Pocketwatch

[lucky1777]

Went out Sunday for about 2 hours. I was hunting an old house that I use to play at when I was a kid. This is my first watch I have found.

 

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[Nana40]

Great watch Lucky!

 

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[Gypsy Heart]

Really a pretty watch Lucky...but I dont know if its real jewels. The WW Windom could be the name of the owner who the watch was made for. Not the company. Alot of times,people paid the watchmaker to put their names on the watch face. i would take it to a watch repairman and have it checked out. It is a great find tho!

 

[-MURPH-]

very nice HH

 

[nevrdundetecting]

doesn't the number of jewels refer to the movement of the watch? the more jewels, the more accurate the watch is....as you know most modern watches are quartz movement

here's something that I found on another RR watch...sounds like it was probably a pretty expensive watch

"Third, and perhaps most impressively, this watch has a whopping 24 RUBY JEWELS!!! Now, we all know that railroad pocket watches didn't really NEED more than 21 jewels [for that matter, they probably didn't need more than 17 jewels to be as accurate as they were], but the extra jewels are sort of like the leather interior and the Bose stereo on the best luxury cars."

http://barrygoldberg.net/watch65.htm


awesome find!!

HH

 

[nevrdundetecting]

here's another link that explains how the jewels are used in the watch movement....

"What are jewels?
Watches have many moving parts, with wheels and pivots and shafts that can cause wear where they are held in place. So instead of metal moving against metal, which would cause friction and wear, watch makers designed jewels which cause very little friction or wear. The jewels can be made of diamonds, sapphires, or most commonly rubies, with a small hole drilled in them to hold the shaft of a pivot or wheel.

More jewels are an indicator of watch quality, in general the higher the jewel count, the less wear and friction the watch will have, and the more accurate and long lasting the timepiece will be.

There are many different kinds of jewels including balance, friction, flat, center, pallet and roller jewels. Each are physically different, but are designed to reduce friction and wear on a moving metal part inside a mechanical watch. Each jewel will help the watch run more smoothly, more accurately and have a longer life. Each jewel adds to the cost and complexity of a watch movement, therefore a watch with more jewels costs more to make and makes the watch more valuable and long lasting."



http://pocketwatcher.zoovy.com/category/watch_information.jewelswhatarethey/