A fresh buy from Bytom antique fair.
Having many watches in my collection I hardly find anything cheap attractive anymore, and what I do find attractive is… too expensive for me.
What caught my eye was a single sunk dial - unsigned, but promising.
And soon for an equivalent of 45 dollars I got myself a Waltham.
Non working, but not bad overall condition and looked promising.
I disassembled it right away, to see if there’s some life left in it…
Dirty, and I mean really dirty, but the parts turned out to be undamaged.
Barrel cleaned and lubricated…
I put the parts on the pillar plate…
…and step by step assembled the movement.
Notice there is a click spring on the other side, so one has to make sure it’s properly alligned with the click…
The ratchet wheel in place…
…and secured.
The watch is wound from the back, so I had to assemble the center arbor and cannon pinion.
In a keywinder like this, there is not much going on under the dial…
Pallet fork installed, and now the balance.
Looks like a gold balance wheel and so says the database…
Obviously a single roller…
Runs…
Now it’s just a pin-foot dial…
And casing
The watch has it’s original sterling silver case…
…in not bad condition
Usually the finish is worn off much more…
The bow needs some straightening, but otherwise it’s very nice.
Works nicely and it’s quite well preserved for an almost 150 year old piece.
In fact - a good deal for it’s low price, and a nice watch anyway!
Having many watches in my collection I hardly find anything cheap attractive anymore, and what I do find attractive is… too expensive for me.
What caught my eye was a single sunk dial - unsigned, but promising.
And soon for an equivalent of 45 dollars I got myself a Waltham.
Non working, but not bad overall condition and looked promising.
I disassembled it right away, to see if there’s some life left in it…
Dirty, and I mean really dirty, but the parts turned out to be undamaged.
Barrel cleaned and lubricated…
I put the parts on the pillar plate…
…and step by step assembled the movement.
Notice there is a click spring on the other side, so one has to make sure it’s properly alligned with the click…
The ratchet wheel in place…
…and secured.
The watch is wound from the back, so I had to assemble the center arbor and cannon pinion.
In a keywinder like this, there is not much going on under the dial…
Pallet fork installed, and now the balance.
Looks like a gold balance wheel and so says the database…
Obviously a single roller…
Runs…
Now it’s just a pin-foot dial…
And casing
The watch has it’s original sterling silver case…
…in not bad condition
Usually the finish is worn off much more…
The bow needs some straightening, but otherwise it’s very nice.
Works nicely and it’s quite well preserved for an almost 150 year old piece.
In fact - a good deal for it’s low price, and a nice watch anyway!
