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How to Set and Wind a Railroad Grade Pocket Watch
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so this is how to set in mind a railroad
grade pocket watch this is an
american-made Hamilton pocket watch in
the early 1900s and you can see right on
the dial it says adjusted for railroad
service 21 joules just a beautiful piece
here and back in the day this was
actually a safety mechanism on the
railroads instead of pulling the crown
how to set the time like a lot of modern
watches and a lot of standard or
pendants that watches back then you had
to unscrew the whole front bezel of the
case so you can see me what I'm doing
right here you can see if the whole
bezel is coming off including the front
glass when you take this bezel off then
at one o'clock here you'll see the lever
sticking out just a little bit there
typically you can get a nail or a thumb
or something in there and pull that
lever out when your liver is out you can
set the time I'll set it to ten ten here
and then I'll push that lever back in
and then you can wind normally so when
the levers in you're in wined when the
levers out we're in set and to wined
typically you're going to want to wind I
would say it's at least 15 full
revolutions don't be too worried about
over winding you'll feel when you get to
the end certainly be careful but what I
do as you can see is I'm actually
rolling it between my fingers instead of
pinching and turning you actually get
less force on it that way when you get
to the end your thumb and your
forefinger will simply slip off of the
crown and you won't over wind it because
you just physically can't put enough
pressure on so now I'm fully wound you
can see it's still able to turn it just
a little bit I'm not putting too much
pressure on it and then just for good
measure we'll take the back off this is
the hamilton pocket watch just gorgeous
piece of American history you can see
you're taking away there
twenty-one jewel
have a set mind a railroad grade
American pocket watch
