We couldn't believe it either. Last month we found an oversized Florn "V.I.P." Goliath desk watch in an attic in Monroe — the Voyager, who found her home almost immediately. Then, in a Victorian house near Erie's shore: her sister. Same Austrian maker, same bold numerals, same wonderful looped hour hand — far too big for any pocket, which was always the point. These were made to sit somewhere prominent and be admired.
Florn "V.I.P.," Austria, circa 1950s–1970s. Manual wind — running at time of listing. The dial carries fine age speckling beneath the glass that we've left as found; she wears her years honestly. Lovely propped on a stack of old books or hung from a hook. From the Erie Shores house.
