Ok you made me get the PWs out of the cash box. They are not in much better shape than yours. Well apart from the Samueles one. Which is quite interesting. Samueles called themselves the Tiffany of the west (But so does Shrive & company.) They had a street clock (which might still be there as the city now owns it insured by Lloyds of London. Was always getting smashed.) Lloyds pulled out of SF back in the 1980s when Interstate Banking was reinstated (Removing one of the Main foundational protections from the 1930s. Which really really needs to be reinstated. Banks should be locally owned, Not Multinational Delaware/Georgia corporations run by stateless Oligarchs).
Surprisingly the Samueles still runs. Probably one of the nicer watches I have even if it is in a GF case. One has to appreciate that like a good actor. Omega can be just as good behind the mask. That the brand does not have to brag as the watch speaks for itself.
Anyway. This is a good sample of Omega Pocket watches collected in the 1990s. The one in the Lower right, is probably the best one. I have posted photos of it before. Now burred in the PW and springs threads. (since there is no PW sub form.)
I notice that many of the dials seem to have been crudely repaired. Like the 4 in the lower center example. Even the lower right good watch has chips in the dial at the 8 and 4. Some of these have 3 dial feet. Also they may have been ripped out of gold cases.
The upper center looks like a decent watch. It also looks like I found a crystal that fit in the crystal assortment. (They never have the size you need, because that is the size everyone needs.) I think it looks nice with the sticker still on the crystal, even if it does cover the logo.
The scraps on either side, are in some ways the ones I like the best. The left watch might mostly be complete, apart from it is missing an escape wheel (or pinion.) Since I built a pinion cutter for the repeater I was probably going to make a new pinion. Who knows where the pinionless escape wheel came from.
The scraps on the right are pretty much just plates. Does seem to have a balance, but the staff is broken. I was probably intending to make a new one.
I think now with the net, it might be possible to find parts for 16 or 18 sized movements. I suspect however dials would be tricky. Why I took the enameling class and spent several years learning enameling on the weekends. It was quite an obsession and probably why my future job prospects suffered. I tend to go hot and cold on my passions. But they never really go away completely. More that I do not have the time to give them the focus needed. I have enough for at least 500 years.
