zensou
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My great grandfathers 1905 Illinois and Elgin railroad watches
My favorite movements
Apr 6, 2023 9:12 PM
zensou
1276
32
5
My great grandfathers 1905 Illinois and Elgin railroad watches
My favorite movements
TheDaharMaster
Horological
Hotsauceman
Those are gorgeous. I have a watch collection and love to see what others do
ghornby
I have a collection of broken measuring tapes. I collect and restore distance itself. Should I share my hobby with you?
spitfires2000
Have you ever been down the rabbit hole?
tmphillips11
Great display.
zensou
Thank you, I built it myself!
tmphillips11
It looks great except I can’t get Clocks by Pink Floyd out of my head.
Hemelsblauw
But have you read Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett?
zensou
I have not. Whats a rough synopsis?
Hemelsblauw
Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed.
And on the Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like underwater - how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities, where there's never enough time. There's also a clockmaker in it working on the perfect timepiece.
pyr0max
It looks like you only collect a specific time!
zensou
I try to collect pre quartz movements. But the truly old pcoket watches are either too expensive to buy or too rough to restore.
pyr0max
ok, quartz means electronics, right? Or am I mistaken? So these are all hand wound? Do you wind them daily?
zensou
Yes you are correct. Quartz is electronic! These movements use electricity to charge a a tiny quartz crystal which osillates under said charge. The electronics count this precisely tuned oscillation to track time. Very cool technology.
zensou
With over 50 watches in this case alonge, it would be terribly loud to keep them all wound. But yes these are all hand wound watches that I've restored mechanically. I've left the body, crystal, and faces untouched as I appreciate the patina created by their age and history.
pyr0max
I really like and respect that you enjoy the age of the watches!
zensou
Thank you, in this age watches have become an accessory when they were once an essential tool. The mechanical engineering just to tell time is staggeringly beautiful. Clockworks was an artform.