THE BURLINGTON SPECIAL IS FINALLY HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jimbob2154]

:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: Well, to tell the truth, it has been here for a little over a week. I just upgraded computers 2 weeks ago. I just bought a digital camera 3 weeks ago after using a 35mm SLR for around 35 years. But with a little reading and a lot of "trial & error", AND SOME GREAT POINTERS & ASSISTANCE FROM "HENRYB", I learned how to take my pictures from the camera and get them all the way here where everyone can see them. I still have a lot of practice to do in taking really good pictures, but here are three pictures of the watch after getting all the dust and crud out of it. And let me say, it looked like a vacuum cleaner inside of this watch. But after cleaning it out real well and a little touch of oil here and there, it has been keeping perfect time for about six days now.
Dial Face (http://www.freephotohost.com/view.php?d=49&f=BurlingtonSpecial4-DialFace.jpg)
Movement (http://www.freephotohost.com/view.php?d=58&f=BurlingtonSpecial-movement3.jpg)
These look a "little" better than the originals.
BTW: These are "compressed" pictures; if you wait until they are loaded and put the cursor over the middle of the picture, a square box will appear in the lower right corner. Click on it and it blows the picture up larger!!
jimbob (:{

[jimbob2154]

:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: Well, to tell the truth, it has been here for a little over a week. I just upgraded computers 2 weeks ago. I just bought a digital camera 3 weeks ago after using a 35mm SLR for around 35 years. But with a little reading and a lot of "trial & error", AND SOME GREAT POINTERS & ASSISTANCE FROM "HENRYB", I learned how to take my pictures from the camera and get them all the way here where everyone can see them. I still have a lot of practice to do in taking really good pictures, but here are three pictures of the watch after getting all the dust and crud out of it. And let me say, it looked like a vacuum cleaner inside of this watch. But after cleaning it out real well and a little touch of oil here and there, it has been keeping perfect time for about six days now.
Dial Face (http://www.freephotohost.com/view.php?d=49&f=BurlingtonSpecial4-DialFace.jpg)
Movement (http://www.freephotohost.com/view.php?d=58&f=BurlingtonSpecial-movement3.jpg)
These look a "little" better than the originals.
BTW: These are "compressed" pictures; if you wait until they are loaded and put the cursor over the middle of the picture, a square box will appear in the lower right corner. Click on it and it blows the picture up larger!!
jimbob (:{

[rrpktwtchr]

Hey, jimbob . . . Kudos all the way around, guy - Nice Job !! :cool:

The watch looks like a "nice'un" to me. Real good effort on the photos as well - especially considering it's your first time outta tha box, so to speak.

Easy to see why you're so "tickled" - ya dun good - heh, heh, heh !! :biggrin:

Timely regards,

[Kent]

Congrats!

Very nice pictures of a very nice watch. I always did like the style of the figures on the Burlington Special dial.

Kent

[HenryB]

The dirty ones that you have to clean, and turn out nice, are especially a treasured watch.

Good to see you figured out how to post a photo from a webservice.(thats all I helped with)

Course now WE WANT MORE PICS on your other finds.

BTW-With Greg Davis leaving the State of Texas for Colorado, there outa more finds in Southern Texas. :biggrin:

[Tom Huber]

JimBob, I saw one like yours in an antique store last week and they had a $350 price tag on it. Don't know how long it was there at that price or how long it will sit there. You did well.

Tom

[Greg Davis]

Colorado? No, I'm moving to Washington. And I take with me the small display case full of watches I have been offering at a local antique mall, so there will actually be fewer reasonably priced watches to find in the city once I am gone. :biggrin:

Anyway, if you want to take over prowling my old haunts, let me know and I'll tell you all my haunts. They don't pan out very often, but I would like to think that someone I know has taken over snagging the deals. :wink:

Also, if you're interested in seeing my display case at the antique mall, let me know... the case will remain available until the end of the month.

- Greg

[HenryB]

I will see that case of yours Greg, prior to you leaving for Washington State.

Well Greg one less BOTTOM SURFER around Houston for sure. :wink:

[M. Cross]

I'm still irritated at the Hamilton he found on his last road trip to see his folks here in Tennessee! Heck Greg, how about leaving MY fishing holes alone! :frown: :wink:Good luck on your move! Regards.Mark

[Greg Davis]

Actually, the 940 came from a little antique mall in North Little Rock, Arkansas. I searched the entire mall and found only one pocket watch, then started up a conversation with the guy behind the counter. When he learned I was a watch collector with some knowledge of the subject, he pulled out a box of pocket watches (about 30) from the estate of a deceased collector. I found the Hamilton and a transitional Elgin that were of interest to me. The rest I left behind for the next collector that knows how to get the guy to pull out the box. :wink:

- Greg

[stephenlouis]

Real nice...the first watch I ever rebuilt is the one you just posted...i still have it and really like it...its a beauty and not so important to me...keeps great time.. :smile:(I am a verge guy)My thanks to Lindell for the free mint dial,mine was a mess.

Nice...I may have missed the post but...was it under 2 bills?

[jimbob2154]

YEP!!! WAY UNDER 2!! I got it on Ebay and there were only two bids besides mine!!!! :biggrin: :razz: :biggrin: :razz: JB (:{