Tag: Santa Fe Special

Adjusting an Illinois “Santa Fe Special” 12s Pocket Watch, Part 2: Positional Adjustments

In Part 1, we repaired and serviced an Illinois 12s “Santa Fe Special.” This nice little pocket watch had fallen on hard times, with cracked jewels, a mangled hairspring, and… Read more »

Adjusting an Illinois “Santa Fe Special” 12s Pocket Watch, Part 1: Repairs & Service

I rarely buy working watches—repairing and adjusting them is the fun part—but sometimes they are broken in quirky and comical ways. When you bottom-feed on eBay, you never know what… Read more »