Silver Pocket Watch Cases and Their Development
The American Railroad was the second most influential contribution to the advancement of our early nation. Our county's founding papers were first. The Railroad linked the industrialized east with the growing west. The keeping of time went hand and glove with the railroad. For safety reasons it was vital to know when a heavy loaded and fast moving train was to be on a certain stretch of track.
The American Waltham pocket watch and the telegraph working together brought the standard of time, that made rail transportation safer and dependable. Soon as American watch factories perfected their manufacturing and marketing process, these prized mechanical wonders were attainable to the commoner and railroad man alike. While their protective gold cases were beautiful works of art, gold was soft and expensive. Coin silver though beautiful and more affordable than gold, was also sometimes too soft for the rugged demands placed on a pocket watch case. An alloy was developed specifically to meet the needs of the American pocket watch case that answer the question of durably and affordability.
This combination of 45% nickel, 54% copper and 1% manganese was called silveroid, silverore, silverode or silverine. It was easy to polish, very hard and looked just like coin silver. The early American pocket watch is prized for it's beauty and function. These watches bring very high prices today, and an American pocket watch in great condition with a coin silver case is considered rare and collectable. During lean economic times, silver was substituted for the very affordable silveroid, yet rightfully, the remaining silver cased American pocket watches will always hold their collectability and high value.
- from an article by T. Nelson, Antique Watch Repair Service.
Tritium Technology in Military Watches
Copyright 2006 Trevor Rowell
Tritium paint has been used on the hands and numerals of watches since the 1930's. At first this technology was Top Secret and restricted to use on military watches.
Tritium paint on watches is a mixture of tritium and phospor. Tritium is naturally radio-active and needs no external source of light or charge to work. Tritium does not glow. As it decays, tritium emits beta radiation, which are a group of excited electrons that in turn excite the electron in the phosphor atoms making them emit photons, or light.
As they return to their ground (non-excited) state, the phosphor glows. Phosphor can also be excited by UV light from the sun or other light sources. Thus, the tritium paint relies on tritium radioactivity to make the phosphor glow in the dark, not any charge from external light source.
Tritium, has a half life of 12.3 years, a half-life is simply the time it takes HALF of the tritium to decay. So as long...
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Philip R Cooper Jewelers Added to its Collection of Fine Watches One Of a Kind IWC Jacques-Yves Cousteau Aquatimer Limited Edition Watches
Philip R. Cooper Jewelers ( PRCjewelers.com) is an up-scale, independently owned and operated
full-service jewelry store located in Bridgewater, NJ. Founded in 1960, PRC specializes in fine custom-designed jewelry and Swiss watches. PRCJewelers.com also maintains a presence in
New York, and has
built long-term relationships with reputable stone dealers in London and Belgium. Philip R Cooper Jewelers (PRCJewelers.com) has recently added to its collection of fine watches a one of a kind IWC Jacques-Yves Cousteau Aquatimer limited Edition.
This piece is one of only 1,953 watches produced worldwide, which commemorates the first Red Sea expedition by Jacques- Yves Cousteau in 1953."We are very pleased with our latest Aquatimer acquisition for our collection. We carry some of the top Swiss-made watches brands, such as IWC, and Chopard.
Many of these top brands are made by world renowned watch makers", said Jack Kung, President of Philip R. Cooper...
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A Replica Rolex Watch Will Look Good and Save You Money!
A Replica Rolex watch will not only look great on your wrist, it will save you a ton of money.
A fake rolex can look great and stylish, yet be inexpensive.
While everybody would love to own a real Rolex watch, many people don't have close to enough money to buy.
A Rolex replica is the perfect solution.
Sure it's a fake rolex but only you will know.
While it may not look exactly like a Rolex, it still looks enough like to fool the casual observer.
Also, while not up to the standard of Rolex, many replica Rolex watches are made well enough to last many years.
Just as there are many different styles, of Rolex watches, there are also many Rolex replica watch styles.
Be sure to choose one that is just the style you want.Find the right Replica Rolex Watch.It may be hard to find a Rolex replica watch that fits your needs.
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How to Wind a Wrist Watch
Many of my lovely lady customers write to me after they purchase an antique wrist watch with a mechanical movement asking which is the correct way to wind a watch. They ask if it needs to be wound forward or both forward and backward. And they also ask how much should they wind it, how often should they wind it, and how to tell if there is real resistance at the end of the wind?How to wind it. When you wind a ladies antique wrist watch, hold the watch in the left hand and use the right index finger and thumb on the winding stem. The only direction that is actually winding it is the forward direction.
The backward direction is available on many watches only for the purpose of resetting your thumb to be in the right position to wind forward again. So, is it right to wind forward? or both forward and back? Either way is fine. How much should you wind a watch? Wind it up all the way to the point at which you feel resistance and then stop. If you do not wind it up all the way, it will...
