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hello, ?i have a gold pocket watch , i want to know about it but there is no mark on it, just inside ( R A) and number 1339 , what that mean? if any one know pleas help me
 
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hello, ?i have a gold pocket watch , i want to know about it but there is no mark on it, just inside ( R A) and number 1339 , what that mean? if any one know pleas help me
 
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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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Canuck Canuck
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.
so how we know more about it and if that's interesting or not. thanks
 
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Torrid pace this week. No time for a change. Not complaining though. 😁
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Connie week - feeling a bit dark today.

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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.

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

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

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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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Now they'd probably call us bullies.

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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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.
Thanks, sir. 👍

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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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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