Just did this one for a friend. Put this orphan model 1890 Waltham (production year 1899) movement into a Panerai-style case. Machined a delrin spaced on a hobby 3-axis CNC. This style case with captive crown makes the conversion easy.
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Continue readingOn display at the Edgar Allen Poe museum in Richmond. The face isn’t visible.
Along the left edge is engraved “HUIT TROUS EN…
Continue readingFolks, just got the bad news from my watchmaker, who's been servicing my E. Howard Series 4 model 1905.
The hairspring is verruckt.
It still runs, but it runs fast, and he hasn't been able to reregulate it.
I'm digging online in the …
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Continue readingMy mother bought my father a Jules Jurgensen 1059 18k watch for a wedding present in 1967. Thought it was amazing how small watch cases were back then! It's on an expandable bracelet, and still ticks!
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Continue readingHello everyone, it’s another day and I have another curious find for your consideration. From what I have gathered, this watch is a Veri-Thin Precision (style number 455) which was probably manufactured in 1940, with a likely catalogue date of late 194…
Continue readingRestored and converted this thing abt 10 years ago. I found this piece in an Italian antique shop when I was in Warsaw. And it actually made me think: who even came up with the idea of making watches triangular? It is a really weird and unusual shape f…
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this is my first post here after hitting a wall several times trying to identify these watches. My grandfather was an enthusiast to say the least, and had many pocket watches converted to wrist watches. I know next to nothing about thei…
Continue readingI'm looking to start accumulating some nice watch fobs/chains – didn't know if anybody here knew of any reasonable sources other than the usual "go troll the local antique shops/flea markets" solution.
I'm looking more for som…
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