Help me identify this pocket watch movement project I found. Maybe Paul Rochat?

I picked this up at an antique store today. It was the only interesting watch-thing in the place. Though I couldn’t easily identify a name, it seemed to want to run, and the dial and hands are in excellent condition, but also it was a no-brainer, because the wooden box it came in was easily worth the $10 I paid for it.

It does run, though not super well, so it seems like a reasonably good project to learn watch servicing on. I’ll need a key for it and it will eventually need a case…

Help me identify this pocket watch movement project I found. Maybe Paul Rochat?

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A little help fixing my old watch? 1895 Elgin 18

When I was in my early 20s, I gave up on wristwatches, and started carrying this monster in the watch pocket of my Levis. It probably would all have worked out fine, except the cool vintage watch chain I bought for it had a nasty habit of coming unscre…

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