re: TGIF Watch thread

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I just looked. $4,840.00. Yikes.

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While the Cricket isn't cheap it isn't outrageous considering you get a manufacture alarm movement. Compare that to the JLC Memovox where the most affordable version of their alarm movement in a watch is ~3 times as much.

While the closed-case versions produce a louder alarm I like the display back to see the unique movement. It has a double barrel movement with a rocker (shown below by the arrow). The mainspring is wound as you wind clockwise and when you wind counterclockwise the rocker shifts to engage the alarm spring.




I mentioned it is considered a president's watch. The press corp gave Truman one and he often wore it. They continued to gift them to presidents at least through Ford. LBJ liked the Cricket so much he was known to give them as gifts, more than 200 apparently.

IMO you get a historical watch with an unusual complication and powered by an in-house movement for roughly the price of a Black Bay so the value just depends on what lens you use to examine it.

Two of the modern dial versions