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I just purchased this Waltham pocket watch ($10) Would this watch be an early 1900s or late 1800s pocket watch. I am about to service this movement. Could this be an W.M. ellery movement from the late 1800s. Its 15 jewels the serial number is 20358779.

I'm on my way to become addicted to old chronos. Recently got my first calendar, a Wakman Jumbo. Looking forward to disassemble and service it.

Welcome the the WRT forum from Brooklyn. J

UPDATE !! PROBLEM SOLVED !!! Seiko 5 6347-5010 Moon Phase Watch Well, it's been close to a year since I messed with this thing & I just got another 1 of these off The Bay for a good negotiated price. For parts but running good. An Ugly One, but I was just after the movement. Btw, when I tried to get the moon phase intermediate wheel from Cousins last year they listed it as obsolete. It's just as well, & in a moment you'll see why. Before I pulled the trigger on the Ugly One, I contacted the seller. I asked him if the moon phase advanced on its own when the watch is running, AND if it advanced when manually advancing the hands past midnight. He replied yes, so I rolled the dice & grabbed it. When I got it everything worked like it's supposed to & I was thrilled to death ! NOW I CAN GET MINE GOING !! I could have just swapped movements, dials, etc., but my curiosity wouldn't let me. So I dismantled the upper part of the movement from the Ugly One down to where the moon phase intermediate wheel is & behold !! The MP intermediate wheel resting around a stud on the main plate !! It seems the 1st one was rebuilt using the main plate for a 6308 (Same as 6309 but without the day feature, hence no stud ?). GO FIGURE !! The 1st one also had a day finger installed on the date driving wheel instead of a MP finger. You can see the difference. This was fun. (See pics) I put the mvmt back together with the case & dial from my 1st one but used different hands. The gold on the original ones is ruined from the old lume eating away @ it. In the future, I plan on rebuilding the mvmt. & have fun with that too. But right now I'm just admiring the watch & glad it's up & running. I can't wear it because I need a bracelet or strap for it ! I really like it & the MP window is BIG !! I'm pretty sure the 6347 is the only mechanical moon phase Seiko ever built. Seems pretty rare too. I'm definitely hanging on to it. Any input welcome ! Thanks ! Scotty

Greetings and salutations, hope you're enjoying your stay in the U.S.

Worked on this oldie not too long ago. Back in the day, the movements weren't always marked with their branding but the dials certainly were. This one is verified to be genuine, but to someone that has only observed the newer ones, it won't have the "proper" hallmarks. J

Hi Louis, You are very welcome. Yes, I know this particular style choice is a bit on the edge; I 'dated' this one and a handful of others before pulling the trigger, teetering between 'I love it' and 'meh it's a little weird'. At the end of the day I personally really loved the uniqueness of the "Splendid Mystery" as this particular one is known (Esplendidos Misterio). It's also amusing to me that few people would know how to tell time on it. I happen to also enjoy classic cars and the more difficult to drive, the better, so it figures I would want a watch like this. This one has an automatic movement and I believe most of their modern watches do as well. Many of their other watches come with an open back and the automatic movement is really quite beautiful. Mine does not have an open back but instead an engraving of the original CyS safe, which sits in the showroom floor of the Havana museum. I liked that because I had seen it in person, otherwise I would have preferred one with an open back. I do think most of their watches have a design element or logo that tells you it's a Cuervo, some more than others. Perhaps your starting point is deciding the shape of watch that you prefer: round and thin (Historiador line), round and robust (Robusto line), or rectangular (Esplendidos line or Prominent line). There's something beautiful in every line, but for me, all of my other watches are round; CyS is the only designer with a rectangular art deco style case that really appealed to me in a different way, which is why I went with the choice I did. Anyway I could write about these things ad nauseum so I'll stop here but if you have any other questions, I'm happy to help. Sam PS: in case you're curious, this was the runner up to my choice. In fact, it was my first choice until I suddenly changed my mind at the last minute. Again, the unique time telling feature and the design reminiscent of a Cuban cigar label is what appealed to me. (picture taken from internet, I do not own this one).

Excellent! Pitiful attitude by the jeweler. As if he had to pay with his money. Once again proves that one should not ever bring them Watches for repair.

Hi, JBERRY, welcome to this forum. Mike.

We have many on here that are hobbyist and amateur watch repairs. Its just a bit of knowledge for them if they come up against such a problem.

The original glass would have had the Omega emblem in the centre of the glass.

Estimated Production Year: 1915

According to pocket watch database its a model 1883. https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/search/result/waltham/20358779 Nice find for $10. I have something similar, I don't do many pocket watches so this one was fun and different to work on:

Well, thanks to some help from a forum member, the Accutron is back in business. That ETA movement was indeed the correct one. The sweep second hand didn't fit, so the hand that came with the new movement was painted to match. Everything works perfectly! I definitely didn't baby this watch and it's had its share of abuse, I decided that the case needed a polish, and I'll be sure to treat it a bit more carefully moving forward. Thanks for the help!

welcome to the forum and to U.S.A.. vin

I've been using a Canon Stylus Tough model, which is a point and shoot but with manual overrides should you ever need them. It has a 4X optical zoom, and an excellent macro mode. What makes it outstanding for me is that its drop proof (to 2 meters) and waterproof (to 15 meters) , so not only does it serve excellently for this hobby, where it resides on my bench, but also for fishing. I photograph every step when taking apart a watch, and will even take a shot of every screw I've removed by placing it sideways over the place it came out of so I know which screw goes where when reassembling the movement. It's far better to take too many shots than too few as it costs nothing and may just really simplify reassembly. I've attached a shot of a small Incabloc so you can see its macro capability. I'm sure a lot of point and shoot cameras have similar macro features but few are as bullet proof as this camera.

Good for you jdrichard!

Ah yes, I had to epoxy my corroded base, and I'll raise you one: don't use ethanol to clean the cylinder! I had formed the habit of using full-strength ethanol in place of rubbing alcohol, and about 2 seconds after rubbing a bit on the cylinder, huge cracks started forming. Turns out that smart people know that acrylic and ethanol don't mix well.. Luckily, I found a local acrylic seller that sold me 1m of matching pipe pretty cheaply, and I managed to replace it. Machining this stuff on my lathe was an absolute nightmare though, since it is incredibly grabby.

Many people here including myself have these, work just fine. Do not leave water in it, as will corrode the base of the tank.