Posted 1 year ago
ralph
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this watch was given to me by a old man,he said it was one of the first wrist watches a lady's pocket watch converted to take as strap to strap on your wrist does any one know if this is right or not.
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He he was correct . this is a conversion piece. Elgin made their first in 1910, hamilton in 1917, this piece I do not see right off who the MFG. is From what I can see of the movement is was a fairly nice pice. the dail numbers and the hour hand resembles waltham. Thanks for sharing, please post better shot of movement so we can better assist you with this piece.
@ralph: here is a link to one of my Waltham auto clock, you can see the similar hour hand and dial numbers.
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/18843-waltham-automoblie-clock?in=user
thank you very much i will try to get a better photo or try to read the markings.
i have a similar watch, but it is a west end watch with sucundus or may be sucundur inscribed on it. it is a military watch.