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Hi all,

As part of a (huge..) joblot of watches I've just obtained there was included a bunch of pocket watches, about 60 of them. I know absolutely nothing about pocket watches, does anyone here? 🙂

There is the run of the mill stuff (Smiths, Ingersoll etc) but also some less common/solid silver/full hunter items too.

I'm at a bit of a loss what to do with them, other than listing them on ebay and hoping people looking at the listings know what they're looking for/at. Can anyone here shed any additional light on anything here though?

Cheers

Matt

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wonkytwit New Member

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Matt,

I am just getting started working on pocket watches/stop watches and was about to the pull the trigger on a flea-bay listing when I found this.   If you are going to sell them shoot me a message and let me know what you want for them. I may be interested in the lot. 

 

thanks

 

watchweasol Distinguished Member

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A good site to be aware of is  the pocketwatchdatabase.com   for information     and daveswatchparts.com  for waltham and elgin parts,  Jules Borel,  Otto Frei,  Esslinger.com all material houses in the US.

Stewart New Member

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On 1/25/2022 at 12:48 PM, MattWatch said:

Hi all,

As part of a (huge..) joblot of watches I've just obtained there was included a bunch of pocket watches, about 60 of them. I know absolutely nothing about pocket watches, does anyone here? 🙂

There is the run of the mill stuff (Smiths, Ingersoll etc) but also some less common/solid silver/full hunter items too.

I'm at a bit of a loss what to do with them, other than listing them on ebay and hoping people looking at the listings know what they're looking for/at. Can anyone here shed any additional light on anything here though?

Cheers

Matt

Screenshot_20220125-112035_Photos.jpg

Screenshot_20220125-112020_Photos.jpg

Screenshot_20220125-112043_Photos.jpg

20220125_115151.jpg

20220125_115352.jpg

20220125_120548.jpg

20220125_120556.jpg

20220125_120708.jpg

20220125_120722.jpg

20220125_120730.jpg

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You've got some nice stuff there that will keep you busy for a long while, best of luck with it,,

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