Direct read digitals and other intested things

[measuretwice]

 

Answering an ad, I ended up buying a retired watchmakers lot of stuff.  Mostly the old boys leftovers I think, he must have given away or sold most of the prime stuff long ago, but there were a few highlights.  Probably 50 old watches, the bulk of which probably aren't worth anything, but will be good for a beginner to practice on.   Some of the nicer ones are shown below

Best of all was this Fientaster as it fills a hole in the tool collection.  I'd been thinking of making one, but man, it is a lot easier this way

 

Then there were a bunch these mechanical digital watches - direct read I guess they're called.  It seems they were sort of a thing for a period of time; I hadn't seen one before.  Would they be 60's vintage?

 

there was also these two, that might be kind of nice cleaned up

 

 

Edited October 27, 2017 by measuretwice

[Chopin]

Wow... You hit the jackpot there I would say...

Those watches are called jump hour and they're pretty collectable/sought after so therefore quite pricey!

I believe that Hamilton at the end goes for a few hundred alone...

Edited October 28, 2017 by Chopin

[measuretwice]

thanks, I thought they were kind of neat.  i'll keep my beginners tweezers and screw drivers off them for the moment 

[frenchie]

That Hamilton is very nice!

[Tmuir]

I second the Hamilton is nice, wish I had it, I could see it would become my daily watch

[PJA]

Very nice.

[Pip]

Th Hamilton is worth a bit, very nice piece. And the jump hours sometimes go for good money, have a look at jump hour watches on eBay and click on sold listings to see what they have been going for.


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[Watchtime]

No leftovers i think,...I lve those jumphours and the Hamilton. Great find.

[measuretwice]

4 hours ago, Watchtime said:

No leftovers i think,...I lve those jumphours and the Hamilton. Great find.

thanks.   For sure these aren't leftovers......but you haven't seen the rest of it

[jdm]

Nice lot, in fact I'd wear the Hamilton for a night out, magician suit and all