i am a bit late to the party, however, thank you so much. I am just about to restore / fix almost exactly the same movement. Gosh I would have made a mess without this input. It will be my first Fusee repair. again - thanks.
Hey, love your video, thanks for making it! I'm trying to repair my father's old Fusee (broken chain) which I believe is the same movement as this or at least very very similar (#33292), Unfortunately I'm a newbie to this and sent the screw to the balance wheel (the screw you are undoing at 2:00) across the room and it is now lost to the ether. Do you happen to know the dimensions of that screw or is there an easy way to work out the size etc for me to try and find a replacement?? Any help really appreciated!!
Hello! I love that you are working on a family heirloom and want to get it repaired! Could be you please email me at Sales@timelymatterllc.com . I would love to help!
I watch several TH-cam watch repair/restoration channels and your channel has a cool and unique vibe going on. Viewers get to enjoy mad horological chops presented in a stylistic format. You’re gonna go far kid!
That really is a beautiful watch, I hope you can find a beautiful case to go with it, I just love pocket watches so much, I think they are just mesmerising
8:23 The surface area is not relevant. What changes is the distance from the axis, so the "arm" you are pulling on. You change the torque. But it has nothing to do with how much area is being covered by the chain. It is a clever mechanism. I wonder if they actually tested the overall pulling force on the chain as the string unwinds and made the curvature of the "spiral" empirically, or it was a calculated thing based on simple mathematics if you know just what torque the main spring gives as it unwinds.
Hi,: A very well made and helpful video, and the voice over approach IMHO is better as it adds a delayed 2nd pass - perspective to your work. I have a very simlar, yet unknown watch, 18 S size, Fusee, key wind and set. It has an English Lever escapment, Sterling case. I purchased it in the UK... However, I'm 98% sure it's a US movement sent to the UK for casing. The case is hallmarked 1867 in Chester... but the movement is so clean and crisp, again, I'm sure it's US made. The screws, plates, moving train etc are so well made, no handmade or "adjusted" parts. The only 2 jewels are for the balance, and are damonds. My quest is to find a lever "pallet" for the watch that matches the movement! This video has filled in many gaps of my understanding of my watch's workings.. thanks! Steve.
Unusual mainspring end! I dealt with quite similar fusee watches (Jos Johnson, Beesley, etc) , but they all had a regular hole end mainsprings. Perhaps it would be possible to cut a hook out of a piece of metal, punch a hole in the new mainspring and rivet it there.
Wonderful work. Your style is very enjoyable, informative and interest holding. The watch itself is such a wonderful example of craftsmanship that has existed and continues to exist in this field. Thank you for sharing.
That dial is mind blowingly good. It definitely looks original, like it's been hermetically sealed or something. What a find. My mentor says not to change old mainsprings because the weak ones are gentle on the old movements. 9020 for slower moving and larger movements. Seiko S4 grease for mainsprings. The S4 grease is the bee's knees for mainsprings because of the graphite that's mixed in.
@@TimelyMatter Thank you for the amazing presentation. I loved seeing this beauty disassembled and reanimated. What an amazing movement... and a great history lesson. Hopefully you have found a case for this perfect specimen of horological esoterica. I think that would be a great name for a small store that specializes in antique watches of this ilk... Horological Esoterica. I'd no doubt empty my bank account in such a place. LOL
I would rather hear you talk while working on the watch. But that's just me.the video is still way better than music and video on fast-forward. So you got my subscription. Thanks for sharing 👍.
What a beautiful movement! The Jewels are WILD!! I wish I could find a movement like this at local flea market, finding a case for this movement would become my top priority!! I don't care that it doesn't meet certain standards, it's History would make it worth every penny!!!
Haven't seen these old watches before to get dissassmembled. Wonderful indeed! I think you did a good choice about the spring, I mean it's really old, it won't be perfect, as long as it can continue to work for 100 years more all is good 😀, well done, see you later here on TH-cam!
