Adjusting a 1912 Waltham 1883 18s Pocket Watch to 3 Positions
One of the nicer watches in my stash of “fix someday” watches is this old Waltham pocket watch. I picked it up for a good price some years back at… Read more »
Monthly Archives: February 2021
Repairing and Adjusting a Battered 1921 Elgin 315 12s Pocket Watch to 3 Positions
Usually I buy parts to fit a broken watch, but other times I buy broken watches to fit my supply of parts. After working on the Elgin 315 we saw… Read more »
Adjusting a Rough 1915 Illinois 12s 404 Pocket Watch to 3 Positions
My backlog of broken watches is shrinking, and next in line is this charming little pocket watch. This is an Illinois 404, a 12-size pocket watch from around 1915, according… Read more »
Dynamic Poising, 7: Adjusting an Illinois “Bunn Special” to Essentially Perfect Accuracy in 6 Positions
If a watch runs well—it is clean, free of flaws, and running with good amplitude—it can usually be adjusted to be more accurate across different positions. And then we have… Read more »
Repairing & (Not) Adjusting a 1960s Russian Poljot 2409 Wristwatch
I’m continuing my march through the watch stash to fix and adjust the many watches I’ve collected over the years and swore I’d get to some day. Today is the… Read more »