Dueber special pocket watch case serial numbers

#DUEBER SPECIAL POCKET WATCH CASE SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER#

This marking is believed to indicate a case furnished in exchange of one which did not live up to the warranted number of years before wearing through to the underlying brass, of otherwise wearing out ahead of time. A number of case examples bearing an вЂњXвЂќ are not included.The case stampings were not always in high relief and the pictures from which the data was collected were not always the best.

#DUEBER SPECIAL POCKET WATCH CASE SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER#

One type of error may have occurred were a digit appears to be missing from a case serial number whose movement serial number indicates a much later date.

movements, which tend to appear in Dueber cases.

The opposite of the above applies to Hampden Watch Co.

This also applies to the 1920s watches, most of which were factory-cased. who packaged their movements into their own (non-Dueber) cases. Exceptions to this are those movement manufacturers such as the Ball Watch Co., the Burlington Watch Co., the E.

Due to the manner in which the data was collected, little or no import should be given to the relative quantities of various case/movement manufacturer combinations.

The examples are subject to errors of reporting or recording. Other reported examples are also included.

The majority of the examples listed in the table were drawn from the data base of reported examples of railroad and other interesting watches created and maintained by Ed Ueberall and Kent Singer.Notes On The Examples Shown In The Table Below If there is anything significant to change, maybe a moderator can help, but I don't know if it will be necessary.Дueber Watch Case Manufacturing Co. Well, it took awhile, but I've added the above data to what Ed and I had and came up with the following. It's also helpful if you can post all the markings that are inside of the case and that are on the movement, especially the movement serial number, in case they can't be seen in the picture(s). We may be able to identify the movement by its markings and the shape of the plates. Other pictures will help a little, but these are the most important. Clearness and sharpness is important as differences in makes, watch grades or case material markings can be subtle. It would be helpful if you could post pictures of the movement (the 'works'), the paper and the markings stamped inside of the watch case (you can ignore any 'hand-scratched' characters, they're watch repairers' marks), the clearer and sharper, the better.

The point of this thread is to try to correlate watch movement dates to those cases that appear to us to be original to the movements. Perhaps your post (and this reply) should be moved (by the moderator) to start a new thread about your watch movement and watch case. not the serial number on the external case.Welcome to the NAWCC American Pocket Watch Message Board! Your movement serial number may not be in exactly the same location as the one in the photo, but you are looking for the serial number that is on the watch mechanism itself. You usually have to take the back off the watch case to see the movement serial number which may appear anywhere on the watch movement. Cases and watches were often made by different companies and each usually has its own serial number. not the serial number from the watch case. the working part with the wheels and gears. You must use the serial number from the MOVEMENT of the watch.

Dueber special pocket watch case serial numbers