Kent
09-13-2003, 04:23 PM
Kyle:
According to data in Hamilton Hand-Written Serial Numbers No. 1 To 824,700, by Col. George E. Townsend/, by Roy Ehrhardt, Heart of America Press, Kansas City, MO, 2000 (Still in print - see Heart of America Press (http://www.hoapress.com)), serial number 117640 is a grade 925 built in about 1900. What you have is a movement made to fit into a hunting case, housed in an open-face case. There are any number of reasons for this to occur, starting with the first owner liking it that way when he bought the watch and ending with somebody taking the hunting-case that it was in, to use for a better quality watch whose case was worn out, just before you got the watch. Oresilver is Fahys trade name for nickel.
Now that you know what your watch is, you should be able to check what similar watches are selling for on eBay in order to balance their value against a repair cost. Keep in mind that if you are going to run an mechanical watch for more than a few days a year, it should be properly serviced. Many watches offered for sale will need to be serviced, even some of those whose dealers claim had just been serviced. The key ward is "properly."
Check out What You Need To Know About Watch Repair at:
http://www.midwestcs.com/elgin/help/watch_repair.html
(you should copy this link and paste it in your browser address bar since directly linking to this website from the NAWCC Message Board is not possible)
Good luck,
Kent
That guy down in Georgia :smile:
According to data in Hamilton Hand-Written Serial Numbers No. 1 To 824,700, by Col. George E. Townsend/, by Roy Ehrhardt, Heart of America Press, Kansas City, MO, 2000 (Still in print - see Heart of America Press (http://www.hoapress.com)), serial number 117640 is a grade 925 built in about 1900. What you have is a movement made to fit into a hunting case, housed in an open-face case. There are any number of reasons for this to occur, starting with the first owner liking it that way when he bought the watch and ending with somebody taking the hunting-case that it was in, to use for a better quality watch whose case was worn out, just before you got the watch. Oresilver is Fahys trade name for nickel.
Now that you know what your watch is, you should be able to check what similar watches are selling for on eBay in order to balance their value against a repair cost. Keep in mind that if you are going to run an mechanical watch for more than a few days a year, it should be properly serviced. Many watches offered for sale will need to be serviced, even some of those whose dealers claim had just been serviced. The key ward is "properly."
Check out What You Need To Know About Watch Repair at:
http://www.midwestcs.com/elgin/help/watch_repair.html
(you should copy this link and paste it in your browser address bar since directly linking to this website from the NAWCC Message Board is not possible)
Good luck,
Kent
That guy down in Georgia :smile: