Elgin Time Marketplace
Jeff Sexton
jsexton@elgintime.com
The tools I have used to make this market page are handy, but it's unfortunately a little awkward to see more images of these items. Click the image thumbnail on the left side of the scrolling area below for a larger image. For several high resolution images, click
the images in the column the far right side of this page for the desired item, and you will be taken to a Google Picasa web album. Feel free to ask any question, or for additional images - jsexton@elgintime.com.
Unless otherwise noted, shipping is $10 for insured USPS Priority Mail. Let me know if you
would like a different shipping method. Payment is processed through Google Checkout on this page, but you may contact me if you'd like to use any other method. Watches are listed by the serial number of the movement.
Thanks for looking!
Interested in Owning a Vintage Watch?
Antique pocketwatches are objects of great beauty and significance. They occupy a special place in the history of human technology, the understanding of time, mechanics and of industrial development, particularly in America.
Luckily, many antique pocketwatches are relatively common and affordable, which makes collecting pocketwatches an accessible and rewarding hobby.
Even today, many antique watches, properly cared for, can provide decades of faithful service. However if you are interested in buying an antique watch, and you are not already a collector, there are a few things to keep in mind. An antique pocketwatch is not at all like a modern quartz movement.
- Antique watches are fully mechanical devices.
They are very easily damaged by physical shocks.
- Antique watches are not remotely water resistant, and are subject
to damage due to temperature, salt air, even tiny amounts of dust,
moisture and other environmental factors.
- An antique pocketwatch in daily use requires regular
maintenance, by a skilled watchmaker, to function
correctly overtime. While these watches were once used everyday,
but they typically received a complete overhaul every year.
- Antique pocketwatches are not accurate by today's
standards. A very good watch, cleaned and adjusted
with care, can achieve an accuracy of +/- a
minute or so per 24 hours. More accuracy than this will usually
require significant efforts.
- Always store an antique timepiece in a dry and dust-free
environment. Plastic bags are not recommended as they
trap moisture and condensation.
- To learn more about watchmaking, visit the website of
the American
Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute
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Click on the images below for more photos of these items. For watches, note the serial numbers which are listed in the store at the left for each.
"The release of atom power has changed everything except
our way of
thinking... the solution to this problem lies in the
heart of mankind.
If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker."
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