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

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Pvt-Public

·Feb 23, 2018

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.

Circa 1902 grade 584 with conversion dial

Circa 1902 grade 570

Circa 1910 grade 572

 

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kingsrider

·Feb 23, 2018

 

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Waltesefalcon

·Feb 25, 2018

Some more of my pocket watches:

 

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mayankyadav

·Feb 25, 2018

Here is mine that came yesterday has been ticking since then -

 

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Vitezi

·Feb 25, 2018

Another thread with lovely pocket watches is here (check out @tdn-dk 's line up) 🥰
https://omegaforums.net/threads/anyone-collect-pocket-watches.34677/

 

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TexOmega

·Feb 25, 2018

1876 KWKS Rockford with GW Ladd case

 

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mayankyadav

·Feb 26, 2018

I won the auction just a couple lf hours ago on ebay for $43.73 😀. Sellers pictures -

 

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kingsrider

·Feb 26, 2018

Modest_Proposal

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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.

 

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jimmyd13

·Feb 26, 2018

Here's a few, but there are more ...

 

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bovecHD

·Feb 26, 2018

Pvt-Public

Don't forget the cheapest of the cheap. An example of the "Dollar Watch" from February 1949. Everyone should have one.😗

And yes it still actually runs, albeit not very well.

I started with pair of these for fun.

Progressing from here.

 

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TexOmega

·Mar 3, 2018

14kt Gruen

 

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Waltesefalcon

·Mar 8, 2018

The postman left another Hamilton in the mail today.

 

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jimmyd13

·Mar 8, 2018

 

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Canuck

·Mar 8, 2018

Hamilton 23~jewel grade 950 (left), and Hamilton 23-jewel 950 B (right).

 

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rightOnTime

·Mar 13, 2018

1927 Elgin B.W. Raymond...just back from a service.

 

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jimmyd13

·Mar 14, 2018

Two back from my elves today:

1915 silver pocket watch, no issuing marks but certainly military:

A WWII GSTP, minor radium burns to the dial but otherwise a cracker:

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:

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?

Edited: Mar 14, 2018

 

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voere

·Mar 17, 2018

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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JimInOz

·Mar 17, 2018·Melbourne Australia

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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TexOmega

·Mar 17, 2018

Hamilton Grade 974

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JimInOz

·Mar 17, 2018·Melbourne Australia

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.

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).