Nice watch, its called a half-hunter and you can get modern replicas, the originals were mostly made by the swiss in the early days (1890's-1930's) of swiss watch making, in my experience it doesn't do anything for me, its harder to tell time through a half-hunter, i also have a few that have built-in magnifiers but they are all plastic lenses and don't magnify that much either.
Cool collection. I like it. I need to get another pocket watch. In one of my brain dead moments my last one went thru the washing machine. Its nice and clean but it doesn't tell time anymore...LOL.
Glad you like them! unfortunately forgetting about them being in your pocket is possible, i wear mine with my waistcoat and i always remember to take it off, but there was a time when i nearly lost a deck of cards in my trouser pocket and my bootlace/bolo tie did once go through the washing machine, still works fine though.
You might like this. I think its in keeping with this thread. Although I must admit I'm not sure of the function of the letters around the dial. Its not clear to me how or if they were used in sendind/recieveing messages.
