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·My new 952 now has a new whip spring and the undersized case screw has been replaced.
Calling all Pocket Watch Buffs
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·My person favorite damaskeen pattern from Hamilton is on the old 946.
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·My person favorite damaskeen pattern from Hamilton is on the old 946.
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·And why I stated 16s!!!!
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·🤤. You can’t resist showing your Hamilton grade 946, can you! I would too, if I had one!
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·My new 952 now has a new whip spring and the undersized case screw has been replaced.
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·Speaking of “pretty” “damask” finish, particularly in 16-size American watches, a favourite of mine is the Hamilton grade 994. I doesn’t really rival the grade 990 Hamilton shown by @TexOmega , but it is one I quite like. This is a reasonably scarce Hamilton grade, and the watch is not mine.
Closest I can come is my 16-size, 23-jewel Swiss-made Electa (Gallet) which I’m almost certain is a direct copy of the Hamilton grade 994.
Closest I can come is my 16-size, 23-jewel Swiss-made Electa (Gallet) which I’m almost certain is a direct copy of the Hamilton grade 994.
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·My person favorite damaskeen pattern from Hamilton is on the old 946.
Edit: I just saw that tex said the 990 was his favorite 16s pattern. I can't really argue with him there, it is a mighty fine looking 16s, I also like the early 992 pattern, but don't own one to show off.
I posted this in 2024, my top 992 circa 1910, decked out in Sunday Best: dial/hands/movement/understated gf case.
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·The two arrows point to a possible switch in screws on the Grade 952. On occasion, we run into a dedicated screw suitable for a specific location in the movement. Once in a while, you run into a screw with a taller head, taller than all the rest of the plate screws. The arrows point to a screw head that stands proud, and one that is sunk. I wonder if these had been swapped! A concern mostly if the proud screw happens to interfere with the case back!
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·I posted this in 2024, my top 992 circa 1910, decked out in Sunday Best: dial/hands/movement/understated gf case.
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·February 22, 2021 is the date of the establishment of this thread on Omega Forums! Five years, 279 pages, 311,000 have read, and 6,000 (+?) have posted. This all thanks to @DaveK ‘s idea that pocket watches were important enough to have their own thread. Many thanks to readers, posters, and those who have otherwise contributed to keeping this thread alive!
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·I'm wearing an 1883, grade 820, 15j Waltham today, circa 1901. It's in a nice, but unadorned 4 oz. Fahy's coin silver case.
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·I'm wearing an 1883, grade 820, 15j Waltham today, circa 1901. It's in a nice, but unadorned 4 oz. Fahy's coin silver case.
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··Never Used A KodakI visited my picker neighbour today and he had a nice hunter case pocket watch that wound and ran smoothly.
The case was plain but the watch looked brand new. It was gold filled and destined for the gold buyer.
My neighbour said he would get $200 from the gold buyer. I could not save it at that price.
Check out the little box of balance staffs that I got. Just for the fun of it, at least.
The case was plain but the watch looked brand new. It was gold filled and destined for the gold buyer.
My neighbour said he would get $200 from the gold buyer. I could not save it at that price.
Check out the little box of balance staffs that I got. Just for the fun of it, at least.
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·A Cuatro of Hampdens….much like a gaggle of geese but they stay through the winter….
1904 23j
1899 23j
1901 21j
1903 23j
All in Dueber-Hampden display cases
1904 23j
1899 23j
1901 21j
1903 23j
All in Dueber-Hampden display cases
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·I visited my picker neighbour today and he had a nice hunter case pocket watch that wound and ran smoothly.
The case was plain but the watch looked brand new. It was gold filled and destined for the gold buyer.
My neighbour said he would get $200 from the gold buyer. I could not save it at that price.
Check out the little box of balance staffs that I got. Just for the fun of it, at least.
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·I received a phone call from from a railroader, today. He has two pocket watches that need work. He brought them.
The first one is a Hamilton 992E that had belonged to his grandfather who was a railroader. After he retired, the watch sat, until it became of interest to his son (my customer's father) who fiddled with it and damaged it. The watch was put away, safe. It remained there until it became the possession of the grandson (my customer). He tried to describe the damage during the phone call. I imagined the worst. Wrecked balance and hairspring, etc. when he got here, I checked it over. I’d had been dropped and the dial feet broken off, fourth wheel pivot (carries the seconds hand) broken off, but everything else in magnificent condition.
The second watch is a Hamilton 992B needing a balance staff and cleaning.
In 2024, CPR Empress class steam locomotive # 2816 (magnificently restored) went from Calgary to Mexico City and back on a “Last Spike Tour” to honour the one year anniversary of the merger of CPR and KCR railways (CPKC Railway). My customer was fireman on that train. He has carrying the 992B in his pocket on a leather fob. It caught on a door knob, pulling the watch out of his pocket! He traversed the rest of the trip with no watch!
The first one is a Hamilton 992E that had belonged to his grandfather who was a railroader. After he retired, the watch sat, until it became of interest to his son (my customer's father) who fiddled with it and damaged it. The watch was put away, safe. It remained there until it became the possession of the grandson (my customer). He tried to describe the damage during the phone call. I imagined the worst. Wrecked balance and hairspring, etc. when he got here, I checked it over. I’d had been dropped and the dial feet broken off, fourth wheel pivot (carries the seconds hand) broken off, but everything else in magnificent condition.
The second watch is a Hamilton 992B needing a balance staff and cleaning.
In 2024, CPR Empress class steam locomotive # 2816 (magnificently restored) went from Calgary to Mexico City and back on a “Last Spike Tour” to honour the one year anniversary of the merger of CPR and KCR railways (CPKC Railway). My customer was fireman on that train. He has carrying the 992B in his pocket on a leather fob. It caught on a door knob, pulling the watch out of his pocket! He traversed the rest of the trip with no watch!
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·Wilsdorf&Davis - When Rolex wasn't Rolex yet
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·The movement in your watch is a Rebberg movement, supplied to Rolex by the Aegler watch co. This was at a time when Rolex was not making their own movements, but had a close association with Aegler. In fact, Rolex might have been a partner. I have a 1915 Rolex with the same movement. Your sterling silver case has the typical hallmark of the upside down Omega symbol which indicates a case that was Swiss made, but exported to London where W & D were located. The case is a splendid example of guilloche work, under translucent blue vitreous enamel. Outstanding! Wilsdorf & Davis originally set out to supply contract watches to the jewellery trade. The cases were marked W & D, and the movements were marked Rolex after Wilsdorf copyrighted the Rolex name.
The London date letter O appears to be from 1909-1910.
The London date letter O appears to be from 1909-1910.
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