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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 3348580, member: 360&quot;]It&#039;s been years since I bought a pocketwatch, but today, I broke the dry spell for something which I found at my local flea-market.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was pouring with rain and because of this, the market was literally half-empty. Row after row of empty stalls with nobody in them. I wandered around, trying to find anything worth buying...I was gonna just give up and go home, and I was on my way out, when I stopped at one last stall along the way, with some stuff in a glass display-tower.</p><p><br /></p><p>And this watch was in it. I noticed there was something a little different about it, so I waved the guy over, and he popped it out for me to have a look!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]299804[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299805[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>On the surface of it, it doesn&#039;t look like anything too special. A gold-filled hunter-case watch - one of millions that were manufactured in the 1800s and 1900s. Well, the moment the cover popped open, you could start seeing the difference...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]299806[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299807[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s right! A dial oriented to 12 o&#039;clock! Not something you normally see on these old pocketwatches. It&#039;s usually a feature of modern pocketwatches. And in passing - the dial is literally - flawless. No cracks, no chips, no hairlines or damage of any kind at all - an almost impossible feat, given that this watch is 102 years old!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve always wanted an antique pocketwatch with this configuration, but as anybody who collects old pocketwatches will tell you - this orientation is NOT common, so I never thought I&#039;d ever find one! But when I saw this, I knew I&#039;d hit the jackpot, so I bought it! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]299808[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299809[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299810[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The watch features a respectable, 15-jewel mechanism in running order. Not top-hole, but close enough to it, to make purchasing the watch, and paying for its restoration worthwhile. I&#039;m already planning on sending this to my friend (he&#039;s a watchmaker) to get it overhauled. I can&#039;t wait til I can get to use this!</p><p><br /></p><p>The inner dust-cover comes with a birthday inscription! Normally, I hate antiques with engravings on them, but I do love collecting antiques with commemorations such as these - items that were given as gifts to mark things like Christmas, or birthdays. Whoever D.J. Leathem was, he must&#039;ve meant a lot to somebody for them to splash out on a 15-jewel ticker for him on his 21st birthday!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]299812[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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