Movement number and symbol location

Hi watch collectors,

Here are possible location where you can see the movement number and symbol,





Hope you learn something and enjoy collecting watches.

Post 1980s Omega Stop Watch

Hi Watch Collectors,


Here is another piece of my collection. It is an Omega Stop Watch. I bought it almost 5 years ago, thought of taking it out and educate the watch collectors. You can hang this stop watch around your neck or the back is a watch stand itself, pretty neat. The red backing is made of plastic. The case of the watch is cast iron.

Collecting watch is about fun and buy within a budget. Go hunting around your flea markets and you will never know what you will find. Collect a wide range or specialise in brands, theme, era or whatever fancy you. I collect widely to increase my knowledge but my speciality is watches around pre-1945 watches. I like them because of the workmanship and its simplicity. I am glad to find a good retired watch maker to cater my needs. Find a good, trusted and honest watchmaker who look after you and not just after your money is very important.

1940s German Pocket Watch

Hi Collectors,

This is a typical German made pocket Watch. Made in West Germany to be exact.

There are various brands, like York Level and Coronet that uses this movement from Germany. The cost of the watch can vary from $40 to $70 pending on its condition. I have sold a few to some collectors.

1950s Rare Day Date Month Swiss Gents Watch

Hi Collectors,

Another day, another piece from my collection. Unforunately, the Balance Staff is broken and I have not got the time to bring it to a watchmaker to fix it. Whenever you got Broken Balance Staff, be prepared to pay a price for fixing it. Always insist on original part.

Here is the watch.

The Operation of the swiss watch:

Two winders, the one on 3, is use for winding the main spring and for adjusting the time. The winder at 10 is used to adjusting the date and adjusting the month on 12. First, you align the day with the date and month. The red hand will move with the hour and minute hands. The red hand is like a day pointer. Once the hour hand reach the 12 midnight, the red hand will point to a new day. I have now seen many branded watches revitalise the old design in their new range of watches. I am sure this design will be copied once again.

I hope you learn something today.

1910s rare Silver Case Wristwatch

Hi watch collectors,


Here is a rare 1910s Silver Case Wristwatch, apologise but it had been sold, but just for your viewing and education on the characteristics and design of a typical 1910s watches.


Mainly, during that era 1900s, majority of the watches are pocket watches. This is the begining of the conversion of pocket watches into the wristwatch. Typical Numerals during the early era, the most obvious is the crown to wind the watch up. It is a pocket watch crown.




The watch can be opened by unscrewing the top, and the whole movements can be removed easily. You can see the hallmark of the silver case and there is a groove where the stem sits.
The dial is porcelaine and second hand at six.




Monogram decoration on the back of the silver case, usually the initial of the owner.

I hope you all learn something today.

The Development of Japanese Quartz Watches over the years

Dear Watch Collectors,

Seeing is believing, here you are, I have opened the cases and you can see what is inside of quartz movements from 1970s up to 1990s.

Early 1970s model - you can see the balance staff is still around, only the power by the main spring has changed into battery. That means the power to push the hour hands, the minute hands and second hands are done by the battery.






Late 1970s model, you can see the balance staff had been changed into a stepping motor. If you see the quartz watches, you an see the jerking movements of the second hands.

1980s model - circuit and transistor included and size been reduced to give a slimmer quartz watch in size.



I hope these pictures give the beginner collectors the inside and the development of quartz watches.

Quartz Watches from Seiko, Citizen and Orient

I bought these lot of quartz watches over the weekend to look into the inside of these watches. I am just curious. Over this week, I will open the inside and show you the development of these quartz watches over the years. The Japanese is ahead of the quartz movement, before quartz movement, there was the electric movement which if I do get hold of some old TIMEX, you will see the inside. The first three, I need to find out the batteries model because they are missing when I bought them. I was lucky to get last two SEIKOs working again, just by changing their batteries. So the money I spent to get these watches is worth it. Especially, the last two pieces with Roman Numerals are ideal for Gents Office Wear.

1970s CITIZEN COSMOTRON

Late 1970s ORIENT Quartz

1980s CITIZEN QUARTZ 100M

Late 1980s SEIKO Quartz with ROMAN Numerals



1990s SEIKO QUARTZ with ROMAN Numerals