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Oxford Pocket Watches: Naming Confusion!
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Monday, 20 July 2015. Here is a good example of why attribution can be a problem. This good quality 16 jewel watch is signed by well known makers and retailers Kendal and Dent - Dent made the clock that drives "Big Ben". But the movement is signed DF&C for Dimier Freres et Cie part of a long established Swiss watch making dynasty, but in this case the movement was actually made by Review Thommen, probably for the London branch of Dimier who were major watch importers. Labels: Items for Anoraks or Buyers.
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Oxford Pocket Watches: July 2015
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Friday, 24 July 2015. Market and Stock Update July 2015. In UK, Fellows of Birmingham have stopped their quarterly specialist auctions of pocket watches and are now including just a few, mainly solid gold watches, in with their general watch auctions. On eBay volume is down dramatically from a year or so ago and the availability of quality watches is even further down. Someone is making a lot of money out of this, but no longer from me! Links to this post. Monday, 20 July 2015. This good quality 16 jewel...
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Oxford Pocket Watches: Revue Thommen Movements
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Friday, 29 May 2015. The range of size 16 movements by Revue Thommen appears to be very large, but all it not quite as it seems. Some Revue Thommen Movements - Click to enlarge. These movement look fairly different, in fact apart from materials (and the gilt ones were also made with the nickel finish and vice-versa) they are essentially the same. Shown are some hunter and open faced versions but all variants were available as either. Labels: Items for Anoraks or Buyers. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Oxford Pocket Watches: J.W. Benson "The Keyless Ludgate Watch" , 13J, 1891.
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Friday, 26 June 2015. JW Benson "The Keyless Ludgate Watch" , 13J, 1891. Here is a rare survivor. It is an early version and incorporates the Benson Patented integrated dust ring shown here in the case to which it is secured with three cams. The dust cover hinges from the ring rather than the case. The 8 guinea starting price for these watches in silver is the equivalent to just under £1k in todays money but it was advertised as "The best and cheapest Keyless English Lever Ever made at the price".
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Oxford Pocket Watches: March 2015
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Thursday, 19 March 2015. Vine and Thompson Small Half Hunter, 11J, 1891. A very rare survivor. Although signed by a London retailer and with a London hallmark this watch was almost certainly made in Coventry although I do not know by who, a larger version I have seen was signed by the Army and Navy Store but also not by the maker. Marked as a size 5 but measuring closer to a size 4 this would have been a Ladies watch or perhaps a Gent's Fob Watch. Links to this post. Labels: Items for Anoraks or Buyers.
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Oxford Pocket Watches: December 2014
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Wednesday, 31 December 2014. The dreaded bodged impulse jewel "fix". Waltham 1908 model Balance. A frequently fatal (to the watch) previous repair that I find quite frequently, both recently done to be able to sell a watch and others done many years ago. Horologists please excuse some simplification and omissions here! Likewise I hope the non-specialist will not be too phased by a little bit of jargon. What is the impulse jewel? 65279;. Waltham 1883 movement. The lever. Escape so is a Swiss Escapement.
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Oxford Pocket Watches: Dating Pocket Watches.
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Friday, 7 August 2015. Dating watches can be a problem but here are a few ways that it is done. A Waltham 1892-Vanguard dated. To 1902 by the serial number, but. Probably re-cased (see below). These are generally the easiest as for many makes, such as Waltham and Hamilton, production records are still extant and enthusiasts in the US have put a huge amount of effort into putting them into online databases so by taking the serial number of the movement (not the case number! A Cyma movement with the serial.
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Oxford Pocket Watches: August 2015
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Friday, 21 August 2015. 3 years on the web and 688 watches. Three years ago tomorrow www.oxfordpocketwatches.co.uk. Went live, I was up till then selling from display cabinets at three antiques centres and also through eBay and I had finally got round to setting up a web site to support them together with a Facebook page. And four months later this Blog. Stock is now very low at 38 watches and although I expect that to improve when the fly fishing season ends It is unlikely that I will ever get above fif...
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Oxford Pocket Watches: Fitting a pocket watch crystal
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Wednesday, 8 July 2015. Fitting a pocket watch crystal. Usually you can easily press out crystals from the inside, especially those not glued in, so be careful if you have the bezel open for any reason - not recommended except on lever or front key set watches! This is how to refit it if it comes out or if a replacement is crystal is to be fitted. It also assumes an acrylic crystal, a glass crystal can me fitted in a similar way but do not try bending it! If it is a little loose try rotating it in the be...
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Oxford Pocket Watches: Watch packaging
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Friday, 5 June 2015. It never ceases to amaze me how poorly most people pack the watches I buy in - or how often the watch actually survives, I have a strong suspicion that watches gummed up with old oil are more robust than a newly restored one, which is rather annoying! The main problem I find is that where people go further than just putting the watch into a jiffy bag (or envelope! Here is the latest and hopefully final version of my packaging. The watch goes into a jewellery pouch and the pouch i...
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