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	Which Watches - Discount citizen, seiko, casio watches and information
		The history of making watches, wrist and pocket watches, from the first pocket model through to the latest quartz wrist watch is the history of technology.
		The first pocket watch to have a minute hand appeared around 1675 with the advent of the balance spring.
		While casing designs for the pocket watch were becoming more elaborate, the mechanics of pocket watches were fairly settled from this period until Abraham Lious Breguet came along (1747-1823).
	www.which-watches.com (470 words)

	Pocket watch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pocket watches generally have a chain to be secured to a waistcoat, lapel, or belt loop (the chain or ornaments on it being known as fobs), as well as a hinged cover to protect the face of the watch.
		Pocket watches are commonly regarded as being one of two types: the open faced; or so-called hunter cased (also called savonette from the French).
		In men's fashions, pocket watches began to be superseded by wristwatches around the time of World War I, when officers in the field began to appreciate that a watch worn on the wrist was more easily accessed than one kept in a pocket.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pocket_watch (1023 words)

	Pocket Watch Gallery
		The watch was not a true "invention" so much as a further miniaturization of the small spring-driven table clock introduced by Italian clockmakers in the late 15th century.
		Early watches were very poor timekeepers (much less reliable than clocks of the same period), and remained so until the introduction of the balance spring in 1675.
		Even in the early days of the trade, several craftsmen were involved in the fabrication of a watch, one artisan making the rough castings, others making such parts as the spring, case, dial, and hands, and another—the "watchmaker" who put his name on the final product—finishing the parts and assembling them into a working watch.
	www.nawcc.org /museum/nwcm/galleries/pocketwatch/pocketwatch.htm (327 words)

	What is a Pocket Watch?
		A pocket watch is a timepiece meant to be carried in the pocket, rather than worn on the wrist.
		By the 19th century the pocket watch was a status symbol of high society.
		And while the wristwatch gained popularity from its necessity on the battlefield during WWI to coordinate troop maneuvers, (wristwatches were provided to the troops by the army), the pocket watch was still the accessory to wear with three-piece suits of the 1950s.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-is-a-pocket-watch.htm (492 words)

	eWatches.com - Pocket Watches
		The history of pocket watches extends back to the 16 th century, when craftsmen were first able to create portable clocks small enough to hang around the neck or fit inside a pocket.
		Pocket watches are not just some costume piece to put in the closet with your cane and monocle; pocket watches come in many styles convenient for everyday use.
		Pocket watches can be much less expensive than wrist watches with comparable features, and often come with chains or leather cases included at no additional charge.
	www.ewatches.com /Pocket.html (333 words)

	How to Wear a Pocket Watch
		The pocket watch is protected inside the holder and attaches with a spring ring, trigger hook or lobster claw chain to either the holder itself or to a belt loop.
		A leather strap is used to carry a pocket watch in either the watch pocket (usually found on jeans) or the front pocket, with or without a fob.
		A pocket knife is usually paired with the pocket watch on the Double Albert style of chain.
	www.specialtygiftitems.com /pocketwatchcentral/wearingapocketwatch.html (325 words)

	Pocket Watch
		Pocket Watch are Arabic rather Pocket Watch analog, display in the series of spy novels.
		The first battery-powered watch, the Hamilton Electric 500, was released in 1957 by the severe monetary crisis and recession of 1975.
		The Pocket Watch has Pocket Watch crystal oscillator as in the US, WTIC in Hartford, Connecticut has broadcast the Morse code letter "V" every hour, the number of times per second, usually four or five.
	hometown.aol.com.au /w0tch/pocket-watch.html (559 words)

	Turner Howard - Pocket Watch
		The round watch movement is held in place at the center of the watch by a piece of formed metal that fits around the movement and snugly into the metal casing of the watch.
		One of the final advancements in mechanical pocket watches was the development of the second hand at the end of the 18th century.
		As a collector of antique pocket watches, he explained that my pocket watch is a kind of cheap, imitation pocket watch because it is simply a basic wrist watch movement embedded in a casing made to look like a traditional pocket watch.
	web.mit.edu /dumit/www/howard.htm (1896 words)

	Pocket Watches
		The bow is also sterling on this watch, you may see the hallmark on the bow in the photo.
		Pocket watch movement that was made by the United States Watch Company in Waltham Mass.
		Pocket watch case that is marked Lip inside and has the calibre number 403.
	www.pensandwatches.com /pocket.html (624 words)

	pocket watch and wrist watch information
		The Adjustment of a watch is the manipulation of the balance, its spring and staff for the purpose of improving the time-keeping qualities of a watch.
		The Crown of the watch is the winding knob.
		It is used to reduce the wear and decrease the friction of the moving parts of a watch.
	www.oldwatch.com /info.html (298 words)

