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