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We are remodeling part of our house, and as part of the deal my wife agreed to let me pick a "new" mantle clock. Here's what I picked up for $60 shipped from an online goodwill auction:

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These are "1000 day" clocks which supposedly only need winding every 1000 days. You wind up a mainspring, which drives a torsion pendulum pendulum that rotates every 6 seconds. Not sure if it works, but it looks to be in good shape. I'm excited to see.

I might make a thread for Goodwill auctions. There is some interesting/hilarious stuff. Some bargains to be had but other stuff is crazy overpriced -- see Seiko divers for example.
I wish that watch were 38mm?
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Do we have a mantle clock thread yet...?!
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Boourns wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:19 pm We are remodeling part of our house, and as part of the deal my wife agreed to let me pick a "new" mantle clock. Here's what I picked up for $60 shipped from an online goodwill auction:

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These are "1000 day" clocks which supposedly only need winding every 1000 days. You wind up a mainspring, which drives a torsion pendulum pendulum that rotates every 6 seconds. Not sure if it works, but it looks to be in good shape. I'm excited to see.

I might make a thread for Goodwill auctions. There is some interesting/hilarious stuff. Some bargains to be had but other stuff is crazy overpriced -- see Seiko divers for example.
Nice find!

We had one like the below when I was a kid. I can't speak to the power reserve as my father would wind it twice a year (at time change), but not in between.

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I can remember spending time staring at those balls swinging back and forth.
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ManOnTime wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 2:00 pm
Boourns wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:19 pm We are remodeling part of our house, and as part of the deal my wife agreed to let me pick a "new" mantle clock. Here's what I picked up for $60 shipped from an online goodwill auction:

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These are "1000 day" clocks which supposedly only need winding every 1000 days. You wind up a mainspring, which drives a torsion pendulum pendulum that rotates every 6 seconds. Not sure if it works, but it looks to be in good shape. I'm excited to see.

I might make a thread for Goodwill auctions. There is some interesting/hilarious stuff. Some bargains to be had but other stuff is crazy overpriced -- see Seiko divers for example.
Nice find!

We had one like the below when I was a kid. I can't speak to the power reserve as my father would wind it twice a year (at time change), but not in between.

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I can remember spending time staring at those balls swinging back and forth.
I don't plan on waiting out the full 1000 days to see if it can make it -- mostly because I'm not that patient lol. Twice yearly seems like a good system. Or maybe on my birthday every year.
I wish that watch were 38mm?
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Had a busy Sunday on ebay...

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Bad pic, so here's the one from Orient:

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Boourns wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:19 pm We are remodeling part of our house, and as part of the deal my wife agreed to let me pick a "new" mantle clock. Here's what I picked up for $60 shipped from an online goodwill auction:

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These are "1000 day" clocks which supposedly only need winding every 1000 days. You wind up a mainspring, which drives a torsion pendulum pendulum that rotates every 6 seconds. Not sure if it works, but it looks to be in good shape. I'm excited to see.

I might make a thread for Goodwill auctions. There is some interesting/hilarious stuff. Some bargains to be had but other stuff is crazy overpriced -- see Seiko divers for example.
Had it delivered to my office to tinker with it, and it arrived today. Not sure yet if its working, but all the parts seem to be there. It appears that the goodwill folks wound it up all the way before shipping it, which I would guess is not ideal.

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Did not plan for this, but it's been on my want list for years. Price was ridiculously good so I had to grab it. And I wouldn't have seen it if it weren't for @TheJohnP so thank you John.

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After a long spell of not buying any watches I went a little crazy on eBay.

1929 Bulova Lone Eagle. This is unique in that there's actually a decent amount known about this model and some original sales literature. 14k white gold plated case and a hunter-style caseback. I absolutely love the dial and handset and how they've aged. As far as I can tell this is all original and unrestored.
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Aaaand a project watch- crown/stem doesn't turn, but the movement and dial are so clean (and again appear completely original/untouched-up) that it's worth the $20 I spent on it that I can get it working again.
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Another one for my Eterna collection. No bracelet though.
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Super happy to have this one coming now too. Really did not think I'd ever find one under $3k on bracelet.

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Let see if it ships[emoji1696] Image
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jfield wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 8:17 am Let see if it ships[emoji1696] Image
Insane deal if it does!
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cortman wrote:
jfield wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 8:17 am Let see if it ships[emoji1696] Image
Insane deal if it does!
No dice seller cancelled due to human error. [emoji849]
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