hi everyone,
todd here.
i have a bit of a crazy question.
is it possible to take a 7 jewel wonder and jewel it up?
i think it would be a fun and interesting project.
and i would learn a lot in the process.
or is just a crazy idea?
thanks
todd

Yes it's a crazy idea. But I know it's possible. Many years ago an old watchmaker here in town did it, He took a 7 j
New York Standard and jeweled it up to look like a 17j. Why ?
Just to pull a joke on another Watch guy that was a know-it-all. Years later when he was in his 80's and telling
me the story he would laugh & laugh. The know-it-all kept wanting to buy it. I don't know what ever happened to the watch.
A very rare 17j NYS . Hearing him tell the story was very funny.

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Yes it's a crazy idea. But I know it's possible. Many years ago an old watchmaker here in town did it, He took a 7 j
New York Standard and jeweled it up to look like a 17j. Why ?
Just to pull a joke on another Watch guy that was a know-it-all. Years later when he was in his 80's and telling
me the story he would laugh & laugh. The know-it-all kept wanting to buy it. I don't know what ever happened to the watch.
A very rare 17j NYS . Hearing him tell the story was very funny.

Great story! I can hear him laughing.

As a matter of fact watch making schools actually included classes in up-jeweling watch movements to better practice successful fitment and assembly of train jewels. Also some Watchmakers were known produce (further) up-jeweled versions of their higher end movement for their personal clients and dealers.

Finally many, many Waltham movements "leaked" out of the factory in the hands of Waltham employees in numerous "strange" configurations including up-jeweling and attachments of non-specified micro-adjusters, bogus (CPR) barrel covers, etc.