c1886 WALTHAM 18S 15J GOLD PLATED POCKET WATCH. WORKING.
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c1886 WALTHAM 18S 15J GOLD PLATED POCKET WATCH. WORKING.:
$51.56
c1886 WALTHAM 18S 15J GOLD PLATED POCKET WATCH. WORKING. Walthamc1886, Grade P S Bartlett,Model 1883, 18S, 15J, lever set with date serial number 3057713. Working and was tested over a 20 hour period and gained between 4 & 5 minutes, will need a service to keep perfect time.The gold plated case is 54.2mm in diameter. Dial has some faint cracking, the screw on case back has some plate loss / wear as does the stem & bow.
Local Brisbane pick-up welcomed. Always happy to combine postage where possible & practical.HNCO is one of the leading sellers of Pocket watches on Australia, with over 100+ Pocket watches on offer. We are constantly adding to our ever increasing range and have a large assortment of American Railroad Grade Pocket Watches.
American Railroad Pocket watcheswere amongst the highest grade watches made, having been made for the railways makes them a great choice to use every day, mainly for their durability over time.Their lower production quantities and of course their high grade movements make them also a great gift or investment.
A typical railroad\'s requirements for a pocket watch in the early 20th century might include:
- Only American-made watches may be used (depending on availability of spare parts).
- Only open-faced dials, with the stem at 12 o’clock.
- Minimum of 17 functional jewels in the movement.
- Size 16 or 18 only.
- Maximum variation of 30 seconds (approximately 4 seconds daily) per weekly check.
- Watch adjusted to at least five positions: Face up and face down (the positions a watch might commonly take when laid on a flat surface); then crown up, crown pointing left, and crown pointing right (the positions a watch might commonly take in a pocket). Occasionally a sixth position, crown pointing down, would be included.
- Adjusted for severe temperature variance and isochronism (variance in spring tension)
- Indication of time with bold legible Arabic numerals, outer minute division, second dial, heavy hands.
- Lever used to set the time (no risk of inadvertently setting the watch to an erroneous time, when winding the watch with the stem)
- Breguet balance spring
- Micrometer adjustment regulator
- Double roller escapement
- Steel escape wheel
- Anti-magnetic protection (after the advent of diesel-electric locomotives)
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