lol Jon. I think you have a rare helical hairspring illinois there. I hadn't seen one before, but now I have! a little bit of adjustment on that spring and she will be as good as new! BTW, I didn't know you had any friends in North Dakota, let alone a repairman
Posts: 1626 | Location: North Dakota in the USA | Registered: December 09, 2009
This one was in with a few other "non-running" movements and I was laughing at the current condition of the hairspring and thought it might be good for world-wide laugh...
Posts: 7178 | Location: Illinois in the USA | Registered: November 11, 2011
Yep, I carry it on my belt when I am taking the long walk back to the caboose where I can stoke the stove, kick back and set the alarm to wake me up for the next stop. Gotta be "on time" ya know!
They is reel EAZY to set time when ya forgit to wind em. You set the watch when you pass thru a town fur that town schedule time! THATS WHY these are called RAILROAD watches! YA Know.
Posts: 6492 | Location: Southern California in the USA | Registered: July 19, 2007
We all at times have a "bad hair" day but that is a "bad-hairspring" day. I can tell you my hair never has never looked THAT bad, nor thankfully have any of my hairsprings either! On an eBay auction they might say "minor adjustment needed" or something simple-sounding like that, or better yet...
"Right to the second once every twenty-four hours... guaranteed!"
We're in heart-transplant territory with that one!
Lindell
Posts: 10553 | Location: Northeastern Ohio in the USA | Registered: November 19, 2002
I hate to admit it but when I was 9 years old I took apart my newly inherited 18s Hamilton and thought it needed some help so I stuck my dads paper clip into the little springy thing and made a few other adjustments that did not go over well with my folks. My mom and I visited a jeweler on State Street in Springfield Mass. so I could explain what I did and she could pay to fix it. But hey I have loved pocket watches ever since!
Deacon
Posts: 1004 | Location: Omaha, Nebraska in the USA | Registered: February 14, 2009
for a COA and now it - well, I think something is really amiss... 
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