@@TimelyMatter I had to go back and grab some more photos of the case and hallmarks. I’m less sure it’s a related watch now I look again but there are some definite similarities. Photos here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-6miV9RHCz3iOIOrSRvjPjBR1G-28euf
I just love antique pocket watches, but this one is by far the oldest I've seen being worked on. Very well done! FYI - "Jos." on the name is short for "Joseph", much like "Geo." is short for "George".
I like the post disassembly commentary, it's nice and smooth. Cleaned up nicely! Really like the fusee, have you ever seen any videos on how they made those chains? Quite interesting. Worked on a cylinder escapement of similar vintage not too long ago, that also had many taper pins, one good thing is they are easier to make than screws if they go flying into nowhere!
The fusee is not the only wonder of that watch. Its the chain too, back before such watches were produced on a industrial scale like my 1894 Eglin pocket watch the chain if were a cheaper watch would be made of cat gut, small intestine of a house cat or in your case a tiny chain link often some brands would have familes building the parts from scratch by hand and often it was the childrens job to make the chain thanks to their small hands being able to put it together alot better, least till tweasers came along, this was common place before this watch but when this watch was made it was in the tail end of that era, thus your watches chain could have been made by a kid and the rest of the watch by the rest by the family otherwise it could have been made by a group of masters.
1. When they call them Liverpool Window Jewels, they aren't kidding! 2. Its amazing how Waltham's just 40 years newer are so much simpler. I wonder if it was better horology, mass production or a different culture of watch making. 3. Never having taken an English watch apart, I never knew a fusee chain watch used a mainspring. What was the advantage? Why not just have wheel to wheel transmission of drive energy? 4. You see pinned plates on the earliest of Waltham watches, from the company's beginnings in the 1850's in Roxbury, MA. 5. I amazed you got the English Lever into the potance so easily.
first off thank you for the in depth message! -I explain in the video that the fusee and chain help regulate power from the mainspring barrel. -when the watch is fully wound and unwound there are different power outputs resulting in different timing. -the cone-shaped fusee allows variable tension/power output from the mainspring barrel. the chain is the connection between the two. -when the watch is fully wound, the fusee chain is at the top of the fusee "least amount of pulling power/tension" -when the watch is unwound its at the bottom of the fusse the "thicker end" resulting in more pulling power/tension -as the watch runs the chain trails down the fusee equalizing power output to the train. I appreciate the comment! hope this helps!
@@TimelyMatter The effect you are describing is called "Isochronism." Its clear the problem was addressed differently in American watches then British watches. I believe US watches used recoiling clicks and hair spring shape to control it. Other watches (French/Swiss and German), used stop-works type mechanisms.
The straight pallet fork and spiked escapement wheel was an English feature, as opposed to the T-shaped pallet with club escapement. As far as I know, it was around throughout the 19th century. Superb workmanship.
@@TimelyMatter In the 1950s, old watch movements in working order could be bought for five shillings. There was a shop off Hatton Garden had a stall with them. Top quality with fusees or verges or cylinders. The cases were scrapped for their silver or gold. Boys would buy them, take them to pieces and put them together again. Sometimes they would work afterwards. I had a beauty with a fusee and 3/4 plate, which I put in a little wood case and used as a table clock. It worked well until the spring snapped one hot summer day.
