Charles-Hubert, Paris Mechanical Pocket Watch

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Price: $90.00    

Product Feature

• Chrome finish brass 48mm demy hunter case with a matching curb chain
• Skeleton dial with roman numerals
• 17 jewel mechanical movement
• Deluxe gift box

Product Description

Whether it's open or closed you can appreciate the fine quality workmanship of this good-looking mechanical pocket watch. Brilliant chrome finish watch features a skeleton style mechanism that is truly mesmerizing. Comes beautifully gift boxed with matching curb chain. Matching curb chain. Demi hunter case. Skeleton dial. Roman numerals. 17 jewel mechanical movement. Comes with deluxe gift box. 1.89 in. Dia

Charles-Hubert, Paris Mechanical Pocket Watch Review

First accept what this is--old technology. You can buy a watch at the local drug store, for $15 or less that is powered by a battery and will keep better time, take rougher handling without damage.

It is the technology of my first watch, where I was told to wind it very carefully because if I wound it too far, it would break. And this one will too, as many here have posted. The 'crystal' is plastic and will scratch easily.

So I unpacked the watch which includes careful instructions on winding. I followed it carefully, winding very gingerly after 25. At about 28 I could feel greater resistance, and I stopped. This is a hunter case, which means there is a hinged cover over the face. It is a 'demi hunter' which means there is a window in the center of the cover that lets you see the time without opening the cover. The watch is partially skeletonized, which means you can see the some of the mechanical works. The black hands can be seen easily through the window. The cover is stamped with decorative design around the outer edge and large roman numerals to make it easier to note the time without opening the cover.The back is covered with a design similar to the front. The inside of the cover is marked with overlapping round swirls that is sometimes called 'machine turning'.The inside dial is white, with smaller roman numerals.

Accuracy? I compared this watch with a 130 year old Waltham that belonged to my grandfather, and a Chinese quartz hunter case Elgin given to me by my daughter when she graduated from college, 19 years ago. The Waltham usually lives in a glass dome on a book shelf and has been wound perhaps once every few years since my father gave it to me 40 years ago. When I first got it, a local watch technician cleaned and lubed it. I set the time for each of them against a Casio light powered, radio controlled wrist watch. The two mechanical watches were difficult to set to the exact second--the second hand did not stop when the stem was pulled out to set the time. So I noted how many seconds each differed from the Casio at the start of the week test period, then left them sitting on a shelf in the vertical. I soon learned that the Waltham needed winding twice a day, so it did not run continuously for the seven day observation period. Neverthess, this morning it was six and a half minutes slow according to th Casio. The Elgin was right on the money. The Charles-Hubert was 5 minutes fast. Surprise to me, the minute hand did line up nicely with the minute mark on the dial when the second hand was at 12. This is frequently off on much more expensive watches.

Five minutes in seven days? Do you really need more than this? When you wind it each day, set it also--against your cell phone, the tv weather/news channel or almost anything in the world around us.

The fun of this watch is in the process of removing it from the pocket, clicking open the case, carefully closing the case, and returning it to the pocket. This watch is welcome break from the split second obsession with time that is all around us..

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