2011年11月12日 · For me, I think the 940 is everything a pocket watch should be. The extraordinary artwork, incredible durability and accuracy. I know our 992B's may have better technology. But I don't think Hamilton made a better watch ever then the 940. Thoughts?

2014年4月20日 · I am somewhat bewildered by the array of available watch oils. I understand the special purpose oils - such as low temp, mainspring, keyless mechanism grease, etc. But there are also a lot of choices and brands and I'd like some advice on what is a good all around oil for 12s to 18s movements...

2012年9月8日 · So being new to the pocket watch sector, I would like to gather opinions from the forum on how you polish your pocket watch case parts, and what you find works well. Since rubbing by hand, with appropriate polish for the metal, is said to remove surface metal in the process of polishing, how...

2010年1月4日 · the best railroad approved pocket watch, the very best is a waltham crescent street 21j 16s lever set 5 pos c.1924 has a 1611E dial. in a b&b 20 year gold filled case. why...

2015年11月9日 · What is the best adhesive for pocket watch crystals, in terms of the least messy, and most effective? My latest find is a Howard SN 20256, "N" size Series III, housed in an OF Fahys Oresilver case, with the dust cover professionally converted to a display cover. The display crystal is made of acrylic, and has precision holes cut for KW/KS access.

2010年2月25日 · 5. 992B - culmination of Hamilton's efforts to produce a perfect railroad watch, and the best American pocket watch of all time and for good measure, a Model 22 deck watch, for the "best of the best" timekeeping in a watch that theoretically still fits in a pocket.

2022年2月25日 · Hi, Although I focus on English pocket watches, I like to have one or two nice pocket watch examples from other regions, which are more or less representative for high grade watchmaking. I do have such watches from Switzerland, France and Germany. But I lack one from America. I, of course...

2003年6月24日 · The genius of American watchmaking as I perceive it was to use mass production techniques to offer the ordinary consumer a mechanical watch of remarkable quality. Which model succeeded most in that effort is, to my way of thinking, at least as interesting a way to think about “best American pocket watches” as which grade was most gussied up.

2016年2月17日 · I'm a total newbie to servicing my pocket watch collection. I'm about to first clean and oil a practice movement, then eventually do my vintage railroad grade watches.

2024年7月4日 · What is the best pocket watch in your collection and why? If you could only keep one pocket watch, which would it be? I would like to exclude inherited watches, as they can have sentimental value. Being new to watch collecting, I don't have many pocket watches, so this will be easy for me. But...