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- From: aa440@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dale Wedge)
- Newsgroups: rec.antiques
- Subject: Re: Another watch question
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 12:22:28 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, chipc@dsinet (Chip Colby) says:
-
- >Dale Wedge (aa440@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:
- >:
- >: I've got a pocket watch from (20's or 30's, I think). It is a
- >: Waltham with a white porcelain background, minute and hour hand,
- >: plus a second hand located in the bottom center of the watch.
- >:
- >: The wind up mechanism is at the top with a key chain holder that
- >: goes over the wind mechanism. The back is engraved with the
- >: initials of the guy that owned it. It has no date, runs well,
- >: etc.
- >:
- >: Just wondering
- >
- > Pretty sketchy...Kind of hard to tell you much. You will have
- > to do two things for me to provide you more information:
- >
- > 1. Open up the watch and look for a model name and a
- > marking specifying the number of jewels in the watch.
- > If you give me the serial #, I can tell you when it
- > was made. It would also be real useful to know any
- > markings on the case, such as who made it and what
- > it is made of.
- >
- > 2. Measure the watch movement so that it's size can be
- > determined.
- >
- > With this information, I can tell you something more than
- > "You have a Waltham watch".
- >
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-
- Okay I opened up the watch and on the gold portion of the back
- of the watch it states, Illinois Watch Case Co. Elgin U.S.A.,
- Guaranteed - Commander - 25 Years. The number engraved on that
- portion is 3937403.
-
- On the watch mechanism itself, it says 17 jewels, and has a
- number stamped on it as follows - 20060489.
-
- This is what I could find.
-
- Thanks,
-
-
- Dale B. Wedge
-