Try writing to the City of Liverpool Museum. They might have information on this watch maker, also they MIGHT have examples of railway watches (hopefully with a complete case) and you might be able to obtain a case close enough to fit this movement in.
making that chain is equally remarkable as making those tiny screws in the newer watches... you can see the inspirations for the mountain bike gear system we enjoy today in the way the chain was fitting in the larger and smaller grooves small =hard pedaling and wider= easier pedaling for up hills
Dear Asa, Thank you for a very informative & interesting video of a pre-modern era watch. Very well done! I was an antiques dealer in my prime, and I absorbed a certain amount of knowledge by “osmosis,” I might say. My mother, Lorraine Waxman Pearce, had a fascinating life and you can find much of her early life through Google, including obituaries in the New York Times & Washington Post, and plenty of black & white photos from back in the day. Anyway, enough of bona fides. Two things: First, the name of the maker: I would bet you a grand dinner that the maker was not “Josh” Sewill, but JOSIAH, judging from the way the name is written, with the top-set “h” and the pair of ditto marks underneath. This conforms to the shortened ways many names were signed in the 18th & 19th centuries. We know that our first President was George Washington, even though he often signed his name a “Geo.” Second, I urge you to avoid using phrases like “DO THIS!” and “TRICK,” which sounds so poor and just like any bit of CLICKBAIT advertising how to empty one’s bowels in the morning. It’s beneath you, & beneath us. We’re here because we already want to be, we don’t need enticing. I think it would be much NICER & BETTER to say, “How To Use a Mainspring Winder.” I’m sorry if this sounds harsh, but I assume if you’re cleaning & repairing early 19th century watches that use a WATCH KEY, and not a keyless works, that you get my drift. I mean this only is most constructive way😉! Once again, thanks for this great video, 👋🏼.
Thank you for the in-depth response! I will be looking into a case and the manufacturer more. It seems im getting a lot of help along the way. So thank you! ClickBait is unfortunate... I'm not sure how I will handle it in the future but I truly appreciate the feedback. It helps hone my decisions.
I'm curious in their composition as well. Some common jewels are Ruby, Saphire, Garnet, Synthetic Ruby & Sahpire. but these jewels are so clear, like glass. Thank you for yout interest in the video!
I've got quite a few English key wind pocket watches in my collection, I bought the vast majority as non runners which I intended to repair (but never got round to it). Unfortunately a lot have broken balance staff and broken fusee chains. Your watch is about 1870 IMO
@@TimelyMatter Bit late to this, but J Sewill likely retired in 1867 according to general consensus. Bonhams sold an identical timepiece to this one a while back, dated to 1850.
The voice over is perfect for this kind of video and the music goes well with it. Very interesting !
Thank you!
Great video. Did you oil the fusee chain at all?
I don't actually believe I did... Thank you for noticing! Time to oil haha! Love your channel by the way!
i am a bit late to the party, however, thank you so much. I am just about to restore / fix almost exactly the same movement. Gosh I would have made a mess without this input. It will be my first Fusee repair. again - thanks.
Good luck! I’m still learning with these fusees! It never ends! Thanks
Just stumbled on your channel.. Love this video!
I appreciate you stumbling upon it! Thank you for the support of the channel
Thank you for sharing
Thank You!
What a gorgeous piece of craftsmanship.
It absolutely is. Thanks for the support!
Hey, love your video, thanks for making it! I'm trying to repair my father's old Fusee (broken chain) which I believe is the same movement as this or at least very very similar (#33292), Unfortunately I'm a newbie to this and sent the screw to the balance wheel (the screw you are undoing at 2:00) across the room and it is now lost to the ether. Do you happen to know the dimensions of that screw or is there an easy way to work out the size etc for me to try and find a replacement?? Any help really appreciated!!
Hello! I love that you are working on a family heirloom and want to get it repaired! Could be you please email me at Sales@timelymatterllc.com . I would love to help!
@@TimelyMatter awesome email on its way!!
Thank you for sharing. Piece of art. Did not want the video to stop … so I watched it a few times….
Thank you for the time you took to watch it! I greatly appreciate it! Thanks for the support of the channel as well!
Beautiful movement! Would love to find one like it!
Is is beautiful!
Nice work!!
Thanks!
Man!.. That's Art! The rear of this Watch is stunning, great find.
Absolute art! Thank you for the nice comment!
Mesmerizing to watch this. Inspiring to me as I go about my day.
Thank you!
