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Anyone heard of L. Lewitt? old art deco piece.

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I have an old family art deco watch that is need of repair. I dropped it off at a jewelry/watch shop that does repairs and they will let me know what they can do about it. The concern would be getting replacement parts. It is over 100 years old. I don't think the watch itself is particularly fancy - just manual wind, but it is very pretty, white gold, and I am just jhoping to get it cleaned up and fixed so I can use it sometimes. Not so great photo - but you can see that the crown, which has a cool little sapphire has fallen out, clasp needs repair and faced spiffed up. Crystal is still very good.
 
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This is a common type of ladies watches sold in the 1920’s. The jewel on the crown is called a cabochon.

I’ve serviced several watches of this type made by Elgin and Bulova, and they were relatively unproblematic. The mainspring always needs to be replaced though.


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Deafboy Deafboy
These are a common type of ladies watches sold in the 1920’s. The jewel on the crown is called a cabochon.

I’ve serviced several watches of this type made by Elgin and Bulova, and they were relatively unproblematic. The mainspring always needs to be replaced though.


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Those are awesome. I particularly like the Elgin with the tiger(?) Illustration.
 
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I particularly like the Elgin with the tiger(?) Illustration.
That one is iconic. It’s called Lady and the Tiger.
 
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So pretty! I love any art deco style jewelry. Anyway it will be nice to use this watch if they can fix it.
 
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So pretty! I love any art deco style jewelry. Anyway it will be nice to use this watch if they can fix it.
Deafboy Deafboy
This is a common type of ladies watches sold in the 1920’s. The jewel on the crown is called a cabochon.

I’ve serviced several watches of this type made by Elgin and Bulova, and they were relatively unproblematic. The mainspring always needs to be replaced though.


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Well, the shop I tried claims there is nothing they can do because there are no replacement parts for it. I don't know if that's really the case, but I have another shop that I am planning to check with. It would be a shame to never be able to use this piece again. I mean, even if you cant get orignal parts, is it really that hard to find something that will work? I don't totally know waht is wrong with the mechanism - the cabachon crown basically has fallen out, so I couldn't even say if it would wind once that piece is fixed.
 
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Just an update on my old watch saga. I picked it up and went to a second shop, whcih is obviously much more accustomed to worksing on old pieces. They were able to fix this in a bout 30 seconds - loose screw, and once they put the stem in, it was windable and appeared to be working. I'll see how long it runs and maybe get additional service done on it. since it wouldn't have been serviced in many decades.
 
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Just an update on my old watch saga. I picked it up and went to a second shop, whcih is obviously much more accustomed to worksing on old pieces. They were able to fix this in a bout 30 seconds - loose screw, and once they put the stem in, it was windable and appeared to be working. I'll see how long it runs and maybe get additional service done on it. since it wouldn't have been serviced in many decades.

Lovely! Congratulations. If you’re going to be wearing it seriously you shd definitely have it serviced.


Deafboy Deafboy
This is a common type of ladies watches sold in the 1920’s. The jewel on the crown is called a cabochon.

I’ve serviced several watches of this type made by Elgin and Bulova, and they were relatively unproblematic. The mainspring always needs to be replaced though.


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Wow @Deafboy you’ve managed to amass quite an impressive collection of those art deco enameled watches 😲
I bet Ms @Deafboy must be quite happy about them.
I really like the colors of that first Bulova- and that Lady w the Tiger is in spectacular condition, congrats.
 
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Lovely! Congratulations. If you’re going to be wearing it seriously you shd definitely have it serviced.



Wow @Deafboy you’ve managed to amass quite an impressive collection of those art deco enameled watches 😲
I bet Ms @Deafboy must be quite happy about them.
I really like the colors of that first Bulova- and that Lady w the Tiger is in spectacular condition, congrats.
Thanks! And as a fan of the art deco stuff, a support your statement concerning deafboy.

A few additional photos for fun: just a view of the side and the back, including with the case flipped open - very handy. You can see all that nice detail work and the cabachon. This is something I would wear occasionally, but I would llike it to work properly and maintain it for yet another generation.
 
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