Pocket watches are fun and cost-effective horology
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ค. 2021
- In this episode of #TalkingTImepieces we take a look at several pocket watches in the collection. Pocket watches are an inexpensive cool way to experience watch collecting and horology on the cheap.
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I wear a pocket leather watch holder that fits on belt. I bought it from eBay. It is really easy to pull the pocket watch up to check time.
I carry 1896 coin silver hunter railroad 17 jewel railroad pocket watch . I wear it daily. It keeps good time. It has a Victorian sterling watch chain.
Very cool!!
Famous WW2 German pilots watches or called Fleigers were actually 55mm pocketwatches fitted with lugs on the sides and came with long leather bands to wear outside of flight jackets,, so,, yes,, pocket watches were very much used in battle
On the wrist, yes. I have a 65mm Messerschmidt myself. Once you strap it to your wrist it isn't a pocket watch anymore.
I have two antique pocket watches coming this week, to go with two modern ones. Very excited!
Another thing is some folks cannot wear anything on their wrist for health reasons or due to the demanding tasks they do which no wristwatch (not even a G-Shock) would survive. So a watch in your pocket that you only occasionally bring out to check the time, is a great alternative. I also love how you can wear many of them as a necklace. And the ones with a spring-lid also sometimes incorporate an additional glass that can be used as magnifying glass or they are having a nice decorative motive and inside you can add a little photo of your loved ones to make this timekeeper a real personalized sentimental piece for you.
Very cool points!
I can't wait for the G Shock pocket watch to come out. Best of both worlds.
I have a Kienzle in my 1967 VW Karmann Ghia & they Still make Watches for VW/Audi cars. 11:49
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Three piece suits are pretty popular nowadays. A pocket watch and chain is a perfect finishing touch if you wear a vest.
My god man! Opening a pocket watch with a knife!
Sacralidge lol.
You scratched that case up good.
This watch is over a hundred years old, there were plenty of scratches on it already.
I love pocket watches I think they're the coolest thing in the world and I love wrist watches as well kind of weird I know but hey I just subscribed to your channel and give you a thumbs up and now you got a fan for life thank you
Wow, thanks!
most people are unaware that the little pocket on their jeans is a watch pocket...why not put a watch in it?
I really like your collection
I had my great-grandfathers 3 finger Elgin pocket watch from 1901 serviced earlier this year and now I display it under a glass dome instead of it sitting in a keepsake cigar box, probably for many decades. I would say that it definitely sparked my first interest in mechanical watches, I just didn't know it at the time. I'm currently having a secometer pocket watch fixed up because I think it's the coolest thing I have seen in a pocket watch.
Carry them! It's like Toy Story, they cry when you don't pay attention to them. ;-)
@@TalkingTimepieces I plan on using the secometer, but keeping my great-grandfathers as a display piece.
@@michaelhanzal good idea
@@michaelhanzal it won't cry if it's given visibility ;-)
They used pocket watches extensively in WW11. They even had courses on how to fix and maintain them.
TM 9-1575 was the course. Look it up.
Cheers
That's why in WWI soldiers put pocket watches into leather wrist cases. You literally can't fight with a pocket watch. There were definitely some pocket watches used, but not as a primary timepiece by soldiers. You can look that up too.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Awesome collection
Great chat
Thanks for sharing
Can you make a video talking about the quartz crisis? Love all of your videos and can’t wait to see it grow!
Sure!!!
where to buy watch stand like yours? plz & thx u.
I bought mine on Amazon
Pandora. The company that make women's bracelets and charms have a perfect tool for opening backings of pocket watches. Worth a mention because you scratched the absolute mothers out that case. Why on earth did you use a knife.
I'm not the first owner, it was scratched already a great deal. I do not believe I added much to that.
well you scratched the crap out of that case with the knife🤔
Doesn't that magnet magnetize your movements?
It's a sticky surface
@@TalkingTimepieces oh that's interesting.
For your information.
Mechanical watches started I beleive late 1400, early 1500s Battery Operated Watches First came out in 1957 and they too were Butchered by Quarts Watches. QUARTZ Watches Frist came out 25 December 1969 and dominate the world of time keeping ever since ( cheap stamped out throw away watches built to last 1 to 10 years throw away buy new. Vintage pocket watches designed to last for centuries)
Hello
No jewels general means very low grade inexpensive watch often referred to as the dollar watch. Such movement were made in pocket watches to the mid 70s and is not a way to tell the age of watch.
I used to collect pocket watches about 12 year's ago but not much anymore. I used to buy them at estate sales before gold skyrockted.
That's why mine are all steel!
Unfortunately smart is the way to go nowadays even tho im a collector of all sorts of old stuff im i prefer the old ways even tho i use a mobile
Wrong style dial for military watch military pocket watches were generally size 16 rarely 18 ( ww1) converted to wear on wrist in ww1 size 10, 6 and 0 in ww2 all military pocket watches were size 16 with and had 7 and higher jewels depending on their use in the military. With very rare exception some dollar watches were used by the military's of the world. What they all had in common were specific dials depending again where and how used, and every military watch reguardless of country the case has very distinct military markings. Your watch has nothing at all to identify it as military, the extra case was originally designed for mountain climbers not the military.
Thanks for the clarification.
Wow….scratched that poor case