WRUCarrying? Pocket Watch Friday ☼

My wife would probably encourage me to get more pocket watches if they had horses on them.... do you know the history of that engraving?

Felt like a Fat Boy Friday to me!

And a nice shot of the movement

This thread needed a bump! Today I’m wearing my ‘45 Hamilton 992b

Wasn't aware there was a "Pocket Watch Friday" thread.

Any threads that feature yummy pocket watches are appreciated.

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Quite the handsome strap, whom would be the supplier if one wishes an example?😗


Mine in blue
Hamilton Grade 940 circa 1903
With boots, today

Oh! Well, maybe I was aware there was a thread as I'm commenting on this one's first page.

Hamilton 974 Special from ~1938

It wouldn't be complete without an @DaveK braided lanyard 👍.

Maybe not as handsome of a movement as @TexOmega 's Grade 940...but to date, my best $25 thrift store pickup!

Have a good day ΩF !!

974 Special were RR Grade-lite..........Super accurate/durable if your profession was on a busline or cable car or trolly or the InterUrban spur lines in large cities and at a price point $5-10 less than Hamilton's 992 RR grade.

Very nice example you posted👍

Private label for Porte & Markle, Winnipeg, Manitoba. An Electa, associated with Gallet. This one is circa 1909. I could have had it (and two others) for free, but I insisted that I pay $150.00. I took the two I didn’t want, for free, and paid $150.00 for this one. Upon checking the watch it had a 10 karat chain that weighed over 16 grams, and would have scrapped out for about $450.00! I phoned him and told him to come get the chain! The movement looks to me like a copy of a scarce Hamilton 994.

There was quite the debate over whether we should tell you or not.

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To resuscitate an old thread (and for an opportunity to boast once again)! You’ve probably guessed already.

This thread originated 5 years ago. It has now been dormant for a bit less than two years! Time to breathe new life into it. Friday, and this is the pocket watch I will wear today. When I bought it from an acquaintance about 7 years ago, I thought I may have paid too much for it. But then came a book written by Gary Fox of NAWCC, the topic being the Canadian Horological Institute founded in Toronto, circa 1890. This watch is a private label Waltham 1883 model, dial name G W Beall, Lindsay, Ontario. Gary’s book covered great information of the retailer, beginning in the mid 1800 s, until 1941. The watch was made circa 1900, and the movement is marked Canadian Railway Time Service. It has become one of many favourite watches in my collection. Today, it will be carried on my @Duracuir1 leather lanyard. The pocketwatchdatabase calls this watch a lever set, Appleton Tracy grade, but it is stem set. In the Waltham “grey book”, this run of this model is listed as “various”. That means this run includes numerous private label watches, also including the CPR model, and numerous others.