Watches collecting is a relatively young area, compared with collecting coins and stamps. Although interest in this area is growing, but not enough information yet, it is too fragmented, and sometimes even incorrect.
The value of any collectible is defined demand. Without demand there is no market. In trading hours law of supply and demand also [...]
The first English domestic timepieces date from about 400 years ago. In earlier times the only timepiece in a settlement might well have been the church clock. Some complicated ones still exist in dusty towers. With a clashing of bells they announced curfews and early warnings to alert marketmen and milkmaids, gardeners and goosegirls. Before [...]
The word dial comes from the same word used to describe sundials, the predecessors to mechanical time tellers. Sundials were most often made of metal and engraved with numerals. Prior to the 18th century, the devices were called “dyals,” and the art of telling time with them was called “dyalling.”
The most plentiful American types [...]
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 [...]