The BEST period in American watchmaking! Watltham Railroad watches
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2024
- The end result and the story of Railroad watches. What a joy to work on this American beauty! Waltham Vanguard from 1900
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I love that making it difficult to set the time was a design feature so you couldn't accidentally disturb the time setting!
Thanks for sharing Kalle! Interesting Railroad safety aspect back then...
Yes, that is a real stunner. Thanks for sharing the end result of your work, beautiful.
Beautiful Kalle, nice work my friend. 😁👍👍
Stunning case quality and threading from so long ago....
Such a gorgeous watch. This is why I love early American pocket watches. Such a joy to work on because they are so beautiful! Seriously, I don't think Rolex movements look so nice!
Thanks for this, having worked for a few years in the railroad business, I have an admiration for railroad watches. The nice old ones are becoming more desired in the collecting community, so it’s harder now to find good prices on these.
Cheers Kalle. Thanks for posting the "finished product", we enjoyed the live disassembly. 👍👍👍
Thoses pocket watches are real pieces of arts ! ✨👌
Agreed!
I am lucky enough to have three Waltham pocket watches, but none are railway grade. I love the loud tick. You can almost feel it.
I love Waltham pocket watches, and have many, but maybe not enough!!
I am partial though, because I live about a mile from the old Waltham Watch Factory, in Waltham, Massachusetts!
That is so cool! Is the factory turned into a museum now?
There is a small museum at the old factory building, but a better display is in Waltham at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation in the Lowell Mill complex on Moody St.
@@joncurrier2269 So cool! I'm in NY, so it sounds like a trip I'll be taking. Thanks!
Lovely
Hey Kalle! MTWM here 🙋🏻♂️ Is there a video of the restoration?
A gold Waltham pocket watch belonging to the richest man on the titanic just sold at auction in the UK for 1 million pounds. 👍
I just finished a Crescent Street 21J from1926. I agree with you, these watches are fantastic!
It is really beautiful, amazing craftsmanship.
beauty !!! bedankt Kalle!! echt genieten dit !!
Wow
My brand! I mean railroad watches... I hopped freight trains to follow hippies in California, got into watches this winter after consuming all videos of George Daniels and his watches, first watch I went for was a Hamilton 992B from 1956, my father's birth year... In a Chinese display case:( I got new old stock base metal floral engraved cases to get it period(ish) correct. First wristwatch was a swiss Ball trainmaster automatic from the 60s-70s with and ETA2821 movement, off by about 5 seconds an hour. Slaving at a fish plant for $1600 to order tools and lubes. Need a seitz set for my grandfather's 1920 Elgin that was overwound for the 35 years of my life that I got going with a broken balance staff, to hear that tick was like meeting my grandfather that died the year I was born. He fought Nazi's in Normandy, yet I am stuck in a poverty trap, imagine the loss of respect that takes... I got robbed in the 992B, but the Trainmaster is extremely serviceable, when I can do surgery on it, I will wear it until it wears off me!
I have a 1940's Waltham, a more basic model all it needs to be in working order is a click spring. Any suggestion where i can get one from or if not what shape it should be so i can make my own?
Where are you located?
@@joemaniaci in the UK
:)