![]() ![]() Your Majestic watch is something else! It is a very basic, presumably 7-jewel movement in a gold-filled case that was warranted for 20 years, meaning that if the layer of gold wore through to the base metal during that time, the case manufacturer would have replaced it.īy the way, that 20-year time stamp guarantee does tell us that the case was not manufactured after January 1st 1924. ![]() Just about any Howard watch is probably worth restoring, unless it is in very poor condition and/or in need of extensive and expensive repairs. *My main interest is railroad pocket watches! However, I'm all "Thommened Out"*, so I'll take a pass, at least for now, and give someone else a chance! ) Also, I see that there is yet another thread about Wittnauer wrist watches (obviously in the wrist watch forum), the movements of which were made by Thommen for Wittnauer. Just out of curiosity, I did a quick search here for Thommen and turned up about 10 pages of threads mentioning the watch mqnufacturer, and I recall contributing to some of those. The Vertex looks a little different from your watch because it is a hunting movement and also because Thommen used a number of different shapes for the plates and bridges, all variants of the same basic calibres. I don't feel like repeating myself on Thommen, so maybe you can catch the Vertex thread before it gets buried by new threads/posts. I just discussed Thommen, albeit briefly, in a concurrent thread asking about a Vertex watch on this forum that was right after your thread until my answer bumped this to the top, temporarily of course. Wittnauer by the "Fabrique d'Horlogerie Thommen", of Waldenburg, Switzerland. Johniff, the movement of your Majestic watch was furnished to A. ![]()
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