NICE Video! From railroad family and many "pocket" watches in greater family. Six-Sigma accuracy on a mechanical time piece. YUM!

i know nothing about pocket watches but my great uncle passed away and i got one of his I'm trying to sell it to put the money towards my wedding how do i figure out the worth of this to my knowledge its silver and its from the 1920s

What an incredible valuable video! Picked up a pocket watch at my grandmas and it's still working. Probably belonged to one of my great grandfathers.

You are very good. Thank you. I was hoping to see you show me how to set the alarm on the clock though...😢

The earth doesn’t turn…the Sun and Moon move over the surface of the earth as hands on a watch. The glass face is an example of the dome over the flat stationary earth. The watch is an example of the earth.

Easy learning

After owning a beautiful kitchen clock for 25 years, this is the first time I have been able to set it! Can you imagine!?! I am thrilled! Thank you for teaching me how to set my clock! You have no idea how many times I've looked at that clock and felt sad and disgusted knowing that I didn't have it working and fearibg it would be too expensive to take it to a repair shop. This is really huge for me! I want you to know how much what you have posted has meant to me. This clock has great sentimental value, which means all the more. 🎉🎊🎉

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Love this. Thank you.

同好の志よ、８分過ぎ辺りの初めて観る鍵巻きムーブメント、もしかしてデテント脱進器か！！？

Thank you so much so much for uploading very useful video

Yeah, yeah yeah it’s. Good pocket watch, set the time and wine them😊

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THAN YOU! ... I have had my great grandfathers Hamilton since I was 14. I'm 57 and JUST NOW looking at it hard. NEVER knew how to open front or back or set time, etc .... I am blown away !!! Thank you. So kool. TINY inscriptions in back lid. Magnifying glass looks like maybe service dates by jeweler. ... and 21 Jewels, Hamilton March Co. 940 Adjusted 5 Positions. Mancaster PA ... sure would like to know the date of manufacture??? THX U!!

2:26 i got so scared i have my pocket watch on the table and i got so scared the winding spring broked xd

This is helpful information! Do you have a suggestion on where to to buy this material and also what thickness do you use?

Hello! Wow, would I love to spend a few hours with you. I have the very same clock but it has an electric motor instead of the pendulum. Otherwise exact same clock. Mine has two paper tapes side by side. The problem is that the electic motor doesn't work. I have no idea how to make it work, does it come apart ? I have a slave clock as well.

Got both a customized time piece and a razor sharp knife to go along with it, you helped me set the time no problem. I was worried I'd break it without help, but I get it now.

Awesome collection

Great video

amazing, thank you for cool info, I've learned alot, will check out your other videos.

Very interesting, thanks

I was just given an antique ladies Waltham pocket watch from 1900, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to set it. It looks like it should be done on the pendant, but it will not pull out, and I don’t want to force it. And there is no lever. Any suggestions?

Beautiful clock ! And a fantastic job by you, just amazing 👏

What if that doesnt reset the chimes? They are chimeing the hour at the half hour and chime once at the hour time?

totally cool

The Washington Watch Co. was a brand of a brand so to speak. It was a Montgomery Ward brand. I have both a Washington Watch Co. Army Navy model as well as the same watch labeled Montgomery Ward. This same watch as well was made for Sears&Roebuck. I have that one as well. Illinois I believe did the most private labels. I have collected a few. Burlington Special for and a W.M. Ludwig jewelry store in Chambersburg PA. “Conococheague” model named after the river that flows next to the store that still exists today some form. That one is my rarest 1 of 100. I have others I can’t recall right now as my collection is a bit out of hand now. Many of them I have stored away and haven’t seen in years. As collections tend to become. I guess the way I see it is , I’m preserving American history of a time when we were self made, and actually worth our wealth.

