Internet Horology Club 185
While Everyone Was Asleep ...

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August 17, 2011, 22:29
Eric Unselt
While Everyone Was Asleep ...
... I was bidding on a questionable Rockford with only this picture to go on.


August 17, 2011, 22:30
Eric Unselt
The opening bid was $100, which scared everybody else off. It came to Noo Yahk for that price.

I had to replace the fleur-de-lis hour hand with a correct morning-glory hand before going any farther.


August 17, 2011, 22:32
Eric Unselt
Then I opened the back cover.

Cool beans, eh? Big Grin


August 17, 2011, 23:02
Jared Brinker
Beautiful watch Eric! I find a lot of items that way which the pictures are bad... In fact I bought the "leftovers" from a metal jeweler's cabinet one time that had no pictures, just a despriction that there was a ziplock bag full of items from it. $20 plus shipping gave me (4) 21 jewel waltham 1899 movements, a 5 oz coin silver first year KW Hampden, a L Size Running Howard movement and dial, plus other "parts" items. sometimes Santa is very nice to us!
August 18, 2011, 00:11
Ethan Lipsig
Santa wasn't nearly so kind to me when I acquired the hunter version of your Rockford movement, but Santa did throw in very heavy multi-colored gold case with a big diamond.


August 18, 2011, 11:45
Edward L. Parsons, Jr.
Congrats Eric, that's a home run out of the park! Big Grin


Best Regards,

Ed
August 18, 2011, 21:20
Theodore J. Brown Sr.
Nice Eric!That one looks to have an extra screw on the barrel cover plate to switch from lever to pendant setting? Nice watch for the price.Best regards, Ted.
August 18, 2011, 23:46
Mike Hodge
Ethan and Eric have really scored well. It's refreshing that there are still some good buys out there with honest sellers.
August 19, 2011, 00:30
John J. Flahive III
Love those Rockfords!
August 27, 2011, 22:18
Eric Unselt
More out-of-focus pictures, an honest description by the seller, an inability to remove the caseback, and a yellowed plastic crystal accompanied the watch that arrived a few days ago:


August 27, 2011, 22:20
Eric Unselt
That same crappy plastic crystal concealed an absolute keeper of a dial:


August 27, 2011, 22:20
Eric Unselt
And when I got the back off the movement wasn't bad either.

Y'all keep chasing those 992Bs now, ya hear? Big Grin


August 27, 2011, 23:13
Claude Griffith
Nice watch Eric, and nice comment since if most people chase 992/992B's that leaves a lot of nice watches to select from that most people give the "evil eye" to.
August 29, 2011, 14:25
Jerry King
Great find Eric....Nice photography also....you do have a great light box....

Keep'em coming....

Regards,

Jerry