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All tomorrow's parties' watches

I recently read All tomorrow's parties, by William Gibson, where vintage watches seem to be quite important. He already talked about it on Wired, couple of years before finishing the book. Makes you wonder how he actually managed to did it. Furthermore, the Silencio character seems to be there purely to be able to mention watches several times through the book.
In any case, here's a list of some watches mentioned in the book. I haven't found any other, so I guess it might be useful for somebody:

The Jaeger-LeCoultre RAAF is quite important; appears in the first pieces, links two characters, and is mentioned several times. From the looks, it's quite cool.
• Cortebert triple date
• Gruen Curvex
• Vulcain Cricket
• Vulcan Jump Hour, along with other jump hour watches
• Zenith El Primero, which you can also buy for several hundred bucks at eBay
• And last but not least, Jaeger LeCoultre Futurematic, which has a very important, if not exactly clear, role in the resolution of the book