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"Pocket watches"... out with 'em! Come on, lets see them!

  1. Pvt-Public Feb 23, 2018

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    These 4 Rockfords started me on PW's. All are hunter movements recased as Sidewinders except one as a top winder with a conversion dial. I guess that was a popular thing to do when the case of an early 1900 watch became damaged or just worn out.
    Circa 1900, grade 560 in a Hamilton case.
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    Circa 1902 grade 584 with conversion dial
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    Circa 1902 grade 570
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    Circa 1910 grade 572
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  2. kingsrider Thank you Sir! May I have another? Feb 23, 2018

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  3. Waltesefalcon Feb 25, 2018

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    Some more of my pocket watches:
     
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  4. mayankyadav Feb 25, 2018

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    Here is mine that came yesterday has been ticking since then -
     
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  5. Vitezi Feb 25, 2018

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  6. TexOmega Feb 25, 2018

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    1876 KWKS Rockford with GW Ladd case

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  7. mayankyadav Feb 26, 2018

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    I won the auction just a couple lf hours ago on ebay for $43.73 :). Sellers pictures -
     
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  8. kingsrider Thank you Sir! May I have another? Feb 26, 2018

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    C'mon David you can do better than that. I think David is being modest (get it?) he has a fantastic pocket watch collection.
     
  9. jimmyd13 Feb 26, 2018

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  10. bovecHD Feb 26, 2018

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    I started with pair of these for fun.

    Progressing from here.

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  11. TexOmega Mar 3, 2018

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    14kt Gruen

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  12. Waltesefalcon Mar 8, 2018

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    The postman left another Hamilton in the mail today.
     
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  13. jimmyd13 Mar 8, 2018

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  14. Canuck Mar 8, 2018

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    Hamilton 23~jewel grade 950 (left), and Hamilton 23-jewel 950 B (right). C99B4955-3B9D-4E74-B4BF-713FE05E13F7.jpeg AB796DE1-1F82-4B05-8989-EA6961E14D55.jpeg
     
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  15. rightOnTime Mar 13, 2018

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    1927 Elgin B.W. Raymond...just back from a service.
     
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  16. jimmyd13 Mar 14, 2018

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    Two back from my elves today:

    1915 silver pocket watch, no issuing marks but certainly military:
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    A WWII GSTP, minor radium burns to the dial but otherwise a cracker: IMG_20180314_2108026.jpg

    And, though not a pocket watch, my favourite ... this one will probably stay with me. A silver timepiece dating to 1924 but screaming early deco:
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    Edit: too tired to do anything constructive and not worn out enough to sleep, I decided to look up the little clock. The case is Henry Clifford Davis, a highly respected (read bloody expensive) english silversmith. Try as I might, I can't find a similar piece. The only other desk timepiece by him that's for sale right now is asking over £1200 and is the same size as this little clock but, to my eyes, not as attractive. Anyone know more about the maker or the clock?
     
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  17. voere pawn brokers are all about $$$ Mar 17, 2018

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    Many nice pocket watches in this thread

    Impulse buy I purchased these 3 today

    Illinois 16s grade 706 production dates to 1919
    Illinois 12s grade 121 production dates to 1931
    Waltham 12s grade1235 production dates to 1924
     
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  18. JimInOz Melbourne Australia Mar 17, 2018

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    From a recent newsletter sent by Nick Hacko, an Aussie watchmaker. I found it rather interesting that he was impressed by a 90 year old pocket watch, but then again, so am I.

    ***What do watchmakers do on a rainy Tuesday morning?

    A couple of things. First, we admired one of the most beautifully executed bridge layout movements of all times: a 1930’s Ball pocket watch. This one was made for architects! Superbly inspirational.

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  19. TexOmega Mar 17, 2018

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    Hamilton Grade 974

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  20. JimInOz Melbourne Australia Mar 17, 2018

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    It can't be all sunshine and roses with pocket watches.

    Here's one a mate gave me to see if I could get it working again. At first glance it looks like a low range Swiss movement, not quite "dollar watch", maybe a $1.05 watch.

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    But lifting the bridges revealed the truth. I had to make a new spring for the rocking bar winding/setting system. There a lot of stamped sheet parts, wheels riveted to the main plate, steel pallet "jewels", and an open mainspring barrel.

    Oh well, something to do on a windy Sunday arvo. Off to the cleaner it goes (already wiped off about a bucket of gunk/bits etc).

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