American Pocket Watch Collection

A short video of a collection of American Pocket Watches, all Elgin watches except for a couple of Walthams, most all running and keeping good time. These date from about 1870 to 1920.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Pocket
• Watches

[floppycooldog]

you extremely nice collection thanks for sharing.

[GTweed0605]

@floppycooldog Thanks for looking

[538921]

I love this video, not only because of the music, but I love pocket watches and always wear one. I have a collection too, but no where as much as this one.

[GTweed0605]

@538921 Thanks for looking, since retiring, I have been working on watches for about 3 years. Started when I inherited a 1798 Verge Fusee, English made pair case watch. Had it running for a while until hairspring broke, still trying to make a hairspring. But this has been real interesting and keeps me out of trouble.

[kisetsushin]

@GTweed0605

Making hairsprings is possible with a row of high precision rolling mills and the proper know-how, but the mills are expensive and you'd need more than a couple.

Go to a company called "British Precision Springs" They still sell hairsprings in packs of 10 like the old days, you just need to find a similar strength spring and shape it like the original, as i'm sure the original had very few coils compared to a modern hairspring.

[GTweed0605]

@kisetsushin I was able to make a hairspring for my verge fusee by taking an old english lever fusee hairspring, cut out some of the coils in the center, pinned the collet, then spread out the remaining coils. Watch will run but hairspring is too strong, So more work to do someday. thanks for the info, may order some springs

[piercen10]

haha and the one at 1:15 hehe

[piercen10]

i have the same one at 1:05 Pause its the last one on the right! Just got it before thanksgiving

[Falconpunch82]

@BeGladItsAlmostOver LOL

[BeGladItsAlmostOver]

Daylight savings must be a bitch at your house

[538921]

@GTweed0605 I have been collecting old USSR Molnija watches amongest others.Admire them that can repair them, they are so complicated and delicate.Always wear a pocket watch and waistcoat myslef.And I am also retired.