After years of searching, I finally got this one: Elgin Pershing from 1920 in NOS condition, and also it’s a rare 9 o’clock sub-second dial. I think it’s one of most iconic Elgin designs with a really nice look black dial.

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I think these are some of the most interesting military watches. Usually they’re pretty cheap from eBay, somewhere around $200-500, most of them (1/5 T.P.) can be converted back to chronograph in a reasonable cost, except the Lemania 1/10 T.P., which h…

Just saw this chronograph pocket watch from the local marketplace. The inside of this watch is pretty impressive, all the levers / arms / spring were hand made, except those wheels are original. The time and effort to make them / adjust them will be a …

Just asked my wife’s approval for a display cabinet a month ago. She thought it was big enough.

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Someone had this bright idea making a Minerva 13-20 into a Breitling and sold on eBay for £250. Well, it’s “Breitling” expensive but still the cheapest Minerva I can find.

As a typical problem of this movement, the brake/hammer holder is missing. Sinc…

I think I have a growing collection of Smiths watches. I aim to have one type of movement each, since they’re reasonably cheap in UK especially for broken ones, and reasonably easy to work with. Most of them I just brought movement only and put it into…

Just got this A11 from eBay relatively cheap, and as typical eBay junk it’s pretty dead. All other issues were easy except the hacking mechanism is missing completely. Unlike other parts that can be taken from similar movements, the hacking thing is on…