Nobody Asked: Picking Team Watches For The NFL, Part II
In 1947, Violet Bidwill (later Violet Bidwell Wolfner) became the first female owner of an NFL team when she took over the Cardinals (at the time located in Chicago), after her husband’s death. She ran the team from then until her own death in 1962, including a move to St. Louis in 1960. Here’s a beautiful violet watch to pay tribute to her historic first. Look how majestic that creature is on the dial? Damn. Did you know that Capricorn is actually a mythical sea-goat, not a ram, making this choice inaccurate? You might not have if I didn’t tell you, and spiraling horns are far more common on rams (male sheep) than goats. Let’s call it a half win. I could’ve gone modern and sexy with the MB&F Space Pirate or one of Bell & Ross’s skull watches but I thought the Montegrappa was too good to pass up. Look at that skull with a hat and a knife in its jaws! Yar! I thought about the Apple…
