Please use appropriate caution with vendor sites which do not provide locations or phone numbers. My grandfather gave me this watch awhile back, he said it was his fathers. Except for sites in the nawcc domains, the nawcc does not endorse any of these sites or the products or services that may be offered. How to identify a waltham pocket watch our pastimes. On chrono24 you can compare 142 preowned waltham watches and buy a preowned waltham watch or sell watches. Help with details of waltham wrist watch watchuseek forums. Thousands of manufacturers have produced billions of pocket and wristwatches since people started carrying portable timepieces sometime in the 1500s. Instant digital download, vintage victorian graphic, waltham watches ad. Info, specs, and value american antique pocket watches, with serial number lookups for manufacturers such as elgin, illinois, waltham, and hamilton.
I am a newbie here, and i need your help identifying approx year of a mens wristwatch. Originally posted by abslomrob well, the movement is a model 98. How to determine value of waltham watches lovetoknow. Today it is nearly impossible to find watchmakers to service or repair. The serial number database features include the ability to find information and view the source pages for the information about waltham watches and view.
It doesnt feel very heavy or feel too expensive, but it does have a cool mechanically adjusting band and some nice. The horizon dxa system is the latest in densitometry technology, but the dual energy xray does more than just measure bone density. Like any other collectors items, the oldest and rarest pieces are the most valuable, so it is important to know as much information as you can about a watch before buying or selling it. Get the best deal for waltham wristwatches from the largest online selection at. To make watch identification even more difficult, the same watch might have a case and timekeeping mechanism manufactured by different companies. The watchmaker kept thorough records of its products. The waltham watch company, which was based in waltham, mass. Find out about sir ernest henry shackletons heroic antarctic adventures, and how his. The dial also will help the watch owner identify the wittnauer as an automatic selfwinding model or manual wind version. In order to find out waltham watches values, a valuer will consider the following.
Among the wide variety of wearable devices, wrist wearables such as. How to find the serial number on a waltham wrist watch. The watch is a square face mens watch with leather straps that states waltham on the front. I have recently been given my grandfathers waltham wrist watch. It is fairly simple to confirm a watch is a waltham pocket watch and to identify the model and manufacturing date. This identifies the watch as being made by the american waltham watch co. Learn to repair and restore mechanical pocket and wrist watches. The serial number can be checked against an online waltham pocket watch list, which will give the approximate year of manufacture. Waltham pocket watch serial numbers can be accessed by opening the case back. Manual winding watches will have no identification. There are many individuals and companies that specialize in vintage and antique watches.
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Discover a large selection of waltham watches on chrono24 the worldwide marketplace for luxury watches. I am slowly adding serial number tables to this site. I removed the back of the case, and it says the following. Today, waltham watches remain highly desirable collectible timepieces. The waltham watch company, also known as the american waltham watch co. Wittnauer selfwinding watches will have the word automatic printed above the 6 or under the wittnauer name at the top of the dial. Waltham 18size, singlesunk seconds bit is just pressed in dial. This paper contributes to identifying key interoperability issues in this. Collection and processing of data from wrist wearable.
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