I quit collecting pocket watches when my deranged cat knocked my collection off the top of a bookshelf and destroyed about half my watches.
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Tiger Sun:
Sorry to hear about what happened to your pocket watch collection.
Also, those fuss watches cir. 1700 are pain in the neck to keep them accurate and to repair. I don't think there are many competent watchmakers left for those jobs anymore. My watchmaker told me that in the past 10 years, his business solely survived on customers bringing in their quartz watches for battery replacements......$5USD a shot............Good luck!