I watch several TH-cam watch repair/restoration channels and your channel has a cool and unique vibe going on. Viewers get to enjoy mad horological chops presented in a stylistic format. You’re gonna go far kid!
This definitely lightened up my day! This makes me happy. Thanks for your support!
Amazing one❤
Thank you!
Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you!
Thank you! The best watch video I have ever seen!
Thank you for the support!
That really is a beautiful watch, I hope you can find a beautiful case to go with it, I just love pocket watches so much, I think they are just mesmerising
Thank you! I hope so too! I also love pocket watches.
What a craftsman...wow
Thank you!
So interesting I love watching stuff like this!! Please continue
Thank You!
8:23 The surface area is not relevant. What changes is the distance from the axis, so the "arm" you are pulling on. You change the torque. But it has nothing to do with how much area is being covered by the chain. It is a clever mechanism. I wonder if they actually tested the overall pulling force on the chain as the string unwinds and made the curvature of the "spiral" empirically, or it was a calculated thing based on simple mathematics if you know just what torque the main spring gives as it unwinds.
I appreciate you clearing that up! Thank you for the comment! & Support!
Hi,: A very well made and helpful video, and the voice over approach IMHO is better as it adds a delayed 2nd pass - perspective to your work.
I have a very simlar, yet unknown watch, 18 S size, Fusee, key wind and set. It has an English Lever escapment, Sterling case. I purchased it in the UK...
However, I'm 98% sure it's a US movement sent to the UK for casing. The case is hallmarked 1867 in Chester... but the movement is so clean and crisp, again, I'm sure it's US made.
The screws, plates, moving train etc are so well made, no handmade or "adjusted" parts.
The only 2 jewels are for the balance, and are damonds. My quest is to find a lever "pallet" for the watch that matches the movement!
This video has filled in many gaps of my understanding of my watch's workings.. thanks!
Steve.
It fills me with joy that you got something out of the video! Thank you for the time you spent watching it! I really appreciate it.
Hello from England, I have over a hundred antique pocket watches in my collection. The earliest is 1710. I love old pocket watches.
1710! That goes back a ways! Thank you for your interest in the video!
Unusual mainspring end! I dealt with quite similar fusee watches (Jos Johnson, Beesley, etc) , but they all had a regular hole end mainsprings.
Perhaps it would be possible to cut a hook out of a piece of metal, punch a hole in the new mainspring and rivet it there.
That would have been the proper fix. Thanks!
Fabulous work. Thank you for the video.
Thank you for your support. More videos to come!
That is a gorgeous dial. This watch deserves a nice case.
Thank you I agree!
top vid
Thank you!
The main bridge could just as well have been called the 'moon' bridge. Wow, what an amazing watch
Yes, it’s very pretty! I love the “London Windows”
Love the Liver Bird engraving.
It's beautiful! Thanks
That chain, that too 180 years ago !🤔😘
Part of the narration synced with background music, a la jazz !😊
Thank you! Lofi works well with watch work!
Sewill's only went out of business in 2000. They were best known for marine chronometers.
Wow! What a long life of business. Thank you for your interest in the video!
Wonderful work. Your style is very enjoyable, informative and interest holding. The watch itself is such a wonderful example of craftsmanship that has existed and continues to exist in this field. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for your support! I appreciate it!
That is gorgeous! Amazing how well the enamel on the dial has held up.
Yes it is! Thanks for your support!
Nicely done. Good production coupled with your low-key approach and non-intrusive music. More power to you and good luck!
Hey, thank you! I appreciate your support!
Beautiful watch, and great work! Try 3D printing a case for it maybe.
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This is great, I’ve been given 2 fuses fob watches but I’m too scared to touch them 🤣
Thanks! They are awesome watches!
