Talbot
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My usual fellow is taking less work and I have a few items needing repair. Thanks for the info.
Very interesting!
My usual fellow is taking less work and I have a few items needing repair. Thanks for the info.
Now I have one gold, and one silver. That's all I really need.
...But I am still seeking out a silver double-albert chain...
I recently became interested in vintage watches and bought a Swiss "Ancre de Precision Tigre" from the WWII era. Question: is it normal for a manual-wind watch to stop after four or five hours?
A handwound mechanical watch should keep time for longer than 24 hours. Try more like 30-36.
Just this past year, after reading a William Gibson novel in which one of the characters collects and repairs vintage watches, I slowly began to get drawn into the world of watches. What really interest me are unusual items, and as I've been a big fan of Russian Constructivism for years, I've been scanning hundreds of pages on ebay of Russian watches. It really surprises me to find almost nothing, as the great majority of the pieces (some of them very nice) are simply based on Swiss designs. So I was wondering if any of the collectors here might be able to afford me any information about this. It seems odd to me that a school of design as popular and as widely used as that one was in the USSR would have shown up so rarely in something so utilitarian as a watch. Any ideas?
I only have one pocket watch (nothing special) and should really think about something nice.
It never ceases to amaze me the difference in values between pocket watches and wrist watches.
Very nice pice Shangas. Is the fob from your alma mater?