Community Stories

WRUW Today?

Canuck
Posts
15,262
Likes
44,824
After several months of wearing my newly acquired 1877 Waltham hunter cased pocket watch, on Tuesday, I decided it was time to change to an old favourite that hasn’t seen daylight for three years. This is my 18-size, 21-jewel Hamilton, grade 941. This is the hunter cased version of the venerable Hamilton 940, one of the most popular of the 18-size Hamiltons for railroad use. Not too many of these around, I find. The 941 is railroad grade, but not railroad approved because it is in a hunter case. Case by the Philadelphia Watch Case Co. is gold filled. Shown on my Dave K miracle braid lanyard. (One of three watches I’ll wear today. The others being my Speedmaster 345.0808, and my Bucherer two-register chronograph with the Landeron calibre 48 movement.) I must get around to finding something to time!

Here is the information from the pocketwatchdatabase base site.

https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/search/result/hamilton/696010

4E0FA18E-B96A-4A76-A998-0A4B4A0B41EC.jpeg 4D14DF13-200F-4803-9BE4-D221449C9BEF.jpeg 4B234BD2-215C-4E25-92E5-FF3866678F48.jpeg
 
Jones in LA
Posts
5,511
Likes
52,922
Switched watches ahead of our departure for a long weekend in the camper, in the wildlands of Malibu 😀

The watch is on loan from Mrs.Jones -- a 38mm titanium-cased P.O. with polished ceramic bezel insert and LiquidMetal insets. Another watch for me today that's light as a feather.

IMG_0399.jpg
 
noelekal
Posts
6,513
Likes
50,359
Canuck Canuck
After several months of wearing my newly acquired 1877 Waltham hunter cased pocket watch, on Tuesday, I decided it was time to change to an old favourite that hasn’t seen daylight for three years. This is my 18-size, 21-jewel Hamilton, grade 941. This is the hunter cased version of the venerable Hamilton 940, one of the most popular of the 18-size Hamiltons for railroad use. Not too many of these around, I find. The 941 is railroad grade, but not railroad approved because it is in a hunter case. Case by the Philadelphia Watch Case Co. is gold filled. Shown on my Dave K miracle braid lanyard. (One of three watches I’ll wear today. The others being my Speedmaster 345.0808, and my Bucherer two-register chronograph with the Landeron calibre 48 movement.) I must get around to finding something to time!

Here is the information from the pocketwatchdatabase base site.

https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/search/result/hamilton/696010

4E0FA18E-B96A-4A76-A998-0A4B4A0B41EC.jpeg 4D14DF13-200F-4803-9BE4-D221449C9BEF.jpeg 4B234BD2-215C-4E25-92E5-FF3866678F48.jpeg

Those Hamilton 21-jewel 940/941 movements are especially pretty. I like the "tire track" motif. The movement almost looks as if it's been run over by a four wheel drive pickup with aggressive off road tires, but the effect is quite appealing to see in person when the watch is opened up.
 
Larry S
Posts
13,507
Likes
53,073
Biblical rain last few days…N. Branch of the Chicago River….
1EEDEBE3-6C0A-4CCA-B0ED-029C31D00982.jpeg C54187D5-B438-403D-8A24-C0139CA663E7.jpeg
 
40495 More Posts...
Sign up or log in to reply...

Similar threads

lucreative

WSIW Today?

lucreative Open Discussion
hen
hen
Posts
1
Views
501
SOG53

Shipped a watch from Canada to US today

SOG53 Open Discussion
Felix_La_PuBelle
Felix_La_PuBelle
Posts
45
Views
23K
Waltesefalcon

Had to drive my son to work today.

Waltesefalcon Open Discussion
Waltesefalcon
Waltesefalcon
Posts
28
Views
32K
hansaboy

Swedish Midsummer today!!

hansaboy Open Discussion
Fallout Boy
Fallout Boy
Posts
14
Views
18K
Watchprompt

Are marketplace commissions still justified today?

Watchprompt Open Discussion
M
Mediocre
Posts
35
Views
40K
ewand

Speedy 105.012-64 at auction today

ewand Vintage Omega Watches Help, Discussion and Advice
Seaborg
Seaborg
Posts
26
Views
2K