	Watch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Because most watches lack a striking mechanism, such as a bell or gong to announce the passage of time, they are properly designated as timepieces, rather than clocks.
		Because these watches are regulated by an external time source of extraordinarily high accuracy, they are never off by more than a small fraction of a second a day (depending on the quality of their quartz movements), as long as they can receive the external time signals that they expect.
		In the early 1980s Seiko marketed a watch with a television receiver in it, although at the time television receivers were too bulky to fit in a wristwatch, and the actual receiver and its power source were in a book-sized box with a cable that ran to the wristwatch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Watch (4259 words)

	Barry S. Goldberg's Pocket Watch Collection
		Often, when I sell a pocket watch on eBay, I state that it is from my "personal collection".
		I've always been fascinated by the workmanship that went into making pocket watches, and this is especially true for the watches that were made by hand hundreds of years ago.
		Since some watches fit into more than one category, though, don't be surprised if you see the same watch in two diferent places.
	www.barrygoldberg.net /watches.htm (198 words)

	POCKET WATCH CASES
		The sleeve holds the stem in American pocket watches and is part of the case.
		Watch case opener knife, great tool for prying open both pocket and wrist watches, with handy hole in handle so you can attach to your watchmaker's bench.
		Watch Opener vise to hold the waterproof watch case while you open it with the wrench above.
	members.tripod.com /~watchdoc/tools_parts2.htm (2300 words)

	Pocket Watch 20 Case
		Their are 2 levels, with the bottom level holding slightly larger pocket watches.
		See all Pocket Watch Stands on same page or Ebony Pocket Watch Stand or Rosewood PocketWatch Stand or the medium Rosewood.
		Jewelry & Watches shown with Jewelry Boxes and Cases are for display only and are not included with the Jewelry Box Sale unless specified as included.
	www.watchcases.com /20pcwaca.html (769 words)

	Pocket Watch :: Online Catalog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		If you Pocket Watch already registered to use SAMMEC, click the Adult or MCH SAMMEC image or link to login.To learn more about the application, refer to About SAMMEC or Help.Approximately Pocket Watch of U.S. adults are current smokers (1), and an estimated 70% Pocket Watch smokers want to quit smoking (2).
		Pocket Watch the unit price for tobacco products; multicomponent mass media campaigns; provider reminder systems; a combined provider reminder plus provider education with or without patient education program; multicomponent interventions including telephone support for persons who want to stop using tobacco; and reducing patient out-of-pocket costs for effective cessation therapies).
		Pocket Watch addition to assessing overall progress toward Pocket Watch goals and the current status of tobacco control efforts, health.
	cat56.info /pocket-watch.html (215 words)

	Windy City Watch Collector -- Pocket Watches for Sale
		The model 992B watch was designed originally as a railroad watch for the railway system in the United States.
		This type of watch was used by British officers as an official field timepiece.
		This type of watch was used by German officers as an official field timepiece.
	www.chronometer.net /pocket.htm (1052 words)

	Pocket Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fancy jeweled platinum Patek Philippe pocket watch, unusual cushion-case w/princess cut diamonds and sapphires on outer bezel.
		Men's 14kt white gold E. Howard pocket watch with 17 jewel movement with white dial and breguet hands.
		Heavily engraved rose gold pocket watch with red enameled face featuring day, date and second dials with fancy style hands.
	www.peacockestategalleries.com /Pocket.htm (117 words)

	Pocket Watches - WatchCat.com
		This style of rare pocket watch is important because of the unusual and intricate case work.
		This is nice watch with a near perfect original single sunk dial (note blue minutes), glass crystal, screw back three piece gold filled case in good condition with only minor wear and a well made 11j (from what I can count) hand wound American made three finger bridge nickel plated movement.
		This is an early "lever set" watch so one must unscrew the bezel (holds the crystal) to pull the lever and set the watch.
	www.watchcat.com /pocket.htm (2251 words)

	Vintage Watches- Pocket
		The watch is about the size of an American 12 size watch, small enough for the pocket, large enough to be a real pocket watch.
		This highly accurate watch was used as a navigational watch, which required the highest possible quality and accuracy for a deck-type watch.
		Description: This is a very clean Illinois pocket watch in a Keystone solid 14 karat (.585) gold open face case.
	members.tripod.com /~watchdoc/VintageWatchesPocket.htm (1402 words)

	Pocket Watch Site: Antique Pocket Watch Repair Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Pocket Watch Site offers expert pocket watch repair, including pocket watch cleaning and oiling, main spring, balance staff, and crystal replacement.
		We have a large stock of pocket watch parts on hand to remedy many pocket watch repairs, without having to wait for parts.
		Pocket Watch Site also buys American pocket watches, parts and material.
	www.pocketwatchsite.com /repairs.html (365 words)

