Know about the pocket watches

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The pocket watches comes in any of this two types of variety. The first variety is the open faced one which is also known as the hunter case and the name by which it is known as is Savonette. The second one is the wide spread one which comes with a hinged cover in the front that is used for protecting the crystal face of the pocket watch. The pendant in the Savonette watch is set at the position of 12 o’ clock and the hunter stem is placed in the position 3 o’ clock. These were the rules that were followed in the traditional design of the pocket watches.

But today’s pocket watch manufacturer do not follow all these traditional things. They in turn gave a very new look to the watch. The mechanism that is used in the design of the modern watch, are used in the modern pocket watch. In the modern time the pocket watch of the past has become one of the antique items that people love to collect. But also so many years the value of the pocket watches are increasing day by day. The pocket watch that is designed now a day is designed based on the land test craftsmanship. The quality of the craftsmanship that is used in making the modern watch is very high. The Elgin pocket watch is one of the types of the watch that is made 50 to 150 years back and still now people like to make use of this type of pocket watches.

The first type of pocket watch that is made with gold is the Waltham pocket watch and the price of this type of pocket watch is also very high. But with the passage of time the popularity of the pocket watch is increasing day by day. There is some of the type of pocket watch that is closed and some of the type of the pocket watch is open. If you go for the closed pocket watch then you can close the cover of the watch when you are not using it. The cover of the closed pocket watches are designed in different manner. The decoration that is given in the cover of the pocket watch makes it a very valuable item that you can cherish throughout your life. The antique pocket watch come with the cover. The pocket watches which do not come with a cover come with different design of the dial.