Kent
06-16-2005, 01:24 AM
Hi island7@comcast.net:
It sounds like a rather modest Swiss watch. Swiss watch manufacture was made up of a large number of small shops. Many would buy movements in the rough (known as ebauches) from factories who mass-produced them, and finish the movements to the grade (quality) contracted for by the distributor/exporter. The result is that there are a large number of generic Swiss watches whose origins may never be fully known. Don Dahlberg has written a old ref::Good Description of the process. Also, Dr. Roland Ranfft has an online description about European watch manufacture and dates, entitled Date and Origin of a Watch (http://www.ranfft.de/uhr/info-e.htm#D1).
Nevertheless, it would be helpful if you could post a picture of the movement (the "works"), the clearer and sharper, the better. We may be able to identify it by the shape of the plates.
For an open-face, screw back & bezel cased watch you can get good results by placing the movement on a flatbed scanner. A hunting-case movement, or an open-face movement in a hinged case would have to be removed from the case for this to work. Otherwise, it’ll have to be a digital camera, or a scan of a photograph.
Larry Jones has written up a useful article on Image Posting (http://www.larjones.com/data/imagehelp.html), which may be helpful.
Currently, Tom Chaudoir, the NAWCC Message Board Administrator, is recommending that those who do not have web space in which to place pictures register for a free account at flickr.com (http://flickr.com/register.gne). Their menu-driven procedure for loading pictures is about as easy as it gets.
If you have a problem posting the picture(s), you can attach it (them) to an e-mail to me (you can get my email address by clicking on my name in the upper left-hand corner of this post and viewing my Public Profile) and I'll post it (them) for you.
Its also helpful if you can post all the markings that are on the movement (the "works") in case they can't be seen in the picture(s).
Good luck,
It sounds like a rather modest Swiss watch. Swiss watch manufacture was made up of a large number of small shops. Many would buy movements in the rough (known as ebauches) from factories who mass-produced them, and finish the movements to the grade (quality) contracted for by the distributor/exporter. The result is that there are a large number of generic Swiss watches whose origins may never be fully known. Don Dahlberg has written a old ref::Good Description of the process. Also, Dr. Roland Ranfft has an online description about European watch manufacture and dates, entitled Date and Origin of a Watch (http://www.ranfft.de/uhr/info-e.htm#D1).
Nevertheless, it would be helpful if you could post a picture of the movement (the "works"), the clearer and sharper, the better. We may be able to identify it by the shape of the plates.
For an open-face, screw back & bezel cased watch you can get good results by placing the movement on a flatbed scanner. A hunting-case movement, or an open-face movement in a hinged case would have to be removed from the case for this to work. Otherwise, it’ll have to be a digital camera, or a scan of a photograph.
Larry Jones has written up a useful article on Image Posting (http://www.larjones.com/data/imagehelp.html), which may be helpful.
Currently, Tom Chaudoir, the NAWCC Message Board Administrator, is recommending that those who do not have web space in which to place pictures register for a free account at flickr.com (http://flickr.com/register.gne). Their menu-driven procedure for loading pictures is about as easy as it gets.
If you have a problem posting the picture(s), you can attach it (them) to an e-mail to me (you can get my email address by clicking on my name in the upper left-hand corner of this post and viewing my Public Profile) and I'll post it (them) for you.
Its also helpful if you can post all the markings that are on the movement (the "works") in case they can't be seen in the picture(s).
Good luck,