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Site Administrator IHC Life Member |
A friend of mine owns this Ball movement. He asked me about replacing the case, dial & hands. I really don't know much about these things except that I thought the parts that he needs would be hard to come by and very expensive. If that cannot happen I believe he would just sell outright or seek a trade. Input? | ||
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Hi Phillip, don't know what your friend has into the movement $$$ wise but to give you an idea, a decent ball model case will run $150-$185, nice hands $85 and a nice dial $100-$165. If your hawking e-bay with regularity you should be able to find what your looking for by years end or sooner. good luck regards Joe | ||||
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Phil, I believe I have a ball case and nice dial for that there movement. Just need to know the dial feet location to make sure the dials line up. There is a difference between the 21j and 17j. V/r Jon | ||||
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Site Administrator IHC Life Member |
Thanks guys, he is monitoring this site. I don't have the movement so I cannot answer any questions about it. | |||
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IHC Member 1291 |
I didn't know that Phil's watch is a Ball Waltham I believe. Can you expound on that Jon I need to learn. regards, bb | |||
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IHC President Life Member |
The watch under discussion is indeed a 16-size, 17 Jewel Ball-Waltham movement. Sixteen-Size Ball-Walthams came in 17, 19 and 21-Jewel configurations, they all use the same dial configurations and the dials would interchange between them. I likely would have several Ball-Waltham to choose from but they may have minor damage. Perhaps Jon Hart is confusing the a Ball-Waltham with Ball-Hamilton, that often happens. Here is a topic wherein we explain how to tell the difference... CLICK FOR: Ball-Hamilton or Ball-Waltham 16-size Movement??? Hope this helps, Lindell Ball-Hamilton on the left, Ball-Waltham on the right... | |||
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Yep - The difference is between the the Hamilton and Waltham model... Sorry for confusing the masses and myself (Ha! ha!) And Yes - I have tried to put a Ball Hamilton Dial on a Ball Waltham to see if it would work. It is not too far off. Maybe just clip a dial foot off and put a dab of caulking at the missing foot location... (((( JUST KIDDING ))))) | ||||
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IHC Life Member |
Don't worry about it Jon.... The "Riddle" filter will keep everything running smoothly.... Thanks, Lin for clearing up that little matter.... Regards, Jerry | |||
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Jerry, Sometimes a good Riddle can straighten out a state of entropy | ||||
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Site Administrator IHC Life Member |
My friend is in touch with Jon. Thanks guys for your input. | |||
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IHC Life Member |
Jon, I'm sure no pun was intended...? Regards, Jerry | |||
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I have a ball waltham and noticed that the ball waltham uses the triangle hairspring stud while the hamilton doesn't. Bill | ||||
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