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Calling all Pocket Watch Buffs

noelekal
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I love this thread!

Resisted the call of pocket watches for 40 years, though my pawn shop friend of long ago tried to pique my interest. I strove mightily to resist going down yet another collecting rabbit hole. J. D. Corrigan would be proud that this thread finally pushed me in.
 
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TexOmega TexOmega
Wore my Omega for Canada with custom made @Duracuir1 handsome olive suede leather carrier today.

Nice typeface on your Regina dial 😎. My 21j Regina been posted before, but, sharing is caring 😁

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DaveK DaveK
I had an online review of my lanyards today ::psy:: Many of you will be able to say “I knew Dave before he became an international sensation” 😁




And the quite, humble and unassuming personality is the first to be tossed as the climb up the ladder begins....

😁
 
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Pocket watches are for people who are really interested in watches! I have more wrist watches than I do pocket watches, but pocket watches make me hum! The very first pocket watch (or, watch actually worn in a pocket) goes back to the late 17th century when King Charles II of England bade his tailor to design and make him a waistcoat (vest) with a pocket in it so the king didn’t have to carry his watch in a pouch on a lanyard (not an @DaveK lanyard it is rumoured). So pocket watches have been around for over 350 years. About 3 times as long as wrist watches. Wrist watches can thank pocket watches for many of the inventions and improvements which arose from the evolution of the pocket watch. Luv ‘em!
 
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A true Hamilton 992E (ELINVAR stamp under balance)
1939.....the (the992B will soon make its' debut)
Scrolled Script font on a Montgomery Blind Man dial
@DaveK lanyard(pre-Fame) therefore a PROTOTYPE and worth Millions, now.😁::rimshot::
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Canuck
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My 992E sends salutations.

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The 992E posted by @TexOmega and mine seemingly were both produced in 1939, shortly before the 992E was replaced by the grade 992B. One notable difference between these two 992Es is that the hairspring on the 992E posted by @TexOmega is clearly the white alloy (Elinvar or Elinvar Extra) alloy. The hairspring on my 992E is clearly BLUE in colour! Both Elinvar alloys are white in colour. Blued steel hairsprings were, well, BLUE! When Hamilton introduced the white coloured Elinvar alloys, there was a groundswell of complaint from watchmakers and retailers (and possibly users). They disliked the white alloy hairspring! This resulted in Hamilton dyeing the white alloy hairspring BLUE in colour. These two examples of 992E show the white alloy hairspring (@TexOmega ’s watch), as well as the dyed alloy hairspring on mine.
 
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This fine example has the diamond endstones on the top and bottom of the balance staff. Fine example!
 
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Yes you have all seen the Elgin often enough so a final appearance this evening 👍

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Canuck Canuck
Final appearance? Explain please!

I am sure you have all seen it often enough ?
 
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The merits of having one accurate timepiece, pocket or wrist, mechanical or quartz. Pretty good chance you’ll be happy with whatever time it tells you! As I sit in my living room, I am looking at 8 timepieces!

Seth Thomas World - 2 minutes slow.
Two 400-day clocks, one dead on, the other, 5 minutes slow.
My spouse’s 120 year old Ansonia Boston Extra 8-day striking clock, 5 minutes fast.
My 60 year old Accutron 214, dead on.
My 55 year old Omega “bumper” wrist watch, 1 minute fast.
Hamilton model 21 marine chronometer, 45-seconds slow.
Hamilton model 22 torpedo boat chronometer, 2 minutes slow.

So, What’s the time? My iPad tells me it is 3:25 MDT. Who collects antique timekeepers with the expectation that they will all be accurate? Especially when you have 8 in one room, all running, plus a computer!
 
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Alpha Alpha
I am sure you have all seen it often enough ?

Not enough to suit me!

You show it, I'll admire.
 
Canuck
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I’ll show one that I have shown here, before. Unashamedly! This one is English, in a coin silver case, key wind, key set, the equivalent of 18-size. It came to me with the sterling silver chain you see that is attached to it. The chain is 66 grams, or more than 2 ounces. The name on the dial is STUART DAWSON. He was a jeweller who had a store in Liverpool, and also numerous other stores throughout the Commonwealth. The date letter in this watch is (as I recall, 1884). Attached to the chain is a Canadian silver 50 cent coin in a coin frame. The image is of a Dawson jewellery store of the era (Liverpool?). This watch came to me as part of a package deal: three watches for $150.00 (Cdn.) I was glad to pay $ 150.00 for the one watch, so I got this one and another for basically free! As part of the package deal was a chain on the one watch. Upon closer examination, the chain was 10 karat gold, and 40 inches long, and weighed over 16-grams. Thought I, keep the chain, or give it back to the guy I got the watches from. The scrap value of the chain was about $450.00! I phoned the guy and gave the chain back to him!

Anyone who has seen this watch before and doesn’t wish to see it again is invited to simply ignore it!

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Elgin pocket watch, purported date of 1912, silver case. Going cheap and I’m watching it. Runs laying on its back. Not so much when holding it. Obviously would need a service. Anyone see anything that sets off alarms?
 
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AVOID! THERE, I’VE SAID IT! Explanation forthcoming!

I have added a call out (arrow) to the picture of one of my Elgins with the same regulator. That part is MISSING in the picture of the watch you’re nibbling on. So unless you can steal it ($25.00 or the equivalent), stay away from it!.

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AVOID! THERE, I’VE SAID IT! Explanation forthcoming!
Thanks! That’s why I ask!
 
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AVOID! THERE, I’VE SAID IT! Explanation forthcoming!

I have added a call out (arrow) to the picture of one of my Elgins with the same regulator. That part is MISSING in the picture of the watch you’re nibbling on. So unless you can steal it ($25.00 or the equivalent), stay away from it!.
Well it is sitting at $22.00 at the moment with just a little time left.
 
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