That dial is mind blowingly good. It definitely looks original, like it's been hermetically sealed or something. What a find. My mentor says not to change old mainsprings because the weak ones are gentle on the old movements. 9020 for slower moving and larger movements. Seiko S4 grease for mainsprings. The S4 grease is the bee's knees for mainsprings because of the graphite that's mixed in.
I love this comment! Thank you for the advice!!!
@@TimelyMatter Thank you for the amazing presentation. I loved seeing this beauty disassembled and reanimated. What an amazing movement... and a great history lesson. Hopefully you have found a case for this perfect specimen of horological esoterica. I think that would be a great name for a small store that specializes in antique watches of this ilk... Horological Esoterica. I'd no doubt empty my bank account in such a place. LOL
I would rather hear you talk while working on the watch. But that's just me.the video is still way better than music and video on fast-forward. So you got my subscription. Thanks for sharing 👍.
Thank you for the sub! I am still working out the kinks. Thank you for your input and support!
That's more like a clock than a watch! Lol. But it's really beautiful.
Yes! Thank you!
Great video! First time seeing you and your channel +1 sub!
Thank you for the support! I truly appreciate it:)
What a beautiful movement! The Jewels are WILD!! I wish I could find a movement like this at local flea market, finding a case for this movement would become my top priority!! I don't care that it doesn't meet certain standards, it's History would make it worth every penny!!!
I would love a case! I'm just happy I have this beautiful movement! Thank you.
Would lacquer thinner or spray carburetor cleaner attack some of the watche's parts?
I've never heard of them being used. I have heard of "white gas" or "Naptha" or "Coleman Fuel" Being used. Thanks for the comment!
Hello on the face of my watch under the dial are numbers 14 02 do you know what that means
I’m sorry, I do not
It would be cool to see ot on a timegrapher at the end
Hello! Thank you for the commment! The time grapher picked it up as 14400 Beat. It wouldnt register the timing.
Watch Accuracy Meter app looks like it can be set to it, wont give you amplitude, just rate and beat error
Haven't seen these old watches before to get dissassmembled. Wonderful indeed! I think you did a good choice about the spring, I mean it's really old, it won't be perfect, as long as it can continue to work for 100 years more all is good 😀, well done, see you later here on TH-cam!
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I have a nearly identical movement just with fewer jewels. Silver case hallmarks were for 1870s. I will dig out photos.
That would be perfect! Thanks for the support!
@@TimelyMatter I had to go back and grab some more photos of the case and hallmarks. I’m less sure it’s a related watch now I look again but there are some definite similarities. Photos here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-6miV9RHCz3iOIOrSRvjPjBR1G-28euf
I have one very similar in very good condition, it works well big bold heavy silver case thanks for video enjoyed it
I love those old Silver cases! Thanks for the support!
I've watched a ton of watch repair vids, I've never seen one like that. Very unique find. Cool channel.
I'm glad you had a good experience! Thank you for the support!
Dude nice job!! Nice camera angle the way you did the voice over was a nice idea ! I subscribed after watching this video. Nice work!!
Thank you for your support! And thank you for the compliment!
I just love antique pocket watches, but this one is by far the oldest I've seen being worked on. Very well done!
FYI - "Jos." on the name is short for "Joseph", much like "Geo." is short for "George".
I love old pocket watches as well! Thank you for your comment! and the support of the channel!
10:50 you shouldn't clean a old steel mainspring, they could break in the cleaning maschine
Thanks!
@@TimelyMatter I‘m in the 4th year of watchmaking school in switzerland, if you need any help lmk🤝
I like the post disassembly commentary, it's nice and smooth. Cleaned up nicely! Really like the fusee, have you ever seen any videos on how they made those chains? Quite interesting.
Worked on a cylinder escapement of similar vintage not too long ago, that also had many taper pins, one good thing is they are easier to make than screws if they go flying into nowhere!
Yes, that is true! easily replaceable! Thank you for your interest in the video!
