Kent
12-28-2001, 05:46 PM
Is it possible that you mean an Eaton watch?
Eaton is a Canadian retail and mail-order firm, similar to Sears, Roebuck & Co., based out of Toronto, Ont. A hundred years ago (thereabouts) they had watches made with their name on them by Gallet of Switzerland. For a picture of classic Man's watch of that era, Click Here (http://www.knology.net/~ksinger/eaton_21j_18s.jpg).
The silver color case may be nickel. These polish up quite nicely and look close to coin silver. It might have one of the trade names for nickel on the inside of the back cover. These include: Alaska Metal, Oresilver, Silverine, Silveroid and Silverode.
If your watch is really an "Eton" or if it is an "Eaton" but doesn't look anything like the picture, it would be helpful if you could post a picture of the movement, the clearer and sharper, the better. A digital camera would be very helpful. For an open-face, screw back & bezel watch you can get good results by placing the movement on a flatbed scanner. We may be able to identify it by the shape of the plates. 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, its back to the camera. Larry Jones has written up a useful article on Image Posting (http://www.larjones.com/data/imagehelp.html), which may be helpful. If you have a problem posting the picture, you can attach it to an e-mail to me (by clicking on the speeding letter at the top of my post) and I'll post it 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).
Kent :smile:
[This message has been edited by Kent (edited 12-28-2001).]
Eaton is a Canadian retail and mail-order firm, similar to Sears, Roebuck & Co., based out of Toronto, Ont. A hundred years ago (thereabouts) they had watches made with their name on them by Gallet of Switzerland. For a picture of classic Man's watch of that era, Click Here (http://www.knology.net/~ksinger/eaton_21j_18s.jpg).
The silver color case may be nickel. These polish up quite nicely and look close to coin silver. It might have one of the trade names for nickel on the inside of the back cover. These include: Alaska Metal, Oresilver, Silverine, Silveroid and Silverode.
If your watch is really an "Eton" or if it is an "Eaton" but doesn't look anything like the picture, it would be helpful if you could post a picture of the movement, the clearer and sharper, the better. A digital camera would be very helpful. For an open-face, screw back & bezel watch you can get good results by placing the movement on a flatbed scanner. We may be able to identify it by the shape of the plates. 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, its back to the camera. Larry Jones has written up a useful article on Image Posting (http://www.larjones.com/data/imagehelp.html), which may be helpful. If you have a problem posting the picture, you can attach it to an e-mail to me (by clicking on the speeding letter at the top of my post) and I'll post it 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).
Kent :smile:
[This message has been edited by Kent (edited 12-28-2001).]