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·Having recently made the mistake of pulling out all the pocket watches I collected in the 80’s, for the first time in maybe twenty years, I’m now condemned to a cycle of watchmaker visits to get them serviced - at least the nice ones.
It’s interesting to see all the stuff with fresh eyes.
Here’s one of my nicest American pocket watches, a Waltham Riverside Mamimus.
It hasn’t been serviced yet!
Gold train and diamond balance end jewel.
Double sunk porcelain dial.
And, just back from the watchmaker, this early 1900’s Vacheron & Constantin hunter case pocket watch.
This is the part I didn’t fully understand until I already had too many watches: the cumulative expense of all that periodic servicing can get enormous really fast. That’s why I put them away for so long.
And, I stopped wearing three piece suits. Pocket watches were real easy when you were wearing a vest. 😎
It’s interesting to see all the stuff with fresh eyes.
Here’s one of my nicest American pocket watches, a Waltham Riverside Mamimus.
It hasn’t been serviced yet!
Gold train and diamond balance end jewel.
Double sunk porcelain dial.
And, just back from the watchmaker, this early 1900’s Vacheron & Constantin hunter case pocket watch.
This is the part I didn’t fully understand until I already had too many watches: the cumulative expense of all that periodic servicing can get enormous really fast. That’s why I put them away for so long.
And, I stopped wearing three piece suits. Pocket watches were real easy when you were wearing a vest. 😎