The fusee is not the only wonder of that watch. Its the chain too, back before such watches were produced on a industrial scale like my 1894 Eglin pocket watch the chain if were a cheaper watch would be made of cat gut, small intestine of a house cat or in your case a tiny chain link often some brands would have familes building the parts from scratch by hand and often it was the childrens job to make the chain thanks to their small hands being able to put it together alot better, least till tweasers came along, this was common place before this watch but when this watch was made it was in the tail end of that era, thus your watches chain could have been made by a kid and the rest of the watch by the rest by the family otherwise it could have been made by a group of masters.
Very interesting! Thank you for some history on the matter! And thank you for watching!
Sir I am also having very old pocket watch but no good technican as you are to repair my watch India Goa.
Thank you for your time! Practice makes perfect!
1. When they call them Liverpool Window Jewels, they aren't kidding!
2. Its amazing how Waltham's just 40 years newer are so much simpler. I wonder if it was better horology, mass production or a different culture of watch making.
3. Never having taken an English watch apart, I never knew a fusee chain watch used a mainspring. What was the advantage? Why not just have wheel to wheel transmission of drive energy?
4. You see pinned plates on the earliest of Waltham watches, from the company's beginnings in the 1850's in Roxbury, MA.
5. I amazed you got the English Lever into the potance so easily.
first off thank you for the in depth message!
-I explain in the video that the fusee and chain help regulate power from the mainspring barrel.
-when the watch is fully wound and unwound there are different power outputs resulting in different timing.
-the cone-shaped fusee allows variable tension/power output from the mainspring barrel. the chain is the connection between the two.
-when the watch is fully wound, the fusee chain is at the top of the fusee "least amount of pulling power/tension"
-when the watch is unwound its at the bottom of the fusse the "thicker end" resulting in more pulling power/tension
-as the watch runs the chain trails down the fusee equalizing power output to the train.
I appreciate the comment! hope this helps!
@@TimelyMatter The effect you are describing is called "Isochronism." Its clear the problem was addressed differently in American watches then British watches. I believe US watches used recoiling clicks and hair spring shape to control it. Other watches (French/Swiss and German), used stop-works type mechanisms.
@@Waltham1892 Yes, Stop works is a beautiful mechanism for sure!
The straight pallet fork and spiked escapement wheel was an English feature, as opposed to the T-shaped pallet with club escapement. As far as I know, it was around throughout the 19th century. Superb workmanship.
Hey thats some great info! Thank you for the support, Its appreciated!
@@TimelyMatter In the 1950s, old watch movements in working order could be bought for five shillings. There was a shop off Hatton Garden had a stall with them. Top quality with fusees or verges or cylinders. The cases were scrapped for their silver or gold.
Boys would buy them, take them to pieces and put them together again. Sometimes they would work afterwards. I had a beauty with a fusee and 3/4 plate, which I put in a little wood case and used as a table clock. It worked well until the spring snapped one hot summer day.
Try writing to the City of Liverpool Museum. They might have information on this watch maker, also they MIGHT have examples of railway watches (hopefully with a complete case) and you might be able to obtain a case close enough to fit this movement in.
Thank you for the input and the great info! Ill try that! Thanks for the support!
Do you think, you are interesting with your headphones in the corner of the viedo?
Thanks:)
making that chain is equally remarkable as making those tiny screws in the newer watches... you can see the inspirations for the mountain bike gear system we enjoy today in the way the chain was fitting in the larger and smaller grooves small =hard pedaling and wider= easier pedaling for up hills
Interesting! Thank you for sharing & thank you for your support!
That's the smallest chain I've ever seen, I couldn't even begin to imagine the work that'd take
@@mrmagoo.3678 Amazingly small!
Dear Asa,
Thank you for a very informative & interesting video of a pre-modern era watch. Very well done!
I was an antiques dealer in my prime, and I absorbed a certain amount of knowledge by “osmosis,” I might say. My mother, Lorraine Waxman Pearce, had a fascinating life and you can find much of her early life through Google, including obituaries in the New York Times & Washington Post, and plenty of black & white photos from back in the day. Anyway, enough of bona fides.
