This is a carry over from this thread. http://forum.replica-watch.info/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=34542&p=300590#p300590
I was asked to take some pictures of the movements on the pocket watches I recently acquired that had belonged to my grandfather. All of these pocket watches are very dirty. I wanted to document them as they were received and will document them again after a clean up and/or restorations. Here's what I know so far about them.
This is a size 18, 11 jewel, produced between July and August of 1865 by the American Watch Company. The movement shows Waltham with the name PS Bartlett. Here's a couple of interesting reads about this company during that time period. http://www.oldwatch.com/waltham.html and http://www.pricelessads.com/m57/seminar/seminar.pdf
This next one is is an Elgin 15 jewel produced in 1910. Its size is an 18. There was only 3,000 of these made that year as opposed to 261,500 made during the life of its production from 1903 to 1927. This watch is currently working. Not bad for a 100 year old watch.
This next one is also an Elgin and was produced in 1918. Its is a 7 jewel size 16. There was 8,000 produced in 1918 as opposed to 1,501,000 made during the life of its production from 1903 to 1945.
Here we have a 17 jewel Waltham size 16. It was produced between 1903 and 1904. wasn't able to find out much about its production run other than it supposedly has a Brequet hairspring and patent regulator.
This next one is a Seth Thomas produced between 1891 and 1892. I have no other info on this
This last one I've found very little info on. One person has told me it is made by the Vertex Watch Co and is swiss made but I have not been able to find any substatial info about this company for verification as of yet.
I was asked to take some pictures of the movements on the pocket watches I recently acquired that had belonged to my grandfather. All of these pocket watches are very dirty. I wanted to document them as they were received and will document them again after a clean up and/or restorations. Here's what I know so far about them.
This is a size 18, 11 jewel, produced between July and August of 1865 by the American Watch Company. The movement shows Waltham with the name PS Bartlett. Here's a couple of interesting reads about this company during that time period. http://www.oldwatch.com/waltham.html and http://www.pricelessads.com/m57/seminar/seminar.pdf
This next one is is an Elgin 15 jewel produced in 1910. Its size is an 18. There was only 3,000 of these made that year as opposed to 261,500 made during the life of its production from 1903 to 1927. This watch is currently working. Not bad for a 100 year old watch.
This next one is also an Elgin and was produced in 1918. Its is a 7 jewel size 16. There was 8,000 produced in 1918 as opposed to 1,501,000 made during the life of its production from 1903 to 1945.
Here we have a 17 jewel Waltham size 16. It was produced between 1903 and 1904. wasn't able to find out much about its production run other than it supposedly has a Brequet hairspring and patent regulator.
This next one is a Seth Thomas produced between 1891 and 1892. I have no other info on this
This last one I've found very little info on. One person has told me it is made by the Vertex Watch Co and is swiss made but I have not been able to find any substatial info about this company for verification as of yet.