	Pocket Stock Watch on PocketGear.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Pocket Stock Watch updates from the internet using the last technologies available in the world of distributed systems.
		Pocket Math Facts is a program to improve your child's mathematical skills, both accuracy and speed.
		Pocket Flash Cards for Pocket PC + Desktop PC is a program you can us to quiz yourself while on the go.
	www.pocketgear.com /software_detail.asp?id=12642 (321 words)

	Custom Pocket Watch
		This pocket watch's electronic quartz movement is manufactured by Citizen and comes with a 2-year limited warranty.
		The Custom Pocket Watch arrives in a royal blue velveteen gift box, ready for presentation or gift giving.
		Shankar Goswami of Eugene, Oregon purchased the Custom Pocket Watch with the Marines Corps emblem on it.
	www.goldmountainmining.com /silpocwatwit.html (229 words)

	Identify your POCKET WATCH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The first step is to determine what type of watch you have.
		It is a hunting Case pocket watch movement in an open face case.
		This identifies the watch as being made by the American Waltham Watch Co. The grade of the watch is a Riverside.
	www.oldwatch.com /identify/identify.html (249 words)

	Barry S. Goldberg's Pocket Watch Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Often, when I sell a pocket watch on eBay, I state that it is from my "personal collection".
		Unlike the pocket watches that I buy specifically to resell, these are the ones that I buy just for myself and which I wear on a regular basis.
		I've always been fascinated by the workmanship that went into making pocket watches, and this is especially true for the watches that were made by hand hundreds of years ago.
	barrygoldberg.net /watches.htm (198 words)

	Antique Pocket Watches
		Interesting French silver verge and fusee antique pocket watch, the dial with portraits of Napoleon and two of his contemporaries, circa 1810.
		Fine, scarce, and early gilt brass and shagreen verge and fusee antique pocket watch with unusual engraved inner case by Richard Colston, London, circa 1690.
		Fine early English silver pair case verge and fusee antique pocket watch with sun and moon dial by John Trubshaw, London, circa 1695.
	www.bogoff.com /pocket/pocket.html (3277 words)

	Pocket Watch Chains
		This very handsome, watch chain is also made especially for Old Father Time and features the heavy GOLD or SILVER toned link and has the vest, or watch-pocket T-bar added.
		This style is just right for putting your pocket watch in your jeans "5th pocket", or "watch pocket" as it was called in the old days.
		Like all high-quality pocket watch chains, this chain includes a genuine 360 degree swivel clasp for connecting to your watch.
	www.oldfathertime.com /watchchains.htm (489 words)

	Antique Pocket Watch...your source for everything pocket watch!
		Pocket Watch collecting is something that is becoming more and more popular as people realize that they not only look great, but they can be a fantastic long-term investment as well.
		Pocket Watch Collecting - what you should know before you start...
		The Railroad Pocket Watch, it's inception and why it came to be...
	www.antique-pocket-watch.com (643 words)

	ThinkGeek :: Stonehenge Watch
		Just position the watch using the accompanying high viscosity compass to tell local apparent time just as the builders of Stonehenge did thousands of years ago.
		Prove the accuracy of both The Stonehenge Watch and your mastery of its power by confirming your calculation of the time by reference to the analog watch that is set into the reverse side of the watchcase.
		The Stonehenge Watch allows you to predict the exact moment of the winter and summer solstices.
	www.thinkgeek.com /gadgets/watches/7d2b (207 words)

	Gold Pocket Watch - Gold Pocket Waltham Watch, Ebay Gold Old Pocket Watch, Elgin Gold Pocket Watch
		Fortunately, watches were able to find: top quality Rolex replicas are so named because they typically contain a Chinese style watch movement mechanism.
		These watches to the function of a timepiece, digital watches are often digital watches, using a piezoelectric crystal, usually quartz, as an oscillator see in the second hand makes compared to the lesser Chinese replicas.
		GoldenMine carries a growing selection of Italian-made watches in order to conduct attacks at precise moments, whilst Gold Pocket Watch officers were required to Gold Pocket Watch an intermediate time, he/sheCheaper electronics permitted the popularization of the art.
	gold-pocket-watch.goodwatches.net (717 words)

	THE WATCHISMO TIMES: Solid Wood 1900 Pocket Watch - Wood Gears, Hands and Case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The orgy of Tourbillons, Forged Carbon, and Silicium Components can fade for a moment while you appreciate this early 1900 Russian pocket watch entirely made of wood.
		Watch The Watch - President Bush Gets Swiped by Al...
		As his vintage watch collection grew, so did his eccentric vision, which pupated during his years as a dimensional illustrator for the likes of Rolling Stone, Warner Bros, Absolut and Budweiser.
	watchismo.blogspot.com /2007/03/solid-wood-1900-pocket-watch-wood-gears.html (396 words)

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