Welcome to the world of antique pocket watches. The US Post Office REALLY does a number on them working BEFORE they touch them, then after they ariive?You have a $200 repair bull on your hands, YES, I Can fix it!
Thank you for this! I was having a devil of a time opening mine. Found this just before I was ready to bring out the butter knife and pry it open. Genius!
I recently purchased a watch that is very similar to this one. The guy at the Antiques fair wound it up for me and it worked fine. I purchased the watch and put it in my carrier bag, I then drove home.
I did not look at or touch the watch for at least 24 hours. Today I picked up the watch and it isn't working.
I put the key in and tried to turn it, however it is not moving.
I have not turned the key and can not turn the key.
Welcome to the world of antique pocket watches. The US Post Office REALLY does a number on them working BEFORE they touch them, then after they ariive?You have a $200 repair bull on your hands, YES, I Can fix it!
mig29jette 2 months ago
Thank you for this! I was having a devil of a time opening mine. Found this just before I was ready to bring out the butter knife and pry it open. Genius!
gambamama 7 months ago 2
@gambamama So glad we could help! Thank goodness you didn't grab the butter knife lol. Thanks for watching =)
KeepTheTime 7 months ago
Hi,
I recently purchased a watch that is very similar to this one. The guy at the Antiques fair wound it up for me and it worked fine. I purchased the watch and put it in my carrier bag, I then drove home.
I did not look at or touch the watch for at least 24 hours. Today I picked up the watch and it isn't working.
I put the key in and tried to turn it, however it is not moving.
I have not turned the key and can not turn the key.
Is it broken and do you know how to fix it?
MarvinsKitchen 11 months ago