Carlos Meira

 

Porto Flavia, Sardegna, Italy

 

First public clock in Paris, 1585

 

Vintage posters

 

Giant Minotaurus in Toulouse

 

Woman hats

 

Futuristic transport

 

Pocket modernism

 

Ulysse Nardin Watch with 10 Complications. 1936

Old-fashioned, you say? Just old-fashioned enough to match your pinstripe suit or military-style outfit.

For frequent travelers, there is a world-time watch. A similar timetool produced today could be called a ‘GMT’:

Vacheron & Constantin World Time. 1936

Audemars Piguet for Gübelin. 1930s

Black dial? More protection? Here’s the solution:

A. Lange & Söhne Hunting Watch. 1930s

More high-tech? What’s the problem:

Patek Philippe Two-Tone Sector Dial Chronograph. 1938

Just a dress watch, but “in style”? What style exactly? Be assertive:

Zenith keyless dress watch

 

Gustave Sandoz 17 jewels. 1930

 

A. Lange & Söhne. 1940

Jaeger-LeCoultre Staybrite Dress Watch with Double Date Calendar

 

Omega cal. 38.5L T1. 1937

 

Patek Philippe Yellow Gold Dress Watch. Movement: 1927. Case: 1936

 

Longines Lifetime. 1920s

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Hamilton Cal. 921. 1941

And don’t hesitate to ask for extra features – like a moon phase:

Patek Philippe Digital Perpetual Calendar. 1937

A touch of old Navy (and naval aviation)? All big guns, flying boats and ever-faithful pocket watches?

Auricoste French Navy watch

 

IWC Kriegsmarine pocket watch

 

Longines BU.Aero. U.S. Navy 21 jewels

More feminine maybe? There are ladies aboard our zeppelin, don’t forget!

Vacheron & Constantin Minerva. 1925

 

Saturno Cal. 28mm 15 jewels. 1930s

Digital, we said. No hoax: this style is called American Digital:

Patek Philippe American Digital. 1947

Ah, triple calendar is not digital enough? Well, what would you say about this one:

Vacheron & Constantin unique timepiece for Alexander I Karadjordjevic, King of Yugoslavia. 1931

Joy of life

 

Jatmai Maatha Temple, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

 

Ceremonial weapons of the Majapahit Empire, Java

 

Annona reticulata

 

Joy of summer

 

Tribe Me´en, Ethiopia

 

Pico del Teide

 

Porcupine - Hystrix cristata

 

A bald eagle and four owls. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the USA. 1907.

 

Barn Owl. From a handbook of the ornithology of the USA and Canada. 1891.

 

Reading machine

 

African bat-eared foxes

 

Russian retro

 

Samarkand, Uzbekistan

 

Hunger

 

New York under snow

 

Academia Istropolitana