So this Omega pocket watch celebrates all that, but we’re not done yet.? This watch is co-branded, much like the Tiffany & Co. Rolexes we often feature.? It is signed by an old jeweler named K.Nudsen, which was a prominent shop in Kristania, Norway.? Now here’s a Hodinkee challenge: Find Kristania on a map.

We don’t feature pocket watches much on Hodinkee. In fact, there are only two that come to mind. The first is this amazing deck chronometre from Zenith, and the second is actually another Zenith, this time owned by Gandhi. However, you have to give respect where respect is due, and to the Omega Pocket Watch we’re about to tell you about, massive respect is due.

Sure it’s an old Pocket Watch and sure it’s an Omega, BFD, right? Well it’s not just old, it’s very old. 109 years old to be exact, circa the very first year of the 20th century. This is probably the first time we are 100% confident in saying this watch is older than literally every single person reading this website.

So it’s old, but it also comes engraved with 6 medallions and the words “Grand Prix Paris 1900″. This is where the watch gets really interesting. The Grand Prix of Paris in this year was actually part of the Exposition Universelle, or World’s Fair.? This was more than just your average world’s fair, it was an extravaganza of artistic, societal, and athletic growth.? After all, the second Olympic games (ever) were part of this 6 month event.? What else went down at the Exposition Universelle??

Well, let’s see.? It saw the introduction of the escalator and the talking movie.? It saw Campbell’s soup with that gold medal that it STILL uses on its label, and it was the first Olympic games where women were allowed to compete (in some cases on multi-national teams).? It was a pretty revolutionary six months in Paris.

So this Omega pocket watch celebrates all that, but we’re not done yet.? This watch is co-branded, much like the Tiffany & Co. Rolexes we often feature.? It is signed by an old jeweler named K.Nudsen, which was a prominent shop in Kristania, Norway.? Now here’s a Hodinkee challenge: Find Kristania on a map.

You can’t.? It doesn’t exist anymore.? Kristania was renamed “Oslo” in 1925.? So this watch is engraved with what many describe as the most important cultural event in the modern era AND with a city that no longer exists.? And it’s an Omega.? This watch is beyond cool.

Click here for the details of this 100 year old Pocket Watch, one that’s worth buying right away at only 850 GBP.

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Omega Pocket Watch From The 1900 World’s Fair / Olympic Games Signed With A City That Doesn’t Exist