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Discount Designer Watches at Up to 90% Savings Launches on Consumer Web Site
CE Buys, LLC has launched a discount designer watch section on their web site. By partnering with major discounters like Overstock.com and SmartBargains.com, CE Buys provide a one-stop shopping watch portal with designer brands from Baume & Mercier to Invicta to Wittnauer.If the consumer cannot find a great deal there, they're most likely buying a replica or a fake watch. SmartBargains.com and Overstock.com offers genuine name brand watches at substantial discounts to the manufacturer's suggested retail price and retail values. They buy their watches through authorized dealers, distributors,...
Discount Designer Watches at Up to 90% Savings Launches on Consumer Web Site
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Swiss are known for two things
Copyright 2006 Jason Bibb
The Swiss are known for two things, namely their infallible bank system and their wrist watch precision and reliability. What we're going to talk about includes both, since the famous Swiss watch company, Rolex delivers unmatched precision at the expense of an evenly important part of your bank account.
If you ever wondered into a Rolex store or surfed through the company's site, you were probably rather frustrated with the prices you've seen. Models ranging from a few thousand dollars to some hundred of thousands are a normal thing for Rolex, however for most of us they seem unrealistic and oftentimes overpriced.
Of course, a famous brand like that, offering such quality and precision is no doubt worth paying more than an average price, but still, sometimes you feel like simply buying the brand instead of buying an actual accessory.
Lucky for us, there is an alternative to this high priced brand buying, namely...
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How to Make Money with Wholesale Watches
Copyright 2006 Jorge Olson
You can make money, a lot of money with wholesale watches.
You can even create a business around it.
As a matter of fact that, if you are thinking of any kind of watch business you'll need to buy them at wholesale watches, so you will be in the "Wholesale Watch Business".
Now, let's talk about how you can Make Money with Wholesale Watches.
You can make money around different types of watches at different prices depending on what you like and what you can buy.
Maybe you like high end watches and you have a supplier, maybe you prefer to sell high quantities of inexpensive watches that you buy for around $2.
It's all up to you and the type of business you want.
There are even many ways to sell those watches. You can sell them to stores, to other wholesalers or distributors and you can also sell them directly to the end user.
I've sold watches in different ways at different...
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How to Make Money with Wholesale Watches
Copyright 2006 Jorge Olson
You can make money, a lot of money with wholesale watches.
You can even create a business around it.
As a matter of fact that, if you are thinking of any kind of watch business you'll need to buy them at wholesale watches, so you will be in the "Wholesale Watch Business".
Now, let's talk about how you can Make Money with Wholesale Watches.
You can make money around different types of watches at different prices depending on what you like and what you can buy.
Maybe you like high end watches and you have a supplier, maybe you prefer to sell high quantities of inexpensive watches that you buy for around $2.
It's all up to you and the type of business you want.
There are even many ways to sell those watches. You can sell them to stores, to other wholesalers or distributors and you can also sell them directly to the end user.
I've sold watches in different ways at different...
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Politics, Deceit and Democracy
Booksurge LLC is proud to announce the publication of The World and Europe ? A Hidden Agenda, by Alexander Niles. Fascinated with the subject of politics, deceit, and democracy, Niles chose to write a book about the significant absence of democracy in Europe. While researching current affairs, he discovered a pattern of wars, recessions, and power struggles occurring over a period of 250 years. Compelled by the politics of power, and democracy, Niles revealed the cohesive plan would deliver...
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Types of Auto Insurance Companies
Different auto insurance companies offer different types of coverage to suit any need, budget, and car type. To know which one best meets your present requirements; you need to have a thorough understanding of each type.
Comprehensive Auto Insurance
This is the most common type of auto insurance. It is usually used for brand new to almost new cars and vehicles that still have a relatively high market value. This kind of insurance protects the owner against every possible...
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Great Giveaways or Shameful Promotions- The Truth About Free Contact Lens Samples!
Extra, Extra, Get your free samples of contact lenses here...So you are looking for free samples of contact lenses? Perhaps you saw a commercial that said "visit our website for a coupon to receive free samples of contact lenses." Or, "see your eye care provider today for your free pair of so and so lenses."While this a great way for lens manufacturers to have you try their brand of contact lenses, most contact lens fitters do not require such coupons.In order to get free samples of contact lenses,...
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BlueBridge Networks Enters Into Strategic Alliance with IAITAM
The International Association of IT Asset Managers ("IAITAM")announced today that BlueBridge Networks, LLC, ("BlueBridge")has joined as a Provider Member. BlueBridge Networks, LLC is a facilities based provider of high availability services such as collocation, internet access, managed network security, business continuity and outsourced IT services in a secure environment. IAITAM President Barbara Rembiesa explains "Adding the BlueBridge team to our roster of Provider Members will have quite...
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