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  1. viclip

    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    That's a very nice movement as well, thanks for posting
  2. viclip

    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    Very niuce busmatt. Is that a private label vintage pocket watch? If so I'd be interested to know whether you've identified the manufacturer, with details of course!
  3. viclip

    The wrist watch.

    Sinn considers their 566A to be one of their entry level watches so you shouldn't feel bad about wearing it; it is after all a really good-looking & well engineered timepiece & there's nothing gaudy about it. Just my 2 cents.
  4. viclip

    Anyone else into fountain pens?

    Edward - I especially like the Parker 51 vacuumatic filling version with the pump mechanism. The later aerometric version with the bladder is nice too, I still have my father's Parker 51 "Special" which I'll occasionally ink up. The hooded nibs used by the 51 family make it next to impossible...
  5. viclip

    The wrist watch.

    I'd sure like to have a Cartier Tank! The Cartier Tank became available to the public at the end of World War I & as far as I'm aware has been in continuous production ever since, albeit in various flavors. That shot of Rudolph Valentino is interesting. To a large extent, he was responsible...
  7. viclip

    Pocketwatches

    For a hunting type pocket watch, I always press down the front cover release button located within the crown, when closing the front cover. Otherwise the steel lock spring will surely abrade the front cover, it's only a matter of time. Eventually the front cover will no longer stay closed.
  8. viclip

    Pocketwatches

    I'm glad that your first mechanical pocket watch acquisition, was positve. It looks like a great time piece, congrats! That it's gaining 20 seconds daily is no big deal, after servicing the rate will be adjusted by your watchmaker. I see that the regulator is currently set on the Slow side...
  9. viclip

    Pocketwatches

    Very nice find, those 3-fingered Elgins are great watches. Thanks for sharing your first acquisition, I'd be interested in hearing how the watch fares once it's serviced ...
  10. viclip

    Pocketwatches

    First off, I now realize that I likely gave you the wrong impression concerning lever set watches. When I had mentioned that they were a pain & liable to resulty in broken crystals (chipped dials too, I might add), I had in mind open face models. Actually these pitfalls don't apply to hunting...
  11. viclip

    Pocketwatches

    Well, there's always more fish in the sea, I'm sure that you'll find the right watch soon. All of my on-line purchases have been via eBay. One never knows what will show up in the mailbox, sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised, other times I begin looking for a "parts movement" to patch up the...
  13. viclip

    Pocketwatches

    Yes that Elgin Model 6 Grade 339 movement, manufactured circa 1907, is a real looker with that 3-finger bridge layout in nickel; "fully jewelled" at 17 to boot. You may find the following link to be of interest: https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/search/result/elgin/12978753 Based on the 2018...
  14. viclip

    Pocketwatches

    I'd add Waltham as well as Illinois to your list of biggies. Also don't short change yourself, in as much as Hampden, Rockford, Seth Thomas & South Bend also played in the big leagues & turned out some wonderful mechanical pocket watches. And keep Ball in mind. Although Ball didn't...
  15. viclip

    Pocketwatches

    I think you'll need to narrow down your parameters a bit. To begin with, there's the great divide between mechanical pocket watches which must be wound up every day or so, on the one hand, & battery powered ones on the other hand which will run for about a year between battery replacments. The...
  16. viclip

    Pocketwatches

    Ah yes, the classic American railroad-grade pocket watch, great find Shangas. Your Hamilton 992 does indeed look to be in great shape, the salesman display case really does it justice. That awesome "box car" dial has big bold Arabic numerals that not even a half-blind railway man could...
  17. viclip

    The wrist watch.

    In general, a watch that's running on the low end of the mainspring i.e. one that's less than optimally wound up, will tend to run fast. This is contrary to what you're observing. A watch maker can time your watch by adjusting its regulator to speed it up. Of course if the watch has begun...
  19. viclip

    Pocketwatches

    Your shaped Elgin pocket watch is striking! I couldn't make out the serial number of the movement from your photo, or else I would have run it in the on-line pocket watch search engine in order to ascertain your watch's size & other pertinent specs. Here's the link to the search engine...
  20. viclip

    Pocketwatches

    Very nice!
  21. viclip

    Wearing fedoras sideways, a growing trend?

    There could be a "practical" reason for wearing a hat sideways. If the hat's way too large for the wearer, then wearing it sideways makes it "wearable" in that the short dimension of the band can fit the long dimension of the head with some snugness so the hat won't go flying off at the...
  22. viclip

    Pocketwatches

    This linked article may be of some assistance in distinguishing between the Studebaker/Studebaker & The Studebaker/South Bend watch versions. Although both were actually made in the South Bend Watch Co's plant, these were different watches...
  23. viclip

    Pocketwatches

    Is your watch a "Studebaker" produced by the Studebaker Watch Co., or is it "The Studebaker" being a model produced by the South Bend Watch Co.?

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