Calling all Pocket Watch Buffs

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Ticking nicely sir. And that improved dial is mesmerizing.



And here with the other PW serviced by Canuck. I guess we can call these a “two four”.



Many thanks sir.
 
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RR Grade 229, The Studebaker by Southbend, 1912
In display case.....who'd want to hide this movement?
Had my watchmaker swap in this dial I've had a long time at the last visit.

 
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Wot, are you saying that we are all PW enablers on this forum? 😀

Here is one I have been eying up but I am not enthused with the single sunk dial or its markings.

It occurs to me that I don’t recall ever seeing a double sunk vitreous enamel dial on a 12-size watch. So I suspect you’ll have difficulty building a collection of 12-size watches with double sunk dials. Otherwise, the movement is as nice as I’ve seen, in any size of watch.
 
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RR Grade 229, The Studebaker by Southbend, 1912
In display case.....who'd want to hide this movement?
Had my watchmaker swap in this dial I've had a long time at the last visit.

I need one of those South Bend 229s to go with my c1930 railway station gate sign

 
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It occurs to me that I don’t recall ever seeing a double sunk vitreous enamel dial on a 12-size watch. So I suspect you’ll have difficulty building a collection of 12-size watches with double sunk dials. Otherwise, the movement is as nice as I’ve seen, in any size of watch.


Not many for sure

Rockford grade 350 “Iroquois” and not many made of this model either.

 
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I repair the odd antique pocket watch for a fellow repair guy who runs a watch and watch repair store, locally. He took me to an auxiliary storage area about the size of a walk in fridge. Shelf after shelf, floor to ceiling with watches, cases, movements, parts cabinets, etc. And he told me he had more stuff in storage in the basement. Some years ago, he bought out a guy who was a scrap gold buyer. Plus, when a major jeweller here closed their 4 watchmaker repair shop, this guy bought their reserve stock. Funny thing! He doesn’t repair antique watches! Q
 
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I repair the odd antique pocket watch for a fellow repair guy who runs a watch and watch repair store, locally. He took me to an auxiliary storage area about the size of a walk in fridge. Shelf after shelf, floor to ceiling with watches, cases, movements, parts cabinets, etc. And he told me he had more stuff in storage in the basement. Some years ago, he bought out a guy who was a scrap gold buyer. Plus, when a major jeweller here closed their 4 watchmaker repair shop, this guy bought their reserve stock. Funny thing! He doesn’t repair antique watches! Q
A veritable Alladins cave!
 
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Hamilton grade 970 Pendant set.
RR grade/approved

Y:1902 model #1 (double screw winding wheel)

Last positive pendant setting mechanism

Early signature font on dial

Production around 2800 total

Gorgeous damaskeening

 
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C P Rail in Canada was accepting 17-jewel, 1883 model, single roller, stem set Walthams until well into the 20th century. Case in point. Moreover, time service rules mandated that any railroad standard watch had to have the movement be engraved with required specifications, and the dial had to be marked with the name of the manufacturer. They were also accepting 1892 Walthams similarly equipped. As I’ve said before, there were standards for railroad approved watches, but individual railroads chose to pick and choose what standards they would accept. The dial on this one is marked Waltham.

I’ve also shown my Appleton Tracy grade Canadian Railway Time Service private label for G W Beall, Lindsay, Ontario. Note that the dial has the Waltham name around the seconds bit. Movement marked CRTS. View attachment 3139414
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Elgin on duty today 👍

 
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Anybody seen one of these before? I can’t find anything online. Unfortunately no movement pics, It’s come up on a local estate sale with a guide on €10-€30. I’ve stuck a bid in.
 
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Not a brand I have seen before and without consulting the Google God, looking at the the bow and crown it's suggestive of 1950 1960. Looking at the words unbreakable mainspring, these would not appear on any US RR grade watch. I would suspect a Swiss made to look like a RR grade watch though it might well be an adjusted for position watch, shame there is no movement photo.
 
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My friend is the owner of this Seiko Precision.
I believe these watches were used by Japan Rail from the 1930s all the way to 1971!

It is really well made.
 
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Not a brand I have seen before and without consulting the Google God, looking at the the bow and crown it's suggestive of 1950 1960. Looking at the words unbreakable mainspring, these would not appear on any US RR grade watch. I would suspect a Swiss made to look like a RR grade watch though it might well be an adjusted for position watch, shame there is no movement photo.
Thanks for your insight, if I win the auction it will be interesting to see what’s on the inside😁. The more I look at it the more the ‘replica’ sticks out, I do like a bit of intrigue and for what it’s worth, why not.
 
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Anybody seen one of these before? I can’t find anything online. Unfortunately no movement pics, It’s come up on a local estate sale with a guide on €10-€30. I’ve stuck a bid in.
At least if you get it for a tenner you won't be out too much.
 
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And today 👍

 
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Due to the above post on an unknown PW I thought it might be interesting to post pics of almost but not quite RR grade watches or if you like retailers and manufactures being a little less than truthful to the consumer.

Here are the only 3 in my collection that are somewhat explicit in their efforts at trying to appear as other than they are.

Though I have to say these all keep excellent time none have the magic words " Adjusted" so really just deceptively labeled.