HA Watch

Posted by Tom Salzer on March 17, 2011, 8:51 am
173.48.182.106

I couldn't resist this on eBay recently. Anyone seen one of these before?

Re: HA Watch

Posted by MarketHunter on March 17, 2011, 12:12 pm, in reply to "HA Watch"
76.234.133.164

While I've not seen this particular one before, there was a rash of these style watches rolling around a few years ago. They had faces from various things like Coca-Cola, '37 Boy Scout National Jamboree, Winchester, and a few others that were a bit on the $3 bill side if you know what I mean. Destry

Re: HA Watch

Posted by Bill Murphy on March 19, 2011, 6:07 pm, in reply to "Re: HA Watch"
71.178.27.21

Have your jeweler take it apart and tell you what is inside.

Re: HA Watch

Posted by Tom Salzer on March 19, 2011, 8:27 pm, in reply to "Re: HA Watch"
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Bill, I've taken it apart and I know what's inside. It's nothing dangerous, but it makes a Timex look like a precision mechanism.

Re: HA Watch

Posted by charlie cleveland on March 20, 2011, 8:59 am, in reply to "Re: HA Watch"
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dont tell us that fine hunter arms watch was not made in america...ha was it a 17 jewel or a 21.... still a watch i would have bid on too... does it run or is that expecting to much.... charlie

Re: HA Watch

Posted by MarketHunter on March 21, 2011, 8:05 pm, in reply to "Re: HA Watch"
76.226.180.149

My memory is that they were similar to what we always called a $1 Watch, like a Westclox or a Big Ben. Same sort of thing that you always saw in a display on the counter at the feed store. I wasn't bad mouthing it, it's a cool piece to carry if you're a Smith shooter. Destry

Re: HA Watch

Posted by Chris Dunlap on February 5, 2012, 11:24 pm, in reply to "Re: HA Watch"
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Looks as though another of these "vintage" Hunter Arms pocket watches has shown up on ebay. The seller has another watch with a different face that looks identical in age and style. His eBay profile picture shows yet another cheap pocket watch. Here is a link to the auction and pictures below. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-L-C-Smith-Guns-Hunter-Arms-Advertising-Pocket-Watch-/320842256527

Re: HA Watch

Posted by Tom Salzer on February 12, 2012, 12:03 pm, in reply to "Re: HA Watch"
173.48.190.46

These watches are all "dollar watches" meaning that they cost about $1.00 when they wre new between about 1890 and 1930. All the examples I have seen (including mine) have been sold in England. I have talked to many experts including Rich Beyer and almost all believe these watches were not purchased or distributed by Hunter Arms. This begs the question, where do they come from? Based on the fact that they appear not to have been made or modified recently, the best theory I have heard is that they were created from inexpensive watches as awards for various events. My dial does not appear to be original to the watch but appears to have been printed and glued on after the watch was made.

Re: HA Watch

Posted by Chris Dunlap on February 13, 2012, 7:38 am, in reply to "Re: HA Watch"
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Tom, I did some looking around at this sellers previous listings and one can see that he has or has had dozens of these in the past with every different face imaginable. Everything from Micky Mouse to naked women and anything in between. They look like the typical flea market crap one finds at gun shows these days.

Re: HA Watch

Posted by Tom Salzer on February 13, 2012, 9:24 pm, in reply to "Re: HA Watch"
173.48.190.46

Chris, Maybe I should buy a bunch of cheap watches, glue on Holland & Holland,Purdey,Greener,Woodward & Sons, Boss & Co.,Westley Richards,etc. dials and advertise them on English eBay.

Re: HA Watch

Posted by Chris Dunlap on February 14, 2012, 7:16 am, in reply to "Re: HA Watch"
150.226.95.18

Not a bad idea. Perhaps you could get the seller that is peddling the Parker and Hunter Arms watches to distribute them for you. It would be much cheaper to ship him a gross of them and mail them out one at a time than to ship them individually from the US.

Re: HA Watch

Posted by MarketHunter on February 14, 2012, 1:02 pm, in reply to "Re: HA Watch"
98.224.238.92

Take it from somebody who knows watches, these dials are being made up currently. He's got a bunch of cheap watches and is creating the dials for them then selling. There's a computer program that you can use to make them, I know somebody who does it here in the US. DLH