Thread: What types of watches do you like?

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Big Spendur, a question for you or anyone else, please,,,sort of on topic,,

2 weeks ago this watch was passed down to me. It belonged to my great grandmother, she carried it as a young girl in the late 1890's. It had been passed down through the women in our the family, but was re-routed to me, rather than my sister( it would have been on Ebay by now ) , I'm the keeper of the family records on my mother's side.

It does not run, it appears in fine shape. I would like to have a professional look at it. I have tried my GOOGLE FU for South Florida, but no results. Do you know a trusted professional who could evaluate it? What would you do?

New York Standard Watch Company

Here is an update on my great grandmother's watch that I first posted a few years ago. After the first post in 2013 I sent her to Australia for 4 months to a known watch maker down there. He could not find the parts there , so she was shipped home.

I kept her put away until 4 months ago & she was shipped to a watch maker in Franklin, North Carolina. The watch maker is Rusty Tuggle & he was able to find original parts to get her going again.

She came in today beautiful & working. She will go to a granddaughter , if I'm lucky enough to have one.

The woman who first wore this watch was my great grandmother & here is her photo at the time she would have been wearing it. She was 16 years old at the time of the photo. The photo is from the late 1890's.

Thanks for looking,,,,,,