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BroncoSport
 Post subject: Bought a new toy today!
PostPosted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 3:59 pm 
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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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can't wait.

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Congratulations BroncoSport, I look forward to your pics. Can you do that, attach a strap to a pocketwatch? Good luck!

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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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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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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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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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Looks awesome BroncoSport. Sorry to hear about your cracket crystal though :cry:

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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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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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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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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 :poke: :wink:
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