nicewatchdude Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Hi RWI, Didn't know exactly where to post this piece because it's more of an homage to early American pocket watches. So here it is in the general discussion. I'm posting it on the rep forums because it is through sites like these where I learned the in and outs of building watches, as well as being inspired to search for and try new builds. It's been a neat experience to far. I really like the beauty of the Illinois A. Lincoln movements and wanted to put it in a place it could be more appreciated with a display case back. I originally had plans to put it into a 47mm fiddy style case but have learned they are just to big for my wrist IMO. So through research I learned that the early pocket watch movements were originally converted to wrist watches for pilots during WW1 or WW2 (hence the birth of the wrist watch?). They caught on in the public sector and the rest is history. So I originally thought a pilot dial like an IWC would work well for a pilot watch but after learning all that I realized, they used the pocket watch dials first, so I went after that style. I'll admit, the finish I used was a bit stretched design wise, but I wanted to be creative, so here are the pics. Please enjoy and tell me what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patinga Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Interesting watch (Big one!). Not to be a jerk, this is RWG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 This is absolutely great love your style and your watch...this is how it should be done The contrast between the dial and the rest of the watch gives a very unique touch to it..shabby chick?....However for consistency you may either age the rest of the watch a little or put a slightly newer/less worn dial on it I like this Gunnar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxman Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Nice looking piece, dial looks almost like sandstone. Nice work, thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Absolutely fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Gotta love those old pocketwatch movements Thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 I love the contrast between the beautifully weathered dial and the pristine movement. Bigger than I could ever manage, though. Maybe you should wear it over your jacket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicewatchdude Posted April 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 (edited) Interesting watch (Big one!). Not to be a jerk, this is RWG. woooops, sorry about that ............RWI............. I love the contrast between the beautifully weathered dial and the pristine movement. Bigger than I could ever manage, though. Maybe you should wear it over your jacket? lol, the pic just makes it look big. It's a 44mm case. thanks everyone for your comments Edited April 20, 2010 by nicemetal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicewatchdude Posted April 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 I MEAN RWG, I keep on mistyping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neuuubeh Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Hehe cool stuff . I first saw this over at the homage forum. Ill post the same anyhow Movement is a Grade 527. Only 12,000 made. Illinois got bought by Hamilton after that and this was used as a basis for one of their movements, together with the Illini (grade 400 if I'm not wrong). Interesting stuff. Guess I made the big brother of this one around an year ago PS did you look your serial number? I guess it should be from around 1923. Mine seems to be a later production (later serial duh). What I never quite figured out is the different jewels on the 2, 3th and 4th wheels - yours are pressed in, mine are screwed down. Till now I assumed mine was an early model and they hadnt perfected the press-jewels process, so went with the more antiquated screw-down settings.. Now, I have no idea, as yours should be older than mine and has the more "advanced" jeweling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Has an extremely high "cool factor", I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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