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WRUCarrying? Pocket Watch Friday ☼
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140dave
·Felt like a Fat Boy Friday to me!
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·And a nice shot of the movement
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DaveK
··Yoda of YodelersThis thread needed a bump! Today I’m wearing my ‘45 Hamilton 992b
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noelekal
··Home For Wayward WatchesWasn't aware there was a "Pocket Watch Friday" thread.
Any threads that feature yummy pocket watches are appreciated.
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
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noelekal
··Home For Wayward WatchesOh! Well, maybe I was aware there was a thread as I'm commenting on this one's first page.
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·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 $5-10 less than Hamilton's 992 RR grade.
Very nice example you posted👍
Very nice example you posted👍
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samthebutcher
·not a pocket watch guy, but this popped up on the bay and put in a modest bid. won it for 30$ which seems like a reasonable deal.
gun metal case. runs. noisy alarm. perfect dial.
gun metal case. runs. noisy alarm. perfect dial.
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Canuck
·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.
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·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.
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Canuck
·Time to breathe some life into the Pocket Watch Friday thread. Today, it is my BALL ORRS (Official Railroad Standard) Hamilton Ball grade 999, 21-jewel movement in a Ball 20th Century Ball model case. This case came to me with a Waltham 23-jewel Vanguard movement in it. Co-incidence! I had this Ball movement in a WALTHAM case in my collection! A quick switcheroo, and the Waltham was in the Waltham case, and the Ball was in the Ball case! The Ball 20th Century case should have a 23 jewel grade 999 movement in it. But what the heh? I wanted to wear this on my @Duracuir1 leather lanyard, but it would not fit the patented Ball stirrup bow, so the @DaveK mystery braid lanyard was put onto it. A previous owner was foolish to have the case back engraved with his name, but aside from that, the case is perfect.
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·It’s FRIDAY! Did nobody wear a pocket watch today?
I wore my 1884 Stewart Dawson (Liverpool), 18-size (or thereabouts), key wind, key set, sterling silver case, 66 gram sterling chain, with Canadian silver 50¢ piece. Right place, right time. It needed work, so two previous owners gave it away. It finally landed with someone who could give it the care it needed, (moi).
I wore my 1884 Stewart Dawson (Liverpool), 18-size (or thereabouts), key wind, key set, sterling silver case, 66 gram sterling chain, with Canadian silver 50¢ piece. Right place, right time. It needed work, so two previous owners gave it away. It finally landed with someone who could give it the care it needed, (moi).
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Canuck
·I just scrolled back to September, 2022, and found that I seem to be the only one posting to the “Pocket Watch Friday” thread. 🥱 so, I’ll wear a pocket watch today, but I won’t post it here. 😔
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·I vowed this morning that I wouldn’t show the pocket watch that I wore today. Well, I am going to to show it. After reconditioning it this past Monday, I did a minor adjustment on Wednesday morning, and re-set it. I forgot to wind it until Thursday evening (about a 32-hour run), so I suspect that may have been the reason is is now 5 seconds slow in 32 hours. My 107 year old Waltham 1892 model with CPR logo. These older American pocket watches don’t have the power reserve of newer ones, so they usually don’t run over about 36 hours on a winding.
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·I vowed this morning that I wouldn’t show the pocket watch that I wore today. Well, I am going to to show it. After reconditioning it this past Monday, I did a minor adjustment on Wednesday morning, and re-set it. I forgot to wind it until Thursday evening (about a 32-hour run), so I suspect that may have been the reason is is now 5 seconds slow in 32 hours. My 107 year old Waltham 1892 model with CPR logo. These older American pocket watches don’t have the power reserve of newer ones, so they usually don’t run over about 36 hours on a winding.
