Parts

Quick Poll: Matching Serial Numbers?

By Nathan Moore

In Uncategorized

Matching Serial Numbers? Last week, I posted a c.1918 Waltham Duo-Tone P.S. Bartlett that featured unusual gilt-damaskeened upper plates paired with a nickel pillar plate and balance cock. This spurred a discussion questioning whether the serial numbers on the individual parts would match. While evidence...

Diagrams , Parts

Balance Staff Diagram (Single Roller, Side View)

By Nathan Moore

I had never seen a balance staff diagram with the balance, roller, and hairspring placement superimposed - so I created one. This diagram shows the parts of the balance staff.

Parts

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 45: Inside The Badollet Model

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Deconstructed Parts from a Grade No. 73 Non-Magnetic Watch Co. of America Movement, #65426 An inspection of the Badollet Model sold by the Non-Magnetic Watch Company reveals the movement.

The Quest for Elgin Watch Parts

By Nathan Moore

In Announcements , Database , Elgin , Pocket Watches , Repair

As my interest in pocket watches increased, so did my curiosity to discover how they work - what really makes them tick. I began disassembling a few of the cheaper watches from my collection that no longer worked, in hopes that I could perhaps make...