As some of you know, I am collecting pocketwatches, IWC only.
Far from saying that my collection is a museum collection but I am proud to
have found some nice and rare pieces over time.
Some of the pocketwatches are common, easy to find on the market, sometimes in
better condition than mine, but some I have are gems.
So in these crazy times, as the museum in Schaffhausen is closed, why not open
one here on the forum.
As long as the museum is closed, I will post here daily a pocketwatch from my
collection.
I hope I don't run out of pieces before the virus is beaten. Fingers crossed
for all of us.
I will post them in a random order, with some comments, feel free to join.
Keep safe all.
DAY 95, Jones Romney.
Coming closer to the final day of this virtual museum, I kept some nice onces
for these days.
So today, another Jones of my collection ( now 5 Jones )
When you want to learn something about Jones and the Jones calibres, the best
advice I can give is to read the book F.A. Jones, legacy and watches , written
by David Seyffer, Thomas Konig and Alan Myers.
As a collector, finding an early number of a movement is always a bonus, gives
you pleasure, and during this series, we saw some pretty low numbers, of the
first numbering and of the second numbering. Even the number 22 of the second
numbering was shown here.
So an early Jones would fit into a collection.
But when you see these pages here and read that when the book was written,
only 16 movements between number 500 and 999 , and 15 between 1000 and 1500
were known still to excist, you know these are rare ones to find.
So I am super happy that I could add this one to my collection, having the
number 1461 on the movement.
It is a pattern B, and can be dated around 1872.
It has the name Romney engraved. Romney was the town in New Hampshire where
Jones used to live.
It is cased in a gold filled hunter case, from that era. Not original to the
movement, but correct in age and being a hunter.
Enjoy the beauty of this early Jones.
