WWT Shows CLICK TO: Join and Support Internet Horology Club 185™ IHC185™ Forums

• Check Out Our... •
• TWO Book Offer! •
Go
New Topic
Find-Or-Search
Notify
Tools
Reply to Post
  
While Everyone Was Asleep ... "Click" to Login or Register 
posted August 17, 2011 22:29
... I was bidding on a questionable Rockford with only this picture to go on.

 
Posts: 2962 | Location: Western New York in the USA | Registered: March 24, 2008
posted August 17, 2011 22:30
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.

 
Posts: 2962 | Location: Western New York in the USA | Registered: March 24, 2008
posted August 17, 2011 22:32
Then I opened the back cover.

Cool beans, eh? Big Grin

 
Posts: 2962 | Location: Western New York in the USA | Registered: March 24, 2008
posted August 17, 2011 23:02
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!
 
Posts: 1626 | Location: North Dakota in the USA | Registered: December 09, 2009
IHC Life Member
Picture of Ethan Lipsig
posted August 18, 2011 00:11
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.

 
Posts: 1414 | Location: Pasadena, California USA | Registered: November 11, 2005
IHC Vice President
Pitfalls Moderator
IHC Life Member
Picture of Edward L. Parsons, Jr.
posted August 18, 2011 11:45
Congrats Eric, that's a home run out of the park! Big Grin


Best Regards,

Ed
 
Posts: 6696 | Location: Southwestern Pennsylvania, USA | Registered: April 19, 2004
IHC Member 1110
posted August 18, 2011 21:20
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.
 
Posts: 1323 | Location: Lebanon, Connecticut USA | Registered: March 28, 2008
IHC Member 1016
posted August 18, 2011 23:46
Ethan and Eric have really scored well. It's refreshing that there are still some good buys out there with honest sellers.
 
Posts: 3112 | Location: Klamath Falls, Oregon in the USA | Registered: October 13, 2007
IHC Life Member
Site Moderator
Picture of John J. Flahive III
posted August 19, 2011 00:30
Love those Rockfords!
 
Posts: 1755 | Location: Colorado in the USA | Registered: October 17, 2005
posted August 27, 2011 22:18
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:

 
Posts: 2962 | Location: Western New York in the USA | Registered: March 24, 2008
posted August 27, 2011 22:20
That same crappy plastic crystal concealed an absolute keeper of a dial:

 
Posts: 2962 | Location: Western New York in the USA | Registered: March 24, 2008
posted August 27, 2011 22:20
And when I got the back off the movement wasn't bad either.

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

 
Posts: 2962 | Location: Western New York in the USA | Registered: March 24, 2008
posted August 27, 2011 23:13
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.
 
Posts: 1797 | Location: Michigan in the USA | Registered: September 19, 2009
IHC Life Member

Picture of Jerry King
posted August 29, 2011 14:25
Great find Eric....Nice photography also....you do have a great light box....

Keep'em coming....

Regards,

Jerry
 
Posts: 2828 | Location: California in the USA | Registered: June 23, 2008
  Powered by Social Strata  
 


©2002-2025 Internet Horology Club 185™ - Lindell V. Riddle President - All Rights Reserved Worldwide

Internet Horology Club 185™ is the "Family-Friendly" place for Watch and Clock Collectors