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     Gee_whiz New member Username: Gee_whiz Post Number: 1 Registered: 05-2008 Rating: N/A |
can anybody tell me where to find info about this watch or if you know about it can you tell me how old this watch is and what it may be worth??? The movement still works but you have to kind of shake it slightly to "jump start" it. serial number is: 785630. any information would be greatly appreciated.  | ||
| Spingard New member Username: Spingard Post Number: 8 Registered: 02-2008 Rating: N/A |
Is a beautiful watch | ||
| Gregb Member Username: Gregb Post Number: 92 Registered: 10-2006 Rating: N/A |
Watches are identified by their movement, not the dial. You would need to show good pictures of the movement in order to identify your watch accurately. My first impression is that your watch is what is known in the trade as a "Swiss fake". These were Swiss-manufactured watches that were designed to mimic the popular high-grade American railroad watches produced by Waltham, Elgin, Hamilton, Illinois and others. These Swiss fakes were not truly high-grade watches themselves, and just tried to copy the basic cosmetic look of the true railroad grade watches of the time. They often had pictures of trains on the dial and/or case (which genuine railroad watches never had) to suggest that they were of railroad quality (they were not). Your watch most certainly would not have met railroad standards just from a few of the external issues I can see from the front. The hunter case design and roman numerals would disqualify it from official railroad approval. In addition, the much more important issues of movement accuracy and reliability wouldn't be met unless the movement were constructed to high standards, with micrometric regulation and adjusted to positions, temperature and isochronism. Greg | ||
| Gee_whiz New member Username: Gee_whiz Post Number: 2 Registered: 05-2008 Rating: N/A |
Ok, thank you very much for your help. I will try to put up some pictures of the movement.  |