Charlie3755
·That is a great looking watch!
National Pocket Watch Day, April 18, 2024. The 1926 Illinois Sangamo Special gets the call as the "town watch" today.
Older photo of movement just after its arrival and before a service. "Thar's gold in them there movements!"
Thanks to NAWCC for publicizing National Pocket Watch Day, and to @noelekal for announcing it here. I’ll wear three watches, today. My long term test Rolex Oyster Date-Just, my 1969 Bulova Accutron which I recently serviced, and my 18-size, 11-jewel, 1877 model Waltham from 1883. To make this an International event, at least one Canadian is observing it. This watch was offered to me, gratis, because it needed work, and the previous owner didn’t consider it important enough to fix it. So rather than to take it for free, I offered him $50.00 (Cdn.). He was glad to accept the offer. I had NOS parts on hand to complete the repairs it needed, and now I enjoy it a whole lot! Worn on my leather pocket watch lanyard from @Duracuir1 .
This watch has two major flaws:
1) It demands to be worn all the time, and
2) No photograph ever does it justice 😀
National Pocket Watch Day, April 18, 2024. The 1926 Illinois Sangamo Special gets the call as the "town watch" today.
Older photo of movement just after its arrival and before a service. "Thar's gold in them there movements!"