Welcome to the Seth Thomas Fan Space chapter about mechanical pocket watches! Within the three sections of information on “Seth Thomas Mechanical Pocket Watches” you will find details related to Seth Thomas factory records and horological research imperatives, sources of well-researched information about Seth Thomas pocket watches, types of movements, dials, hands, and cases, and how they are measured, named grades, numbered grades, railroad grade, private labels, methods of winding and setting, shipping tins, methods of identifying Seth Thomas pocket watches, the Pocket Watch Database, Seth Thomas models and series, special use timepieces, a brief orientation to pocket watch cases, rare Seth Thomas ephemera, and an in-depth photo album of the entire Seth Thomas Fan Collection. 

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