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| Author: | BroncoSport [ Sun Apr 18, 2010 3:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Bought a new toy today! |
A big, sarcastic, thanks to the person who stared talking about Hamilton Pocket watches. I just bought a cool looking watch on eBay. It was titled as "1917 HAMILTON 940 21J 18S SALESMEN CASE RR POCKET WATCH" fully serviced and a DISPLAY BACK!!! Pictures will follow after it arrives! ... now how to attach a strap..... 
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| Author: | sharkman [ Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bought a new toy today! |
can't wait. |
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| Author: | Tim S [ Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bought a new toy today! |
Congratulations BroncoSport, I look forward to your pics. Can you do that, attach a strap to a pocketwatch? Good luck! |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bought a new toy today! |
BroncoSport wrote: A big, sarcastic, thanks to the person who stared talking about Hamilton Pocket watches. I just bought a cool looking watch on eBay. It was titled as "1917 HAMILTON 940 21J 18S SALESMEN CASE RR POCKET WATCH" fully serviced and a DISPLAY BACK!!! Pictures will follow after it arrives! ... now how to attach a strap..... Congrats, DB pocket watches look very nice. And now you have discovered just how affordable watch collecting can be! |
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| Author: | BroncoSport [ Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bought a new toy today! |
Roffensian wrote: Congrats, DB pocket watches look very nice. And now you have discovered just how affordable watch collecting can be! Yeah but it allows for MORE purchases at this price point! I sure hope this pocket watch satisfys this watch void and thats the end of it, otherwise there might be more of these little jewels in my future.
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Tue Apr 20, 2010 5:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bought a new toy today! |
BroncoSport wrote: Roffensian wrote: Congrats, DB pocket watches look very nice. And now you have discovered just how affordable watch collecting can be! Yeah but it allows for MORE purchases at this price point! I sure hope this pocket watch satisfys this watch void and thats the end of it, otherwise there might be more of these little jewels in my future. Yeah it's a slippery slope, trust me. I'm trying to limit my pocket watches to fancy cased gold hunters or practice pieces for my watchmaking at the moment. |
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| Author: | BroncoSport [ Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bought a new toy today! |
Well she arrived today and wow what a watch. My sorry excuse for pictures dont do it justice. One small problem though. I wanted to "protect her" during the day so I slipped it into my front jeans pocket and about 5 hours later while leaning against something I felt a pop. Yep, I destroyed the back crystal. I wanted to cry. So I am gonna have to start looking for a size 18, Hamilton crystal that will fit a 1917 model 940.  Watch is still just tickin along. Unfortunately I can see myself buying more pocket watches...   
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| Author: | Tim S [ Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bought a new toy today! |
Looks awesome BroncoSport. Sorry to hear about your cracket crystal though 
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bought a new toy today! |
Very nice indeed. There are plenty of crystals on the Bay - avoid the G-S ones as they are flexible and need a special tool. |
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| Author: | mah [ Thu Apr 22, 2010 6:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bought a new toy today! |
Check this out. Punch in the serial number and click anywhere in the spread sheet and it will tell you the grade, run, other info. I have a nice 992B Hamilton 21J gold train in a salesman case running +-000 to 002. When you need another PW that is.... Nice pick up. If you want a site to buy acrylic crystals I can forward it to you. http://www.nawcc-ch149.com/db_resch/hamilton_506.html |
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| Author: | BroncoSport [ Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bought a new toy today! |
Hey that is a neat online calculator. Too bad it doesnt tell me what size crystal I need. And dont be tempting me to already add to the Hamilton collection! |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Fri Apr 23, 2010 5:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bought a new toy today! |
mah wrote: Check this out. Punch in the serial number and click anywhere in the spread sheet and it will tell you the grade, run, other info. I have a nice 992B Hamilton 21J gold train in a salesman case running +-000 to 002. When you need another PW that is.... Nice pick up. If you want a site to buy acrylic crystals I can forward it to you. http://www.nawcc-ch149.com/db_resch/hamilton_506.html There are a few NAWCC related database sites for pocket watches, and some of them have e-mails for submitting photos of pieces to the database - Waltham springs to mind. BroncoSport, as you will inevitably be needing crystals for your future pocketwatches you may as well buy a crystal gauge for sizing  
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