Where was it?????

[time4now]

I remember someone posting a link to a website (Waltham only as I recall)where you could enter the serial # and it would give you the Model #, Grade etc.....but for the life of me I can't find it (Just moved my info. etc... to another screen name on my computer and things are a mess)Thanks in advance.....Stu

"scuse mi spelin"

[time4now]

I remember someone posting a link to a website (Waltham only as I recall)where you could enter the serial # and it would give you the Model #, Grade etc.....but for the life of me I can't find it (Just moved my info. etc... to another screen name on my computer and things are a mess)Thanks in advance.....Stu

"scuse mi spelin"

[Kent]

Here's the link (http://www.nawcc-info.org/WalthamDB/LookupSN.asp (http://www.nawcc-info.org/WalthamDB/LookupSN.asp),)), but it now appears to be password protedted!

That guy down in Georgia :smile:

[time4now]

Thanks Kent......Like I said im trying to sort things out on my computer and everything is scattered about!However I did find the site after "Sorting my stuff" and I got the same thing "Password needed" so I just assumed it wasn't the same place as I went there before and had full access :frown:
* Anyone know what the deal is with this????

"scuse mi spelin"

[Mike306p/Ansoniaman]

Time for Now , I asked a buddy of mine to assist you. I emailed and forwarded your question to him. He will most likely help you out. Mike 0136966 :rolleyes:

[Steven Mercer]

time4now

Mike306p emailed me.

Here is the actual start page for the database:

Waltham Serial Numbers (http://www.nawcc-info.org/WalthamDB/walsernum.htm)

For some reason, most of the pages you click on are coming up with a password box. Tom McIntyre takes care of this database and site. His server got hit with the virus a few weeks ago, and then I think he was upgrading some hardware. He might not be aware of this new problem. I have emailed him a link to this thread. Hopefully he will have it back on line soon.

Steve

[time4now]

Thanks Mike and Steve..........
For whatever reason the site won't load??? Keep getting the website not responding/busy message? I'll try again later.... :confused:
Thanks for your help.........
Stu

"scuse mi spelin"

[Steven Mercer]

time4now

Tom McIntyre has it back up and running.

Serial Number Lookup (http://www.nawcc-info.org/WalthamDB/LookupSN.asp)

Steve

[time4now]

Thanks Steve..........One Question........What does the "Comment" Catagory mean? Is this Comments from the orig. data at the factory? Is there a place to download the Comment code descriptions? Stu

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[Tom McIntyre]

I still need to provide a glossary for several aspects of the database. The comment field contains both comments that appear in the records and comments by the transcribers.

The records appear in columns and you can look at some pages (http://www.nawcc-info.org/WalthamDB/Scans/SNbook1.htm) on the web page to see what the source material was. The column headers are date, serial number, name, size, manner of jeweling, Bal etc..

Comments appear in any of the columns. When the text was not information one would expect to see in the column, it was entered into the comment field. A lot of different people did the transcribing so the use of the comment field is not entirely consistent.

I have been writing database edit queries to try to make the comments and names more consistent. Along with that a glossary is needed to explain the terms, the jeweling descriptions and the grade names.

Beyond all that is the need to capture a significant number of observations to validate these journal entries. The entries were created as much as 40 years after the watches were originally made, so they are not always accurate.

In addition, the material was intended to support the parts department, so production runs were consolidated where it made no difference in the parts ordering.

This consolidation reached its ultimate expression in the "gray book" with very heavy consolidation of similar runs into a single model description. However, it seems to have started from the earliest books available.

I have two sets of ledgers that are "complete" that appear to differ in date of production. They are not identical. The "later" one has more consolidation than the "earlier" one. I intend to put the facsimile of all the pages of all 4 books on-line eventually. That will be about 1200 to 1300 pages altogether.

If you see something strange in the database for watches below 1.55 million, you can currently go to the images and check it out yourself just like the transcribers did. :wink:

Tom McIntyre
NAWCC 2nd VP
Tommy the JOAT's Web (http://www.AWCo.org)

[time4now]

Well that clears that up........Thanks :smile:

"scuse mi spelin"