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  1. basil15 Feb 7, 2018

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  2. Canuck Feb 7, 2018

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    Swiss, 15-jewels (?), lever escapement, stem wind, pin set, bridge model, circa 1880 (?). Could be a karat gold case, but we would need to see the markings inside the case back. These can be hard/impossible to identify a maker because of the production methods. The R and A marking refers to regulating the time keeping. R means Retard (slower), and A means Advance (faster), and mean nothing in terms of an identity.
     
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  3. basil15 Feb 7, 2018

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    so how we know more about it and if that's interesting or not. thanks
     
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  4. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Feb 7, 2018

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    Torrid pace this week. No time for a change. Not complaining though. :D
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  5. Vitezi Feb 7, 2018

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    Vintage flannel...vintage watch!
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  6. styggpyggeno1 ΩF Enforcer ....and thread killer Feb 7, 2018

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    Connie week - feeling a bit dark today.

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  7. peatnick Feb 7, 2018

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    Bucherer 9803

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    Lemania 1340 circa 1973

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  8. McKinley Feb 7, 2018

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    Hey, this is 2018......you can't say "retard". You have to say the watch is "time keeping challenged". Easy people, it's a joke.

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  9. Mad Dog rockpaperscissorschampion Feb 7, 2018

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    Doing Waltham Wednesday today...23j Vanguard 1908 with winding indicator from the late 1920s...

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  10. nurseford25 Feb 7, 2018

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    Feeling the blue today.
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  11. vintagestuff Feb 7, 2018

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    That's sweet. Waltham made some superlative pocket watch movements, and that is one of the best. The only problem is that hair keeps distracting me. When I was at Clark AB in the 80s there was a guy named Eugene with hair like that, but it as nearly white. We called him Buffer. Now they'd probably call us bullies.

    Seeing a lot of nice pocket watches here. Is there an area of this site for pocket watches? We need to encourage the younger set appreciate them. I've really developed a great respect and admiration for the makers.
     
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  12. Togri v. 2.0 Wow! Custom title... cool Feb 7, 2018

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  13. Andsan Feb 7, 2018

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    Greeting from Puerto de Mogan

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  14. duc Feb 7, 2018

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    I think I'd like to hold off judgement on a thing like that, sir, until all the facts are in.....
     
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  15. Mad Dog rockpaperscissorschampion Feb 7, 2018

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    Thanks, sir. :thumbsup:

    I was at Cubi and Subic in the late 80s and early 90s...we flew up towards Clark on a few occasions but never landed there. Mt. Pinatubo really did a number on Clark. :(

    I don’t believe there is a dedicated pocket watch section at OF...I could be wrong, however.
     
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  16. vintagestuff Feb 7, 2018

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    I was part of 13th Air Force and did a stint at Camp O'Donnell from '84 to '87. We can compare scars someday. On New Year's 1985, a local rolled a live grenade into the street near the Brass Knob bar where a few of us were "socializing." That was as close to combat as I got. The communist insurgents/NPA were taking hold of Mindanao and pushing north when they could. It kept us from being bored.
     
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    Sometimes you gotta show the back too. 20180207_150636.jpg
     
  18. RIGG Feb 7, 2018

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  19. hotsauz Feb 7, 2018

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    GS again fitted with blue shoes.
     
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  20. dougiedude Carpe horologium! Feb 7, 2018

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