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Chapter 59 photo albumTake a look at what goes on at our monthly meetings! To look farther back in time, visit our watch and clock club archive.February 2010: Show & Tell featured the letter K. Here we have a lovely J. Kaiser 400-day clock, a true "anniversary clock" because it was acquired shortly after the owner's marriage. Next we have a "kitchen clock," having seen years of faithful service in the owner's kitchen. The dial restoration has faded; the panel is a mirror. Next, two photos of a 130-year-old pocket watch from Illinois. It's a key-wound watch that can also be stem-wound, hence a transitional movement. This example is lever-set. The last photo shows two beautiful pocket watch cases by Keystone, one gold-filled and the other "rolled gold plate." 
October 2009: Show & Tell featured the letter H. One of our members who is a trolley driver showed two Hamilton trolley watches. These have 17-jewel movements, adjusted to three positions - not quite railroad-grade. Cool thing: the dials, which say "Hamilton Electric Railway Special" and "Hamilton Electric Interurban Special." Also shown,: a member's dead-mint HP-01 calculator watch, which was (and still is) a highly sophisticated scientific computer. Finally, there's an "homage" watch, a recent Sandoz reinterpretation of the iconic early Rolex Explorer I, but in blue. The movement is a high-beat 25-jewel Eta 2836 - a date movement in a no-date dial due to streamlined purchasing. 
July 2009: Show & Tell featured our favorite horological collectibles or items. We had a lot of participation, and saw some favorite watches and clocks, of course, but also some favorite books and tools! Here they are in no particular order (but with the watches first). The small wooden things with stone insets are oil pots, used when oiling watches - they hold a tiny drop of oil. Oh, and the Jaeger musical alarm clock played ... "Reveille" and "Mail Call!" The owner thinks it might have been for a female officer. 
May 2009: Show & Tell featured the letter "D," and Earl brought lots of pocket watches with terrific dials to share! We have space here for just three. First up is an Elgin railroad watch with an incredible Montgomery dial - look at all those numbers! It combines the archetypal Montgomery individually numbered minute index with a 24-hour dial. Next up is a different Montgomery dial ... as in Montgomery Ward & Co! That fancy dial is definitely not for railroad use, which leads to the next watch, an American Waltham Watch Co. pocket watch with a fancy dial. Continuing the fancy dial theme, Rick shared his fully skeletonized Invicta wristwatch. And, from the clock contingent, Cathy shared this lovely porcelain pocket watch holder. 
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