FAMOUS AMERICAN RAILROAD POCKET WATCHES
It was the end of the nineteenth century in America. The car had not yet invented. Kodak camera has not yet been launched on the market. Women wore long dresses, and the main method of washing clothes was a washboard. Few homes had electricity, and even radio have not [...]
Most collectors are always looking for that owner, who was himself waiting to be found. One story tells of how one collector went to the shop and asked the owner if they have any to sell some gold pocket watch. Pawn broker replied, “No, but I have a watch brand «23J» with silver casing for [...]
Virtually all the major jewelry and watch companies in Europe have been customers LeCoultre. Using the most advanced technology has allowed her to take a dominant market position in the last century, although little is known about any loud and impressive achievements of the Company, except, perhaps, for a Victorian device measuring 1/1000 millimeter, and [...]
Repeater is optional clock mechanism, which allows you to watch a battle of different melodic tones to inform the current time. The complex mechanism, usually indicates a clock, quarter hour and minute. Each fight has its own melody, and frequency.
The invention of this mechanism, we are obliged to darkness. Indeed, before the invention of [...]
The following is an example of restoration (Model 1857 American Watch Co. (Waltham) Pocket Watch). The watch in this case has seen nearly 150 years of use and was in rough condition. Mechanically and cosmetically, there was a lot of work to perform.
The case – The wear on the case was significant, but is [...]