut...
14k Gold
Rolex Steel Oyster Perpetual Date with Original Bracelet, late 1960's
By Rolex
Located in Long Beach, CA
The dial is a rare jet black with unusual block markers and the watch still has its original Oyster Bracelet.
Stainless Steel
Rolex Stainless Steel Air King with Original Patinated Charcoal Dial from 1970's
By Rolex
Located in Long Beach, CA
It is the perfect unisex size and it can be worn for all types of occasions. We seldom see this watch with this unusual dial.
Stainless Steel
Le Coultre 14Kt. Yellow Gold in New Old Stock Condition Hand Made, circa 1950's
Located in Long Beach, CA
LeCoultre was the main supplier for Cartier for most of their early history doing exceptional collaborative watches with unusual complications. We have just serviced this watch, fo...
Zenith 14kt. Two Tone Solid Gold Designed for the Russian Marker, circa 1915
By Zenith
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Zenith Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco / Russian Market METAL / MATERIAL: 14kt Two Tone Gold Yellow and White CIRCA / YEAR: 1915 DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length ...
Rolex Steel Rare Super Oyster Model with Original Dial from the Mid 1950's
By Rolex
Located in Long Beach, CA
It is also fitted with one of the last generations of the "Bubble Back" movement, the 645 caliber, an oversized example of the original caliber. This is a watch for a collector of un...
An unusual Anglo-Indian carved ebony night watch stand
Located in London, GB
An unusual Anglo-Indian carved ebony night watch stand, modelled as a bearded Indian porter or attendant holding a staff.
Ebony
Unusual Antique Victorian Mahogany Watch and Clock Repairer’s Chest
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique Victorian mahogany watch and clock repairer’s chest having a shaped gallery with a carved gilded phoenix to the centre above eight hand painted drawers displaying the...
Other
Richard Colston Turkish Market Britannia Silver Verge Pocket Watch
Located in Nottingham, GB
Bottwell registered this mark following the 1697 act establishing the compulsory 95.84% Britannia standard. Silver watch cases bearing hallmarks from this era are unusual, as compuls...
Steel, Britannia Standard Silver, Brass, Enamel
5 Dollar 1910 Gold Coin Watch Chain 18ct
Located in Milano, MI
Unusual pocket watch chain in 18ct gold from the 1940s circa with a 5 Dollar coin Half Eagle, Indian Head - dated 1910 minted in 900/1000 (21.6ct) gold.
Gold
Vauchez Paris Gold and Enamel Double-Sided Calendar Pocket Watch
Located in Nottingham, GB
Glazed bezels with two-colour gold rope-twist borders frame both faces of this unusual French pocket watch, which measures 36 mm across.
Gold, Brass, Enamel, Steel
Swiss Enamel and Silver Centre Seconds Calendar Verge Pocket Watch
Located in Nottingham, GB
Crafted by an anonymous Swiss maker around 1790, this pocket watch measures 59 mm in diameter. Enamelled decoration of this standard on solid silver cases from the late eighteenth ce...
Enamel, Metal, Silver, Steel
LEICHT MAYER 1925 Enameled Lapel Pendant-Brooch Watch In 18Kt Yellow Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Lapel pendant-brooch watch designed by Leicht Mayer. This is a very unusual lapel-pendant-brooch necklace watch created during the art-deco period in Lucerne Switzerland by the watc...
Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
Beautiful Antique Loving Cherubs Gold Metal Pocket Watch Holder or Porte Montre
Located in Tustin, CA
Pocket watches were a necessity during this era and fine shops along the Palais Royal specialized in selling unusual and whimsical pocket watch accessories.
Brass
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A fresh palette of dial colors and technological advances have elevated this classic watch model.
The elegant timepiece, which was designed more than a century ago, is garnering new interest thanks to a certain TV show.
The watch has transformed several times over, but it’s still undeniably a classic.
This is perhaps the least subtle version of the Submariner.
If you think this looks like the Rolex Kermit, you're correct.
This all-green version of the Submariner is much sought-after.
This model was designed for lefties.
This model's other nickname, Pussy Galore, come from a James Bond film.