The Pocket Watch Gallery

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Yes! Cracker on the Antiques Roadshow last night. Solid gold half hunter with stopwatch and chime, about 1905, valued at about the same as a new SS Rolex GMT.
Much as I admire the Rolex, I'd go for the old'un. :wave:
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bspj wrote:Yes! Cracker on the Antiques Roadshow last night. Solid gold half hunter with stopwatch and chime, about 1905, valued at about the same as a new SS Rolex GMT.
Much as I admire the Rolex, I'd go for the old'un. :wave:
Mrs Steve went for the old'un too! ;)

That half hunter was just stunning. When you take the minute repeater and the chrono into consideration, I thought that it was bloomin cheap. Both mine and the present Memsahib's guesstimate were extremely north of the experts.

Good size to make a wristwatch out of though! Weld on a couple of lugs and away you go!
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smegwina wrote: Mrs Steve went for the old'un too! ;)
Only just noticed this! :?
You are absolutely correct.
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Not a high value item but this is my Ingersoll pocket watch, inherited from my grandfather.

I had been very puzzled how he could get his hands on an American pocket watch, but with a little digging I've found he may have had a connection to the Smiths factory in South Wales - Smiths with Ingersoll formed the 'Anglo Celtic Watch Company' in the late 40s. So that may well be it :)

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Today's pocket watch is an Omega from 1900 Image

Sadly it's in very poor condition, but I had to take it with me.
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Interesting chain, Andreas.
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A new acquisition:
The Overture
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First Movement
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Second Movement
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THE Movement
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Looks like a well cared for piece. A real beauty. Congratulations! :thumbup:
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Kip wrote:Looks like a well cared for piece. A real beauty. Congratulations! :thumbup:
Thanks. It is a v good quality case; re polished, but being 9ct is more robust than purer gold.
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Lovely, just lovely. I think we should see it again so...
bspj wrote:A new acquisition:
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First Movement
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Second Movement
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THE Movement
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This is begging for a "reprise". Lovely watch symphony (or opera?).
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Tempo giusto.

That is very fine indeed, Steve. I look forward to seeing photos of it in the wild, though possibly not with Villebrequin shorts!
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Amor Vincit Omnia wrote:Tempo giusto.

That is very fine indeed, Steve. I look forward to seeing photos of it in the wild, though possibly not with Villebrequin shorts!
Been swimmin' today.
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I am pleased to record that there has been no water ingress whatsoever in the Benson so I do not need to go to Ludgate Hill in high dudgeon. :thumbup:
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I'm not surprised there was no water ingress. You have completely removed the aqueous by-product. :D
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Been to a friend's funeral (which I attended not took)...
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He was a bit old fashioned and a former naval officer, so I thought a pocket watch, bowler (coke) hat and umbrella....to evince how army officers do it!
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