WRUCarrying? Pocket Watch Friday ☼

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Canuck

·Oct 17, 2025

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Well, this morning, this artifact has picked up the five seconds it had lost since Thursday! Will continue wearing it to see how accurate it is over the long term. Not too bad for a 107 year old watch in my opinion.

This one again, today.

 

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Duracuir1

·Oct 17, 2025·Never Used A Kodak

In my pocket all day. Used it once or twice to check the time. And it’s back in my pocket after taking the attached photo.

Great work on this one Canuck.

 

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Canuck

·Oct 17, 2025

Carried today. Two seconds fast in 36 hours!

 

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DaveK

·Oct 31, 2025

Making some pasta and noticed the pocket watch timing instructions ❤️ I believe this qualifies for pocket watch Friday 😅

 

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Canuck

·Oct 31, 2025

Still wearing my 18-size Waltham 1892 CPR pocket watch. I’m not showing in this post as I don’t want to wear out its welcome. In the 16 consecutive days I’ve worn it, it is presently 19 seconds fast without being reset. Although the rate hasn’t varied any more than 5 seconds in the last week! It is 107 years old and is performing as well today as it was the day it left the factory.

 

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Canuck

·Nov 3, 2025

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Still wearing my 18-size Waltham 1892 CPR pocket watch. I’m not showing in this post as I don’t want to wear out its welcome. In the 16 consecutive days I’ve worn it, it is presently 19 seconds fast without being reset. Although the rate hasn’t varied any more than 5 seconds in the last week! It is 107 years old and is performing as well today as it was the day it left the factory.

Set to the second on October 15. 19 days ago. I set it back to Mountain Standard Time on October 31, but that didn’t affect the seconds. It gained 21 seconds from October 15 to October 22. Since October 22, it has not varied! The rate has been dead constant since October 22. How long can it maintain such stellar performance?

 

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Canuck

·Jan 15, 2026

Preparing to carry a pocket watch tomorrow (Friday). I did a bunch of work on it today, and set it to my iPad. This is my Hamilton 992B with a melamine dial, and stainless steel case, likely from the late 1950s. Not very sexy but I rather like it. Worn on my @Duracuir1 leather lanyard.

 

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Canuck

·Feb 6, 2026

In honour of our thread, Pocket Watch Friday, I went through my photos of my pocket watch collection in hopes of finding a special one that I haven’t worn in a while. I was faced with a difficult task as I love them all. But I finally settled on my Hamilton 952. This one is the 19-jewel version of the venerable 23-jewel grade 950. Over the years this grade was produced, there were three versions, each differing in only minor changes. This one is one of the first models. One of the first pocket watches I collected, waaay back in the mid 1980s. Among Hamilton 16-size models, this one was fairly low production. It is slowly being recognized as being quite collectible. Worn on my @DaveK mystery braid lanyard. The movement is railroad approved, but the case having hinged front and rear covers and cuvette, might have rendered it not for railroad use.

https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/search/result/hamilton/753325

From 1910. Sold the Joseph Meyer Bros, Seattle, Washington.

Edited: Feb 6, 2026

 

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Canuck

·May 28, 2026

Trying to keep the Pocket Watch Friday thread alive, I have warmed up my private label 1883 model Waltham (16-jewels, strangely) for Joseph Pequegnat (Peg-in-aw), Guelph, Ontario. Circa 1899. I have numerous 1883 model Walthams, but the Pequegnat and my CPR 1883 examples are my favourites. The Pequegnat family were ardent entrepreneurs, having emigrated from Switzerland to Canada, late in the 19th century. It appears as though they had settled in Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener). They made bicycles, clocks, and owned numerous jewellery stores in Ontario. The clock museum in Deep River, Ontario is reputed to have an example of every clock Pequegnat ever produced. I have a Pequegnat Pantheon mantel clock. While their clocks were patterned after Connecticut clocks, their cases were very superior to orchard run Connecticut clock cases. Today is Thursday, but I’ll wear this one on Friday on my @DaveK mystery braid lanyard. Note the gold trimmed screws and regulator parts. The PWDB site calls this run of 1883 model Walthams as “special” which might imply that they produced numerous private label watches in this run.

Edited: May 28, 2026

 

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Waltesefalcon

·May 28, 2026

I'm sporting my circa 1914 Hamilton 950 this week.

 

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·May 28, 2026

Waltesefalcon

I'm sporting my circa 1914 Hamilton 950 this week.

A worthy example! No excuse for being late, tomorrow. I might have decided to wear my 950 as well, but my choice is made.

 

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Waltesefalcon

·Jun 5, 2026

For today's PW Friday, I'm wearing my old Hamilton 992 with the 1st pattern damaskeening.

 

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Canuck

·Jun 5, 2026

With @Waltesefalcon ’s handsome Hamilton 992 having made an appearance as his choice to wear on Pocket Watch Friday, I decided to retrieve my Hamilton 992E from the vault for wear, today. The Hamilton grade 992 was a very successful 16-size railroad watch. Blued steel hairspring, bi-metallic, temperature compensating steel and brass balance wheel, but with the appearance of diesel-electric locomotives, the 992 was not anti-magnetic. Hamilton introduced the 992E (Elinvar) circa 1931. Elinvar (non-ferrous) hairspring, solid rim Elinvar balance wheel, magnetism problem solved.

https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/search/result/hamilton/2638444

My 992E was produced circa 1940, a year or two prior to introduction of the 992B which was a totally different watch.

The 992E looks just like a grade 992, but there are visual differences. The one image shows the word ELINVAR marked on the pallet cock. The Elinvar balance wheel is also a giveaway. Today, I’ll wear the 992E on my @DaveK mystery braid lanyard.

 

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noelekal

·Jun 5, 2026·Home For Wayward Watches

Waltesefalcon

For today's PW Friday, I'm wearing my old Hamilton 992 with the 1st pattern damaskeening.

Waltesefalcon’s first pattern 992 caused me to put away the MuDu wristwatch from yesterday in favor of my Hamilton 940 with similar damaskeening pattern as his keen early 992. It’s on a green DaveK Mystery Braid lanyard.

 

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Waltesefalcon

·Jun 5, 2026

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Waltesefalcon’s first pattern 992 caused me to put away the MuDu wristwatch from yesterday in favor of my Hamilton 940 with similar damaskeening pattern as his keen early 992. It’s on a green DaveK Mystery Braid lanyard.

Maybe I'll need to put my 940 on tomorrow. And, despite them being completely different models the damaskeening isn't similar, it's identical. I'll take a side by side photo tomorrow.