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1. Were there any widely recognized (in Europe) Swiss watch brands in 1850? 2. What are the top Swiss watch brands by the end of the 19th century? From my understanding, a top brand is a workshop/company that consistently makes good product, is recognized by influential people (e.g. Royal families), and/or has won multiple awards.
the best railroad approved pocket watch, the very best is a waltham crescent street 21j 16s lever set 5 pos c.1924 has a 1611E dial. in a b&b 20 year gold filled case. why... a) because its mine and b) its not so extraordinary that it cant be worn and used on a daily basis. half the fun is being able to use it daily.
Strange that Watch Wiki didn't mention Buren-developed micro rotor wrist watch movements that were used by Bulova (Ambassador) in 17 and 30 jewel movements; Hamilton also used these and Buren itself had 25 and 30 jewel versions of the micro rotor. There may have been other users.
F. W. Derbyshire worked at American Watch Tool Co. before quitting and starting his own lathe business in 1911. In 1918, he bought the AWT watch lathe business when it was liquidated. Derbyshire copied the AWT WW 8 mm and Magnus 10 mm collets for his lathes. But then he invented a new 8 mm collet, called Derbyshire Large.
The best of the best of these has a stand and arms that can be adjusted to hover over a lathe so you can focus in on very tiny pivots ect... But these are mega expensive (I forget the trade name for them now). Micro surgeons use them as well. Interesting I think. Some of the cheaper models look like they are the cheapo plastic fantastick types.
Hi all. I''ve been absent for a while in my research on watch brands, due to a stroke. Some of you might remember my wrist watch columns in the Bulletin in the '90s and early 2000s. Various circumstances ended my writing for the Bulletin, but I still very much enjoy researching and writing about watches.
The watch is being regulated during a service, and the watchmaker wants all the positions to run fairly close to each other so that in all positions the watch remains in spec. Now, say, your a watch maker and your timed the watch dial up and it was running +4 seconds, dial down and it was running +5 second, stem up -20 seconds.
The Elgin grade No. 270 was a fine watch, but it wasn't the best of the best. In Elgin's 16-size line, that honor belongs to the grade Nos, 156 & 162. The catalog (see below page 74 of the Otto Young & Co. 1903 OY Company Jewelry Catalog]) doesn't do them justice; seeing them together - there's just no comparison.
I'm afraid you are rekindling the old never ending search for the best oil. OK, I'll fire the first shot. My go to oil for movements with small pivots is Nye-140. For clocks with larger pivots, an American kitchen clock perhaps, it is Mobil One 0W-20 engine oil, but Nye 140 also works for this application.
C.F.Mathey was one of the principles of Mermod & Jaccard a famous St.Louis Mo.Jeweler. St.Louis was the gateway to the west.They sold many watch company brands and Hampden was one of their largest customers. However,this is not a Hampden. I would speculate that it is a New York Springfield watch Co.watch.