It is starting to get a touch chilly here, we finally had our first frost last week, so, I have broken out the vest. To usher in the winter in style I elected to wear my circa 1917 Hamilton 946, pictured here with my 10k anchor chain and 1880 $5 gold piece.
Call me a copycat! Well, I’m not! I don’t have a grade 946, so I chose my 23-jewel grade 950B. Staged with my late grandfather’s 9-karat rose gold (English) Waldemar chain from circa 1895, fitted with my 1897 English half sovereign coin in coin frame, and my 14-karat pen knife.
I'm wearing my vest again today, but decided for a change of pace, and decided to wear my circa 1900 Model 5 Sangamo Special. In my collection this watch is a little odd because it is housed in a sterling, not coin, silver case. Here it is on its sterling chain and with my ivory fob.
Today I decided to wear one of my favorite watches, my circa 1887 Illinois Model 2 Grade 5. This one is far from my fanciest watch, but it is an undeniably handsome movement with the bright blue screws standing out the gilt finish nicely. It is housed in a D&Co. coin silver case, which is plain but hefty.
Today I decided to wear one of my favorite watches, my circa 1887 Illinois Model 2 Grade 5. This one is far from my fanciest watch, but it is an undeniably handsome movement with the bright blue screws standing out the gilt finish nicely. It is housed in a D&Co. coin silver case, which is plain but hefty.
I picked up quite a tasty 1921 vintage,19-jewel, grade 706, Illinois 16size watch just before Thanksgiving. The case has a nice rosey hue. Haven't given it a test run until today.Was an Ebay purchase for too cheap.
I find the Illinois "Red Dot" dial to particularly appeal to me. A 21 Jewel Illinois Capitol with with the Red Dot dial was picked up a couple of years ago and introduced me to the style. Apparently the Red Dot dials only were supplied on the mid-grade Illinois watches and shouldn't be found on the railroad grade Illinois watches.
I just noticed how the ratchet wheel on my new Illinois watch looks positively chewed up. It's not damaged at all. It's just doing funny things with the reflection of the bright yellow leaves of the shumard oak in the back yard that was overhead.
Texas isn't the coldest place in December, but I've not seen oak trees retain their leaves so long until this year.
A bloody side cooler than here I'll wager, 41C (@106F) here yesterday
I picked up quite a tasty 1921 vintage,19-jewel, grade 706, Illinois 16size watch just before Thanksgiving. The case has a nice rosey hue. Haven't given it a test run until today.Was an Ebay purchase for too cheap.
I find the Illinois "Red Dot" dial to particularly appeal to me. A 21 Jewel Illinois Capitol with with the Red Dot dial was picked up a couple of years ago and introduced me to the style. Apparently the Red Dot dials only were supplied on the mid-grade Illinois watches and shouldn't be found on the railroad grade Illinois watches.
Perhaps a handy tip will be forthcoming from the experts here.
My suggestion to get a bigger hammer is probably not expedient.
I'm working on 2 older pocket watches and I'm have a HELL of a time getting the balance to start. Everything is lined up it just doesn't wanna kick over. I honestly, at this point, prefer wrist watches to work on! I'll post pictures for everyone to enjoy when I get home. Love this thread so far!
Pull the hairspring and roller table off, and try the wheel back in the watch. If the wheel still isn’t free, you could well have pivot problems, or the wheel rim is rubbing somewhere because it hasn’t been adjusted to run true. How is the end shake of the wheel, back in the watch? Too little? Wrong staff? Too much? Wrong staff, jewels either broken or out of position? When the symptoms are like yours, it is a process of elimination to arrive at the problem(s). Eliminate potential problems one at a time.
