Revisiting an old hobby
Hello from Scotland.
I recently re-awakened an interest from my youth in watches and clocks. Strangely the catalyst was searching for a replacement hand for a Starrett dial indicator that I picked up for pennies on ebay and which I though might be useful for leveling the bed on my 3d printer. It was missing the dial hand, which looked very like a watch second hand, so that led to a search for a suitable donor watch. Needless to say I then got distracted by the vast array of old time pieces
Another orphaned movement is on its way. This one is inscribed J&W Whitham, Bingley.
I couldn't find much about the maker, but the retailer ( J & W Whitham ) does seem to have fallen foul of the inland revenue around 1890.
"The inland revenue authorities are bestirring themselves a bit again, and a number of convictions have recently been obtained for selling plate without a proper licence. Messrs. J. and W. Whitham, Jewelers, of Bingley, were fined £10 and costs for sel