A pocket watch (or pocketwatch) is a watch that is made to be carried in a pocket, as opposed to a wristwatch, which is strapped to the wrist. They were...
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PocketWatch, Inc. (stylized as pocket.watch) is a digital media studio that declares that its specialization is turning young stars on YouTube into global...
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position. Pocket watch with opened cover plate. Movement of the same pocket watch. Movement of an Elgin pocket watch. cir.1919 S/N 21,667,498 Gruen Watch Co...
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wallet, let alone a phone and keys. A watch pocket or fob pocket is a small pocket designed to hold a pocket watch, sometimes found in men's trousers and...
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was a 16-size chronograph pocket watch. The Model 4992b was in a 16-size case with a black dial. It was used as the pocket watch for the U.S. military, featuring...
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Rolex (redirect from Rolex Pocket Watch)
Rolex SA (/ˈroʊlɛks/) is a Swiss watch designer and manufacturer based in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1905 as Wilsdorf and Davis by Hans Wilsdorf...
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attached by a watch strap or other type of bracelet, including metal bands, leather straps, or any other kind of bracelet. A pocket watch is designed for...
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Omega SA (redirect from Omega Pocket Watch)
La Generale Watch Co., was founded at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, in 1848 by Louis Brandt, who assembled key-wound precision pocket watches from...
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History of watches (redirect from Huygens' watch)
from harm if carried securely in the pocket. To fit in pockets, their shape evolved into the typical pocket watch shape, rounded and flattened with no...
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a gold pocket watch, which his son Vincent claimed and wore the rest of his life. It was later reported that "in 1935, Vincent gave the watch as a christening...
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relocated to Miami, Florida. In May 2020, Diana's parents signed a deal with Pocket.Watch, a startup children's media company founded in 2016 by Chris Williams...
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Breguet (brand) (redirect from Breguet (watch))
Arthur Rubinstein and so on. The Breguet & Fils, Paris No. 2667 (1814) pocket watch is among the most expensive watches sold at auction, fetching US$4.69...
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Caross, "The Waltham Watch Co.," p. 170. Caross, "The Waltham Watch Co.," pp. 169–170. Carlene Stephens, "A Close Look at the Pocket Watch of a Civil War Surgeon...
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complicated mechanical pocket watch displaying the Gregorian, Judaic, and lunar calendars featuring 57 complications. The watch was assembled by Vacheron...
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Vacheron Constantin (category Swiss watch brands)
Switzerland. Vacheron Constantin is a highly regarded watch manufacturer. The Vacheron Constantin pocket watch No. 402833 (1929), which was owned by King Fuad...
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Complication (horology) (redirect from Complicated watch)
57260 is now widely regarded as the most complicated watch in the world. It is a mechanical pocket watch which features 57 complications, introduced by Vacheron...
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Chabiwali Pocket Watch is a 2006 short film written and directed by Vibhu Puri and produced by the Film and Television Institute of India. The film is...
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clockmaker, Istanbul, astronomical clocks, and instruments, alarm clock, pocket watch. Bartholomew Newsam (?–1593); English watchmaker, London, royal watchmaker...
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Multimeter (section Pocket watch meters)
its features remained almost unaltered through to the last Model 8. Pocket-watch-style meters were in widespread use in the 1920s. The metal case was...
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wearer's body. The watch contains an oscillating weight that turns on a pivot. The normal movements of the watch in the user's pocket (for a pocketwatch)...
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Patek Philippe (category Swiss watch brands)
world's most complicated mechanical watch until 1989, currently holds the title of the most expensive pocket watch ever sold at auction (US$24 million/21...
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children's drama series about a young boy who could stop time with a magical pocket watch. The show was created by Andrew Norriss and was produced for seven series...
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where Hampden used the Dueber cases until the companies merged in 1923. Pocket watch sales declined after World War I, and the business closed in 1927. Then...
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Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication (category Watch models)
198.385) is one of the most complicated mechanical pocket watches ever created. The 18-karat gold watch has 24 complications and was assembled by Patek Philippe...
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signed a deal with PocketWatch, a startup children's media company that was founded in 2016 by Chris Williams and Albie Hecht. PocketWatch does the marketing...
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Lombo Pocket Watch is a champion Australian grey Standardbred colt foaled on 16 October 2003. Bred and raced by Western Australian owner Mick Lombardo...
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Waltham Model 1857 (redirect from Lincoln's pocket watch)
that year, pocket watches were not made of standard parts and repairing and making the watches was difficult and expensive. The American Watch Company created...
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general manager of the TV channel, HLN, and is chief content officer of PocketWatch. Albie Hecht graduated from Francis Lewis High School in Queens, New...
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A dollar watch was a pocket watch or later, a wristwatch, that sold for about one US dollar. Attempts to make a watch that could be sold for as little...
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James Maybrick (section Pocket watch)
gentleman's pocket watch, made by William Verity of Rothwell (near Leeds) in 1847 or 1848, was presented by Albert Johnson of Wallasey. The watch has "J....
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