SWCo Pocket Watch

[jdrichard]

Completely not familiar with this pocket watch I acquired. It came in a Fortune Gold filled Canadian case and a Swiss Watch Co. Movement. The question is regarding if this is a good watch and is the regulator the same that Patek Phillip used in their rare pocket watches in the 1920ies

[clockboy]

That looks like a nice watch movement. I like the fine time adjustment design. It certainly looks like it needs a clean but should be good. 

[jdrichard]

21 minutes ago, clockboy said:

That looks like a nice watch movement. I like the fine time adjustment design. It certainly looks like it needs a clean but should be good. 

Thanks. Still trying to discover its lineage.

[wls1971]

15 hours ago, jdrichard said:

The question is regarding if this is a good watch and is the regulator the same that Patek Phillip used in their rare pocket watches in the 1920ies

This type of snail regulator was used by many Swiss watch company's, it is sometimes referred to as a Wilmot regulator which is not entirely correct, as a Wilmot regulator incorporates a amplitude limiter that was designed to keep a constant rate when the watch was not being worn and laid face up, but the snail cam part of the Wilmot design found it's way into many watches Zenith, Omega, Longines, Lecoultre and Patek have all used snail cam regulators at some point.

[clockboy]

1 hour ago, wls1971 said:

This type of snail regulator was used by many Swiss watch company's, it is sometimes referred to as a Wilmot regulator which is not entirely correct, as a Wilmot regulator incorporates a amplitude limiter that was designed to keep a constant rate when the watch was not being worn and laid face up, but the snail cam part of the Wilmot design found it's way into many watches Zenith, Omega, Longines, Lecoultre and Patek have all used snail cam regulators at some point.

The never ending horological learning curve continues, a new one for me.

[Nucejoe]

It has some hallmarks of good grade watches, certainly worth your time to service it.

 

[KarlvonKoln]

Cool, I've seen my first photo of a snail-cam regulator. Those are interesting.  

[jdrichard]

I will be definitely servicing this watch.