Hampden auto body is a certified, local colorado auto body company, familyowned and operated for over 34 years. Movement parts are available for eta, miyota, harley ronda, hattori and others. Do you often wonder what the actual value of antique pocket watches is. It might needs servicing since we do not have the record of the last. Get the best deals on hampden antique pocket watches when you shop the largest online selection at. If you collect hampden watches, youll appreciate knowing more about the company history. Hampden antique pocket watches with 7 jewels for sale ebay.
Any other reproduction, by any means mechanical or electronic without the express written permission of watertown watch and clock company, is. Watch and patent information guide with serial numbers and. The right to download and store or output pages and pictures from this web site is granted to users for their personal use only. I have a hampden 17 jewel pocket watch with deuber 20 year warranty printed on inside of back. Expert repair for your vintage hampden pocket watch.
Keeping time with waltham, hamilton, and illinois pocket. Do not allow others to handle or fire your firearm until they have read this manual. The rockford watch company, located 93 miles from chicago on the rock river, began operation in 1873 using equipment purchased from the cornell watch company. Turquoise ladies fob watch antique swiss 925 silver pendant style pocket watch 1911 edwardian pendant watch. Hampden produced some very fine quality watches, and introduced the first 16 size, 23 jewel movement made in america. Goldfilled hampden pocket watch with matching lapel pin. Antique pocket watches hampden 19101919 year of manufacture. Antique 1912 hampden pocket watch 16s of goldfilled pw. Hampdendueber pocket watch with molly stark printed. These watches are all sold as is for parts and repair. I used to carry my wristwatch in my pocket, so i thought. Antique hampden pocket watch repair, mechanical hampden. The new browning 1911 380 is the right design, the right size, with the right features.
This manual was designed to fit in your shirt or jacket pocket. Perhaps the most familiar of all of colts firearms, and arguably firearms in general, was the 1911 semiauto pistol. This auction is for the antique hampden pocket watch that is shown, the movement is marked diadem. We do not repair modern, quartz batterypowered watches sold under the hampden brand name as they are unrelated to the original hampden watch company. This is a 16 size elgin genl stark, 17 jewel pocket watch. Hampden antique pocket watches with 21 jewels for sale ebay. The illinois watch factory is the largest manufacturing institution in the city of springfield. Hampden open face antique pocket watches 19101919 year of. Setting your antique pocket watch pocket full of time youtube. Like the browning manuals from last week, i am sharing my collection of colt firearm manuals in the event you buy a gun and dont have a manual there are a lot here, some 46 different pdf manuals, so it may take a second to load. The hampden watch company was known for its high quality watches while it was in business.
Hampden swan ladies pocket watch, monogram ajp, etched, gold filled, antique. Later, the development of the swingout cylinder again saw colt as a leading supplier of government contracts. Use this table to look up the serial number of your hampden pocket watch and hence the year of manufacture. This illinois hunter case pocket watch was special for a railroad company. Casker has an extensive supply of parts for seiko, pulsar, citizen, bulova and omega and pocket watch parts. Welcome to one of the countrys most complete suppliers of wrist watch and pocket watch parts for the professional watchmaker. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Still as popular today as ever, the 1911 style semiautos have been customized more than any other handgun. One or more of its 200 parts may be broken, rusted, miscalibrated, unoriginal, previously improperly serviced, under lubricated or just plain tired. Model 318 size 21 jewels defiance casepocket watchthis beautiful timepiece is one of a kind.
I figured that id pass along a bit of information about hampden timepieces, as their history and their watches are a great american success story. This channel is primarily about cars, watches and luxury goods. Every spring and pin you need to complete or rebuild a 1911 auto or officers acp. The only way to do this is by looking at the actual mechanism hidden behind the back. This identifies the watch as being made by the american waltham watch co. Some lots may include watches that are working perfectly well but the. The trademark for the westclox name was filed in 1916, but the westclox name first appeared on a watch in about 1911.
