Barry G
02-27-2001, 02:24 AM
Howdy, Brian!
We're not allowed to discuss values for specific watches here in this forum [not the warning at the top of the page that says that "Requests for Values" are prohibited in all of these Bulletin Boards].
As for the watch itself...
The timekeeping ability of a watch can be affected by many factors, such as the position in which it is held, the temperature, and how wound up it is. Most higher grade watches are specially adjusted to compensate for one or more of these factors. Most are adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism [i.e. keeping the same time as the spring winds down], and as many as 6 possible positions [face up, face down, stem up, stem down, stem left, and stem right]. The fact that your watch is marked "unajusted" might indicate that it is not adjusted to compensate for ANY of these factors, but I suspect it is simply just not adjusted to any positions and is still adjusted to temperature and isochronism.
Normally, I would assume that the "17T" marking on the movement is actually "17J" and indicates that the watch has 17 jewels. You say, however, that the watch has a 15J movement? How do you know it is a 15J movement?
As for the number on the case, keep in mind that the case was made separately from the watch movement and by an entirely different company, so it really doesn't say anything about the watch itself.
Having said all that, it just dawned on me that you might actually be talking about a wristwatch here and not a pocket watch. If so, you might have better success asking your questions on the new Wristwatch forum here.
Regards,
Barry
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My Online Pocket Watch Collection (http://barrygoldberg.net/watches.htm)
We're not allowed to discuss values for specific watches here in this forum [not the warning at the top of the page that says that "Requests for Values" are prohibited in all of these Bulletin Boards].
As for the watch itself...
The timekeeping ability of a watch can be affected by many factors, such as the position in which it is held, the temperature, and how wound up it is. Most higher grade watches are specially adjusted to compensate for one or more of these factors. Most are adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism [i.e. keeping the same time as the spring winds down], and as many as 6 possible positions [face up, face down, stem up, stem down, stem left, and stem right]. The fact that your watch is marked "unajusted" might indicate that it is not adjusted to compensate for ANY of these factors, but I suspect it is simply just not adjusted to any positions and is still adjusted to temperature and isochronism.
Normally, I would assume that the "17T" marking on the movement is actually "17J" and indicates that the watch has 17 jewels. You say, however, that the watch has a 15J movement? How do you know it is a 15J movement?
As for the number on the case, keep in mind that the case was made separately from the watch movement and by an entirely different company, so it really doesn't say anything about the watch itself.
Having said all that, it just dawned on me that you might actually be talking about a wristwatch here and not a pocket watch. If so, you might have better success asking your questions on the new Wristwatch forum here.
Regards,
Barry
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My Online Pocket Watch Collection (http://barrygoldberg.net/watches.htm)