Dont know why we havent got this thread especially when I have bought 6 of them this week.

Here is my latest one bought tonight.

I have no clue what it is other than the seller says it sets and works.

With the blued iron case I suspect military? but really I have no clue.

Wont know more till it arrives in my hands.







and these 2 yesterday

The first one an English movement which from the case seems to be 1874 though it does seem to be an older styled movement when compared to other English movements I have from the same period, the second one an English cased Waltham from the end of 1885

 

Nice! Would you share the other 3 as well?

 

Only have photos of this one at the moment an oversized 57 mm watch, this is at my WM with a broken pinion on the sub seconds wheel, others are at my WM.

 

Just bought this tonight.

Seller pic

 

I bought 3 pocket watches late last year. Well, to tell the truth, I had them given to me, but I insisted that I pay for this particular one, but that I didn’t want the other two. “All or nothing”, was the reply. So for my money, I got three watches, two with chains.

The gold coloured one is an Electa, made by a firm associated with Gallet. It came with a 48” long chain which (I found out) was 10-karat gold. It is a private label for the jeweller Porte & Markle of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and is from prior to 1910. It is a favourite. When I found out that the chain weighed 16+ grams and had scrap value of close to $500.00 (Cdn), I phoned the seller and gave the chain back to him.

The silver one is a private label for Stewart Dawson, the jeweller in Liverpool. The case is sterling, it is a key wind, key set, jewelled lever, no fusee, and the date letter is for 1883-84. It came with the chain shown which weighs 66 grams. I have added the Canadian silver 50 cent piece which is in a gold coin frame. This watch and chain was part of the deal, but I only paid for the Porte & Markle.

The third watch is a junker duplex escapement 19th century junker in a gold colour hunting case. It has been binned!

 

What a lovely set, nice to see fairness and honesty in action, a rare commodity these days.
I am often perplexed as to why some pocket watches come to market especially those sold by family members where the item probably has a lot of memories attached to it. A point in case is one I purchased from an antique dealer in non working condition in the late 80's, British movement and sterling case beautifully inscribed with the owners name, a name that was very much associated with the province I was living in at that time with a local jewelers marked movement and dial identifying it more closely to the region and family name of that area.
I restored it all to proper working order but I have often thought to chase up the family and offer it back to them, perhaps it's just me but I think some items are family heirlooms that should stay in a family.

 

About 20 years ago, the subject watch was brought to me for repair estimate. I phoned an estimate to the owner which he declined. He never picked the watch up! Fast forward to earlier this year, and I was trolling through a pending box, and found this watch. I did the repair the owner had declined, and added the watch to my collection. There was a name and phone number on the repair envelope, so I phoned and asked for the chap, to be told by his wife that he had passed away. I told her about the watch, and sent her pictures. I offered the watch to the family for the price of the original quotation. Her son picked it up and paid me. The watch had been presented to his grandfather by a lodge in Ireland, early in the 20th century. The watch might have made a decent addition to my collection, but my conscience rests easy now that it is back where it belongs.

 

Arrived today.
Not sure of the year yet but some one has incised 1950 inside the case back.
Very clean and well finished movement that is running very well.
53 mm diameter.
Calibre MST407.
Apparently this calibre surfaced around 1953.

Found another on eBay https://www.ebay.com/itm/255616164263Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

MST is the Meyer & Studeli Medana watch company. Associated with Roamer. Here is some background on the company.

http://roamer-watches.info/history1.shtml

 

I have quite a large Roamer wristwatch collection, mostly from the early 60's and concentrating on the 44 jeweled MST436 and 437 but with some 471's as well and a spattering of others old to new but this is my first pocket watch Roamer they probably aren't rare like the 44's but it was the first one I have seen.

Roamer unlike many other brands had the distinction of making every thing in house rather than subbed out to other companies.