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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 38632, member: 44&quot;]Here&#039;s another one:</p><p><a href="http://forums.watchuseek.com/f11/1930s-sterling-silver-cyma-belt-buckle-golfers-watch-654194.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.watchuseek.com/f11/1930s-sterling-silver-cyma-belt-buckle-golfers-watch-654194.html" rel="nofollow">http://forums.watchuseek.com/f11/1930s-sterling-silver-cyma-belt-buckle-golfers-watch-654194.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the ebay listing it came from - pics are not still up. Gee, it sold for $1,965.00!!</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXTREMELY-RARE-ORIGINAL-HUGE-SILVER-0-935-TAVANNES-BELT-BUCKLE-WATCH-CHRONOMETER-/230704671330?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557&amp;nma=true&amp;si=mvD%252BU1ofYtD3ajMgGLjVaNMRZgY%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXTREMELY-RARE-ORIGINAL-HUGE-SILVER-0-935-TAVANNES-BELT-BUCKLE-WATCH-CHRONOMETER-/230704671330?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557&amp;nma=true&amp;si=mvD%252BU1ofYtD3ajMgGLjVaNMRZgY%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXTREMELY-RARE-ORIGINAL-HUGE-SILVER-0-935-TAVANNES-BELT-BUCKLE-WATCH-CHRONOMETER-/230704671330?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557&amp;nma=true&amp;si=mvD%2BU1ofYtD3ajMgGLjVaNMRZgY%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a history of the company, Tavannes. Note: one of these watches is pictured. Under the pic it says:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;A WATCH FIT FOR A KING:</p><p>The belt-buckle version of Tavannes innovative “La Captive” watch model started out as a custom order for King Edward VIII, and was eventually made available to the public, with distribution through Hermes.&quot;</p><p><a href="http://chronoswatchmagazine.com/historic-tavannes/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://chronoswatchmagazine.com/historic-tavannes/" rel="nofollow">http://chronoswatchmagazine.com/historic-tavannes/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm.... Edward the VIII was slim enough to have read the watch; however, his portly grandfather Edward the VII never could have owned one of these.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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