Description:

Bradley for Walt Disney Productions "Mickey Mouse" 1J dollar watch wrist, vintage mechanical manual-wind steel plate movement with a jeweled balance wheel and a brushed finish, white paper dial with black Arabic numbers and a multi-colored red, black, yellow & beige toned Mickey Mouse design across the surface, dial has some small specks of discoloration across the surface, black & red steel arm-shaped hands, classic smooth polish yellow base metal (YBM) & white base metal (WBM) round case with a sloped WBM bezel supporting the slightly domed plastic crystal, heavy tapered lugs and a WBM back with a brushed finish, case is showing light even wear with a little discoloration on the crown, measures approx. 25mm in diameter x 32mm lug to lug x 10mm thick (crystal included), attractive lightly padded white leather full cuff band with tan stitching, black leather backside and a large YBM buckle, band is in excellent condition and the watch has a wearable length of approx. 135-180mm. A fantastic mechanical movement Mickey Mouse watch from the 1950s in excellent+ overall condition!

Item Specifics:

Year Made: 1950s
Company: Bradley for Walt Disney Productions
Jewels: 271J
Setting/Movement Type: manual-wind
Dial Material: paper
Dial Color: multi-colored
Dial Details: Mickey Mouse
Hand Style: arm-shaped
Case Style: round
Case Material: Base Metal - Yellow, Base Metal - Silver/White
Case Width, without crown: 25mm (0.98 inches)
Case Length, lug to lug: 32mm (1.26 inches)
Case Thickness: 10mm (0.39 inches)
Interior Lug Width: 13mm (1/2")
Band Size: 6in. to 6.99in.
(measurement range includes watch length & band)
Band Material: leather cuff
Crystal Material: plastic
Condition: Excellent +
Gender: Unisex, Children's

Logo Info:

At PM Time Service, we refer to a "character watch" as any watch that has a dial, and possible other components, that have a cartoon character, public figure or a fictional character printed on them. There were many companies, such as US Time, Ingersoll and Timex, that were commissioned by the character-owner (such as Disney for example) to produce watches with these images, and in most cases, the characters watches were completed at the factory and not as an after-market addition. While most of the PM Time Service character watches are vintage, this type of watch is still in production today, albeit with updated quartz movements.

Character watches were primarily targeted towards children and as such, a large number of the watches produced were of lower quality or "dollar watches" and were also considered ladies' or mid-sized. While the original focus group for sales may have been targeted at children and young adults, we do see many purchases today by adults for their own use.