A colt 1911 got sent to us in order to make some improvements after work by another gunsmiths. The company now employs 518 hands, and produces more than 525 high grade watches per day. I got started collecting pocket watches partly because i hated wearing wristwatches. Below is a picture of the serial number on the pocket watch case. The serial number 3097487 allows you to date this watch. Since 1983, we have been providing exceptional auto body repair services to customers in the denver metro area. The company produced thousands of lowergrade watches including many pinpallet dollarstyle watches. Watch crystals, both genuine and generic mineral glass, as. This watch has not been serviced by me but it is running strong and has been. A subreddit for people who enjoy pocket watches and pocket watch repair. The company has paid out for labor more than eleven million dollars since its organisation. Filled with incredibly crisp, clear, cutaway drawings, exploded views, howto pictographs, and photos.
Today, many of the watches made by this company are collector items. No serial number list is available for hampden watches. The dial is white in color with the hampden logo underneath. If playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your device. A couple months later i saw another very nice antique pocket. We offer a full money back guarantee on any watch purchased from us so long as you return it within five days of receipt and we receive it in the same condition as we sent it to you. All jewelry all newly listed all pocket watches all wrist watches american waltham ball e. The watch runs has not been time checked for accuracy.
As a rule, vintage pocket watches are either keyset, pendantset stemset, leverset or pinset. How to open up an old pocket watch case, screw on and snap on. Brownings 1911 pistol design and using the cartridge he created, the new 1911 380 pistol gets it right in every way. When looking for the number on your watch you should be looking at the serial number on the movement, not the case. Hampden production dates to date your watch use the serial number of the movement. Due to the age and nature of these watches i am unable to guarantee any future performance. We are not the hampden watch company they went out of business in 1930. Vintage 1911 hampden pocket watch, 15 jewels, nickel. By 1920, the company was producing 15,000 watches per day. Westclox watch company history expert repair for your. I probably should have loaded them individually, but even doing it this way i still have over. Their factory building was built in 187576, and was located on.
The first thing we need to know before converting a pocket watch is where it came from and what specs it has. In order to remain in business, dueber bought the hampden watch co. Antique 1910 hampden molly stark fancy dial ladies pocket watch to fix. Antique pocket watch services antique swiss and american mechanical watch repair specialists since 1987 there are over 100 reasons why your swiss or american pocketwatch wont run. If your watch is leverset, there will be a settinglever visible somewhere around the dial of the watch, though you usually have to remove the bezel and crystal to see it. Vintage hampden springfield 7 jewel 18s pocket watch movement runs for repair. I was impressed by it, over a hundred years old and still running. The easiest way to tell which one you have is to look for the setting lever. For videos of watch repairs and cleanings of all types of pocket and wrist. Customer satisfaction is our guiding principle, and we have an excellent reputation for delivering the highest quality service at a fair price. The hampden pocket watch company began its existence as the mozart watch company in 1864. Unfortunately, the customer got the gun back after the initial work but it just wasnt all that he was hoping for. This video shows how to open a hunters case pocket watch and how not to open and close one of these cases. Heres an up to date reference of pocket watch prices taken from sales on ebay that will help you to research real time prices this page will eventually grow to be quite long, so rather than rearange everything into pocket watch makes, heres a handy search tool for this page only.
Howard elgin national hamilton hampden illinois other pocket watches. Servicing and overhaul of vintage hampden pocket watches restoration of wind up. Antique 1911 hampden grade molly stark model 4 30s 7j. One pleasing and characteristic feature in the history of illinois. We buy and repair vintage pocket watches, or we can sell you one that will never leave your. Revelation arms offers a full range of professional gunsmith services. Get the best deals on cylinder antique pocket watches when you shop the largest online selection at. It is a 30 size, 15 jewels, lever set watch and the case is a 20 year dueber gold filled case. Concord swiss pocket watch charlotte 7 jewels, 29mm, gold filled, for repair. Get the best deals on hampden antique pocket watches with 7 jewels when you shop the largest online selection at. Info, specs, and value american antique pocket watches, with serial number lookups for manufacturers such as elgin, illinois, waltham, and hamilton. Antique 1911 hampden grade molly stark model 4 30s 7j convertible case 14k gold filled watch b5540cb this antique timepiece is overall in good condition. Vintage 1916 hampden 16s 17j stem wind stem set pocket watch need repair.
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