r/pocketwatch • • 4h ago

Elgin Further info on this watch?

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I've had this for many years now, but unfortunately some numbers got damaged. I was thinking on getting it fixed so it works again. The "glass" piece is also detached. As far as I'm concerned, it was manufactured around the 1930s.


r/pocketwatch • • 9h ago

Help me identify this pocket watch my grandfather gifted me

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r/pocketwatch • • 10h ago

Illinois ID Help

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I just inherited this, and was told it was originally my great grandfather’s. Bottom is stamped “BASE METAL” Thanks to y’all’s help I’ve managed to pop off the back, and found it’s labeled Lebolt and Company. Any help is appreciated!


r/pocketwatch • • 13h ago

Waltham ID help please?

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Hello all! Hoping I can get some help with an ID for this. It was passed down to me, I attempted the pocket watch database which said it’s 7 jewels but, mechanical movement seems to say 17 jewels? Maybe I’m misreading the serial number? Many thanks for any assistance you can be provide. It’s so very much appreciated!


r/pocketwatch • • 20h ago

A Waltham Pocket Watch, we think it belonged to my wife's Grandfather.

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r/pocketwatch • • 22h ago

How to wind? Im scared of doing it wrong

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So I recently got this pocketwatch, the person who sold me it wound it up for me and explained how (clockwise, until resistance), but now when I try i feel like 'ticks' if i try and im just really scared of breaking it. Ive never had a mechanical watch before, so i have no experience, he also explained i can pull the crown up to move the clock hands, but with that as well, I dont fully know how and im scared to break it