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- Swatch Watch, 1984 - In the 1980s, adolescent and teen consumers across the world became attracted to a new type of watch called the "Swatch." First-marketed in the U.S. in 1983 the Swatch helped reestablish the Swiss as the world's major watchmaker. This watch was introduced as Generation X began to mature and acquire personal accessories. Swatch watches proliferated because of their aesthetic appeal rather than their functionality.
- 1984
- Collections - Artifact
Swatch Watch, 1984
In the 1980s, adolescent and teen consumers across the world became attracted to a new type of watch called the "Swatch." First-marketed in the U.S. in 1983 the Swatch helped reestablish the Swiss as the world's major watchmaker. This watch was introduced as Generation X began to mature and acquire personal accessories. Swatch watches proliferated because of their aesthetic appeal rather than their functionality.
- Display Wrist Watch, 1950-1959 -
- 1950-1959
- Collections - Artifact
Display Wrist Watch, 1950-1959
- Wrist Watch, 1933 - At the beginning of the Great Depression, watch manufacturers looked for ways to create inexpensive, yet fashionable, watches to appeal to the mass market. This E. Ingraham Company watch features a pierced nickel bracelet that appears to shimmer, echoing the effect of rhinestones. The lozenge-shaped face, with its Art Deco-inspired decoration, reinforces the look of elegance in an affordable watch.
- January 01, 1933
- Collections - Artifact
Wrist Watch, 1933
At the beginning of the Great Depression, watch manufacturers looked for ways to create inexpensive, yet fashionable, watches to appeal to the mass market. This E. Ingraham Company watch features a pierced nickel bracelet that appears to shimmer, echoing the effect of rhinestones. The lozenge-shaped face, with its Art Deco-inspired decoration, reinforces the look of elegance in an affordable watch.
- Wrist Watch Used by Jawana Jackson, Selma. Alabama -
- 1969
- Collections - Artifact
Wrist Watch Used by Jawana Jackson, Selma. Alabama
- Wrist Watch, 1927 -
- 1927
- Collections - Artifact
Wrist Watch, 1927
- Wrist Watch, circa 1929 -
- circa 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Wrist Watch, circa 1929
- Swatch "Computrip" Watch, 1990 -
- 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Swatch "Computrip" Watch, 1990
- Wrist Watch, 1973 -
- 1973
- Collections - Artifact
Wrist Watch, 1973
- Wrist Watch Production Sample, 1995 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 1995
- Collections - Artifact
Wrist Watch Production Sample, 1995
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- The Hadley Company Catalog, "The Hadley Line of Watch Attachments," 1931 -
- May 01, 1931
- Collections - Artifact
The Hadley Company Catalog, "The Hadley Line of Watch Attachments," 1931