Half hunter tavannes pocket watch 342348

That watch has not made it's way to me from across the pond yet (the pic was from the 'evil bay' listing. It won't be cheap but it will cost less than gold and you will have a great item. Yu will ahve learn enough to spot such a case but the effort will be worth it. Most collectors treat these as re-cased so they are undervalued, in my opinion, (BTW I do not own any but am on the look out for them). He made a lot of cases the traditional way to recase fine English watches that had lost their gold cases. Martin Matthews was a casemaker who died recently. They tend to be large and often modified to make then unsuitable for pocket wear so they are not good to wear but looking at them you can get a good idea what top grade English and Swiss movement look like. These are not cheap but less expensive than gold. If you want to get an idea of what a great English watch in silver looks like, do a search on deck or torpedo boat watches. There are some great watches in silver cases cases, some recased but some originally cased that way. On the other hand it is better not to spend a lot until you have been at this for a while. Much better watches hold their value or increase it, so in the long run they are less expensive than cheaper ones, unless you get really lucky. Of course you should buy what you like and you can haveva lot of fun with these bun when you got to sell these you will a have a hard time getting back much of your money. The simple difference is that the mainspring will usually be in teh same plate as teh center wheel and one or more other wheels. English watches usually are 1/2 or 3/4 plate. Note that mainspring is in a separate bridge which makes repalcement of the mainspring a lot easier. Bridges support beearing and have screws on both sides.Each will have between one and up to three bearing in them. Generally Swiss watches like yours tend to have bridges rather than plates. It is a good exampel of a class of watches usually consiodered low grade but this is well above the bottom. It is a Genva style bar movement cylinder. Re: my quest for half / demi hunters & sterling watch cases has driven me to non AmerД®scapement.

Half hunter tavannes pocket watch 342348