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·Also, a gold train, except for the escape wheel. This little confection is only a jewel or three short of being a Masterpiece! Equipped the way this one is, you have to wonder why 12-size watches were not acceptable for railroad service! Of course, time service rules generally toed the line fairly uniformly by railroads, but time service rules still were known to vary from those hard and fast rules. Maybe there was a railroad somewhere that would have accepted this one? Very nice in any event!
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·You sir, have too many nice Pocket Watches ! 😁
How many is “too many”? I’ve just made an offer on yet another wrist watch which is coming up for auction! Like I need another watch? The one I refer to is a really nice Eterna electronic with the same Eta tuning fork movement in it that Omega used in their F300 models. Eterna called the movement “Eternasonic”.
“Another watch”, she said!
“You’re talking like my ex-wife”, he said!
“You didn’t tell me you’d been married before”, she said.
“I haven’t”, he said!
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·What shall I say (to my wife)? There is an interesting long case clock coming up for auction (and I have already six .... ) 🙄😁
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·Tell her not to be concerned, as long as there is space for her in the house!😉
On an NAWCC tour of England in 2000, we visited a fellow who had 13 TOWER CLOCKS in his home. I asked his wife who dusted the tower clocks. She did the housekeeping, and he dusted the tower clocks. He ran a museum for these clocks out of his house. Business was slow, so as a side gig, he bought a cider press at auction, and sold apple cider in a roadside stand. The cider press sat outside. It was very large. Quaint guy!
On an NAWCC tour of England in 2000, we visited a fellow who had 13 TOWER CLOCKS in his home. I asked his wife who dusted the tower clocks. She did the housekeeping, and he dusted the tower clocks. He ran a museum for these clocks out of his house. Business was slow, so as a side gig, he bought a cider press at auction, and sold apple cider in a roadside stand. The cider press sat outside. It was very large. Quaint guy!
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··Never Used A KodakMy wife has more watches, shoes and clothes than me. Plus many purses and handbags (I have none of those… they are for the « man bun » types.).
Safe to say you are all in the same position as me.
I picked up this very cheap watch on the weekend. Gave it some daily winds and she is keeping time.
Will use it as a lanyard display piece. The engraving is sweet though.
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There was also a (pill?) box with a pocket watch look.
Must be from Las Vegas. They have a building like that in Vegas.
Safe to say you are all in the same position as me.
I picked up this very cheap watch on the weekend. Gave it some daily winds and she is keeping time.
Will use it as a lanyard display piece. The engraving is sweet though.
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·May I join? I count presently 82 pocket watches, 68 wristwatches, and 49 clocks (in various sizes)
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·May I join? I count presently 82 pocket watches, 68 wristwatches, and 49 clocks (in various sizes)
I think you said your wife is still with you? Clocks-wise, i’m a beginner! I only have about a dozen. But I can say that I keep nine clocks, watches, and marine chronometers running, in the living room! And my wife has about a dozen watches, most of which I have acquired for her.
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·I think you said your wife is still with you?
I push myself really hard in order to "overcompensate" in other fields (no details to be provided).... 😁
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·I think you said your wife is still with you? Clocks-wise, i’m a beginner! I only have about a dozen. But I can say that I keep nine clocks, watches, and marine chronometers running, in the living room! And my wife has about a dozen watches, most of which I have acquired for her.
My only antique clock. Was my grandmother's....
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··Never Used A Kodak
Although not a "clock" thread...
My only antique clock. Was my grandmother's....
...thought I had a photo...will have to add it later.
I am getting a cheap lot of pocket watches later today. They were listed at auction for parts or repair. One is a Smiths. I have a Smiths so this could be a parts watch. Photos to follow.
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·A New Haven Clock Co label is better than taunting us with 82 pocket watches, 68 wristwatches and 49 clocks and no photos. @Bernhard J … come on man!
😁 Okay, here is one bought fairly recently. About 1780. Quarter repeater on a bell and date. Nevertheless comparably very thin.
You want a clock also? This one was bought about 3 decades ago. Guess what it is 😎 😉
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··Never Used A Kodak😁 Okay, here is one bought fairly recently. About 1780. Quarter repeater on a bell and date. Nevertheless comparably very thin.
You want a clock also? This one was bought about 3 decades ago. Guess what it is 😎 😉
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·I indeed have this book since short, in particular the front page appealed to me. Because I could tell my wife that she ought to be happy that our home does not look like this. And that my appearance differs as well somewhat... 😁
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·Although not a "clock" thread...
My only antique clock. Was my grandmother's....
The embossed brass disk in the opening in centre of the dial tells me this clock was (or is still) equipped with an alarm. Inside the case at the bottom there should be an alarm mechanism. A wire connects the alarm mechanism with a lever behind the dial which releases the alarm at the appointed time. The hand painted tablet in the bottom panel of the front door appears to be original. So often these are broken, so this is indeed unusual.