I have my great grandfathers pocket watch from the turn of the last century. I need to get a chain and fob for it

I have my great grandfateher 1936 Longines pocket watch. Its a wind up and still keeps perfect time.

I have an ancestor's watch from the early 1900s. Not a real significant to me relative since I never met them. Its pretty fancy with an amazing chain. The chain is sections of quartz veined with gold.

It runs, but getting up to a reliable state of near perfection would be several hundred dollars, and you have to do clean and lubes on a schedule whether you use it or not.

Apparently when you bought a fancy watch back then, you picked a case and movement and assembled them. I've seen period prices for both my movement and a similar case, and they weren't cheap.

I’ve thought about carrying an Apple Watch in that fashion. I would never wear one, as a watch, but I like the idea of carrying a small item to use Apple Pay/I suppose to get messages etc, but I prefer to carry a flip phone

I have a Swiss Army pocketwatch. I don’t use any watch anymore but my daughter recently wanted a pocketwatch. Something she watches, someone had one I think, so I gave her mine. She’s given it more use than I have in the last ten years or so.

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Originally posted by maxwayne:
FYI, the Illinois Watch company was ran by the Bunn family. They were close friends with
Abraham Lincoln. A descendant started Bunn O Matic and Bunn coffee makers.

Great information. I love seeing pocket watches. Like to have a Sig branded pocket watch.