New Member Question about Niedner Rifles

[mindbuilder]

Hello. New member with an unusual question...I picked up a watch at an estate sale in Lexington, Massachusetts a few weeks ago which is engraved on the back as follows:

NIEDNER
1936-1981
FRANK YOUNG

I am curious about the owner's history of this watch. Since Lexington is not a far cry from Malden, where Niedner was located, I am assuming Frank Young was an employee of this company and for 35 years was involved, directly or indirectly, in the production of the Niedner rifles??????
Is there anybody I can ask that might be able to give me some history about Frank's involvement? I was going to take the watch apart to use the internal mechanisms in my art work but when I saw the engraving could not do it. (Probably because I grew up the daughter of a serious gun collector - somehow this seems a bit sacriligious to me! haha)
I would love to find out more about Frank Young and the history of the watch given to him by the Niedner company.
Can anybody help me track down this info?

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[Badger]

Hello ...

Welcome to the forums ..

You might want to try our Google CSE custom search engine located in the top right corner below the words "Advanced Search". It only searches our site using Google techniques and can be quite efficient. For example, in your case, type in the words Niedner and see what happens ..

There are dozens of old threads, many with pictures.

Regards,
Doug

[gsimmons]

What kind of watch is it? Pictures would be great.