Two things:
First, the name of the maker: I would bet you a grand dinner that the maker was not “Josh” Sewill, but JOSIAH, judging from the way the name is written, with the top-set “h” and the pair of ditto marks underneath. This conforms to the shortened ways many names were signed in the 18th & 19th centuries. We know that our first President was George Washington, even though he often signed his name a “Geo.”
Second, I urge you to avoid using phrases like “DO THIS!” and “TRICK,” which sounds so poor and just like any bit of CLICKBAIT advertising how to empty one’s bowels in the morning.
It’s beneath you, & beneath us. We’re here because we already want to be, we don’t need enticing. I think it would be much NICER & BETTER to say, “How To Use a Mainspring Winder.”
I’m sorry if this sounds harsh, but I assume if you’re cleaning & repairing early 19th century watches that use a WATCH KEY, and not a keyless works, that you get my drift. I mean this only is most constructive way😉!
Once again, thanks for this great video, 👋🏼.
Thank you for the in-depth response! I will be looking into a case and the manufacturer more. It seems im getting a lot of help along the way. So thank you! ClickBait is unfortunate... I'm not sure how I will handle it in the future but I truly appreciate the feedback. It helps hone my decisions.
I liked the voice over, but I couldn't turn up the volume up
Thank you for the support!
Fascijnating...the jeweled bearings..they do not appear to be sapphires..and idea what their composition is?
I'm curious in their composition as well. Some common jewels are Ruby, Saphire, Garnet, Synthetic Ruby & Sahpire. but these jewels are so clear, like glass. Thank you for yout interest in the video!
@@TimelyMatter Some of the American "Waltham" pocket watches used diamond bearing stones.
They are rock crystal (quartz) Not as hard as sapphire.
Good job but more of a service than a restoration!
Thanks, you’re right!
Get a case made for the thing :)
good idea! thanks
I've got quite a few English key wind pocket watches in my collection, I bought the vast majority as non runners which I intended to repair (but never got round to it). Unfortunately a lot have broken balance staff and broken fusee chains. Your watch is about 1870 IMO
Thank you for the information! 1870 seems right! Thank you also for your interest and support!
@@TimelyMatter Bit late to this, but J Sewill likely retired in 1867 according to general consensus. Bonhams sold an identical timepiece to this one a while back, dated to 1850.
I fixed one 350 year old ,I saw one mark on the dial last repaired year 1780
Wow! what an old watch. Thank you for the support!
it must have been made by CLICKSPRING'S great - great grandad!!!???🤔🤔🤔
It’s sad to think somebody’s great-great-great granddad’s watch movement was orphaned because somebody sold the case for scrap!
Most likely the case! Thank you for your support!
Be a great film but for your picture at the screen bottom
Noted, Thank you for the interest! & the Support.
volume too low, maybe next time
I tried to fix this in my newer videos. Thanks for the comment!
Why the interfering music? It is a distraction from your expert work & is of much lower quality than the beautiful piece you are working on.
Thank you, I’ll put this into consideration in the next video!
If your the first person to service that watch thats probably whale oil your washing off.
I probably am not, but it could be yes!
Nice watch. Great job. Stupid music.
Thanks for the input. Thank you for your support!
what are you doing dood please dont
I'm fixing a watch! Thanks for the support!
Time to chuck it into a shredder and properly recycle. Get a modern device and support people now!
haha! Thank you for the support!
Fascinating, but your voice is barely audible above the "music" which is dull, repetetive, distracting, and useless.
Thank you! I will put that into consideration in the coming videos!
@@TimelyMatter I do hope you do more videos on old pocket watches, this one was very interesting and well done (apart from you know what).
Keep the music! Def enjoy it more with it. The lofi goes very well with watch work!