I'm a pocket watch fan with no pocket watches. I've looked at them for decades in pawn shops and at gun shows with a view to acquiring one, but have never purchased. This would be a good place to regularly see pocket watches to learn what's out there, which are good brands and features to watch for, also perhaps learn what to avoid.
I don't need another collecting field and have avoided going down this particular rabbit hole, but it's probably inevitable that I gather in an example or two or ...
I recall my grandfather having a pocket watch that had been his father's watch. It was a Waltham hunter in a dented silver bullseye case. Seems that grandpappy was set upon by a tornado while afield at the old family place in Mississippi. He was running across a cotton field to seek shelter from the storm. While he was running across the field the watch fell out of his pocket and was kicked by his running feet.
I don't know who in the family has ended up with the watch. It's been decades since I last saw it, but it was running at the time though still dented. My grandfather was born in 1894, my great grandfather in 1857. I have no idea how old the watch is or when it received its dent. I'd enjoy finding a similar example (without dent).
Here's a photo gleaned off Ebay of a Waltham with a similar styled case.
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