Horological Adventures: December 2013

Introduction

At the beginning of 2011, I took up watchmaking/repairing as a hobby not only to make some money towards my very first watch, but to better understand the inner workings of these mechanical wonders. Taking up watchmaking was truly when my passion for watches began. I've come to appreciate the incredible finishes of haute horlogerie along with the numerous complications that the world of horology has to offer because I began to realize the sheer amount of time that goes into each and every hand-made timepiece.

I decided to create this blog to share my passion with my fellow horology enthusiasts and to document the projects that I will undertake on the path to my very first watch.

Thanks for taking a visit and I hope you enjoy what I've done!

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Another Nice Elgin

I seldom purchase American pocket watches because I have little experience dealing with them - in fact, I hadn't bought an American watch in two years - but I came across two fine Elgins recently that I couldn't pass up. The first is the doctor's watch in the previous post. And the second is a nice 6s Elgin from 1893. Although the movement itself is far from spectacular, the case is quite exceptional: a gold multicolored, scalloped case with a diamond in the back.