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Can anyone help me identify this watch. it's marked swiss made. I got a bunch of pocket watch parts. I'm just curious.

I also have a bag full of 1872 model waltham riverside parts that I'd like to find a body and or parts for. also an 83' grade 1 waltham I'd like to find parts for if anyone has an idea where to find them. I'd like to build one just to say I did.

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Definitely not worth getting parts for but worth keeping for parts you may need them one day its a fairly common Cyma movement, I can only suggest Ebay for Waltham parts there's plenty about.

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4 hours ago, wls1971 said:

Definitely not worth getting parts for but worth keeping for parts you may need them one day its a fairly common Cyma movement, I can only suggest Ebay for Waltham parts there's plenty about.

Okay I'll just pack it away.  Maybe someone on here will need a part one day, who knows.

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I actually have one of those Cyma movements in a hunter style case that runs and keeps good time (photos below). I'm curious if anyone can give me a "ball park" production date? The beast is in a "Star" case (probably the original case???). No visible serial numbers on the movement, but the case number is 334234 FWIW. I've come up with a production range from 1920 to 1960.

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