Wow, that came out amazing!👏🏼

I am self taught clock repairman. I have loved clocks since I was a child. Watching your videos shows me I have a lot to learn. You are so smart and so accurate with your repairs. It’s truly awe inspiring. I have joined the NAWCC and have since stopped “repairing” clocks because I realized that I haven’t been doing it properly. Thank you for your videos.

Thank you for posting! I have been missing your videos!

here is 2024 - he's still right about the market..it's not dead, but it's not strong I keep on buying - some are a bit expensive due to gold price - but overall still reasonable pricing....got myself to about 120 pockets very quickly....still buying.... the NAWCC national is here in York, PA in June - so hopefully I get to find some other nice pieces for a price I can tolerate.

Your language in this video is excellent. Easy to understand, great use of vocabulary, great instruction. I feel confident passing this on to customers whose clocks I’ve serviced.

For all those who don't know - when you showed the european watch (with 23 jewels), you got your hands upon a very nice example of european watchmaking. average european watches have a different escapement, called the cylinder escapement. It is kinda weird and not as good as the usual one, especially because it is not that trustworthy and stops time to time. When i myself started collecting watches, i accidentally bought a few of these, so, guys, watch out! You can recognise it easily - it basically does not have a pallet fork and the escape wheel links to the balance wheel directly.

Very informative video, I have utilised your techniques and advice with great success. Many thanks...from Diz Williams, 6 miles from Holywell in Wales! I have a painted dial by our local man Winstanley (though there was a long line of Winstanleys), probably made just a few years after your brass dial.

I have the Standard Electric Version shown with two paper tapes and a few extra tapes in cans, plus one slave clock on a lower floor of the house. They have worked perfectly since 1999 when I bought them at an auction and had to do all the same debug work as shown in the video. It works fine on 12V if there is enough current and drives both the winder and slave solenoids. Apparently it came from the original Local Highschool.

Great video Where i can get this clock now ?

Excellent job on your videos. Thank you, Mark Citrus County FL

Thank you brohh👍

Did they have to have a Breguet hairspring?

I'm watching your posted videos, wonderful information. I sincerely hope you're still uploading new videos. Your knowledge is priceless. And the videos are a joy to watch. Thanks so much !!

I just received my great grandfather’s Seth Thomas pat. Feb. 5 1876 calendar clock and have gotten a lot of information about how the mechanisms work. The insides of my calendar clock seems to differ from the one you are showing. The mechanism that controls the calendar has just a center post with 2 arms coming off of it. Should it work the same way. I haven’t removed the faces as I just receive it back from the repair shop. They said they wouldn’t work on the calendar as the parts are too hard to find, but it seems to work as of now. Is there a way to tell if it works the same? Thank you for explaining everything about the way the calendar knows when to change the dates. It’s really facilitating how it works

Just bought a Waltham grade 845 for daily wear. I like wearing a wrist watch, a Timex cheapo, but it gets in the way a bit at work.

I have an 8 sided Waltham pocketwatch with a large deer with antlers on the back inside what you could describe as a crest. I have no idea on how to open this in order to find out the serial number. Any advice on this. Thanks

Would like to see a demonstration on the setting and working of the alarm bell

Oh! My serial lookup!

Very well explained! Facinating!

I JUST bought this bell, at least a very similar one! [Funny too because it is in Minnesota as well] Sadly the clapper doesn’t hit the bell no matter how I adjust it. Not sure if it’s broken or if the bell gong itself is too small for this clapper. Maybe the clapper must be bent? I am not sure if that’s good for it though. Sadly not sure what the rating is either. Can’t get any other information out of it

I need the ratchet and cable drum for a 1923. Five tube. Might you have them?

I have a beautiful Chelsea ship's wheel style clock and barometer set manufactured in 1972. The casings are made from brass and the ship's wheel rim is bronze. I asked Chelsea to give me some advice about cleaning and polishing. Their answer was "We don’t recommend any cleaners regardless finish as underneath it is all solid brass. Clean rag and pledge only."

So helpful I now have 2 outa 9 working. EBABCOCK