I have made a terrible mistake...

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by snowpea

Congrats Carl, great looking watch.. similar looking to a Blancpain Leman Moonphase. How much did it cost if you don't mine. I'm thinking of getting it too.

Just took a look at the Blancpain, you are quite right!

Thank you for the kind comments, I've sent you a private message with an answer and I hope you will find that watch (or a similar one), it is a great piece!

[andrew79]

it looks well made to me...

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by sleddog

Very nice Carl...
Looks great on your wrist, and with the added complications, it stands out as a refined statement of class.
Enjoy and congrats!

Thank you Rob! I appreciate the good comments about the watch on my wrist! It does look like a refined statement of class but when I take a look at it I have the impression that it remains affordable, it gives people the feeling that they can buy it without having to sell their car!

Originally Posted by bewithabob

Nice choice. Enjoy it.

Thank you Bob!

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by andrew79

it looks well made to me...

Looks like it to me as well!

[drockadam]

Very gorgeous watch mate! Huge congrats!

[wokafu]

i like it...congrats...didnt expect it to be chunky though..looks really clean yet 'hardcore'....love the moon phase indicator...

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by drockadam

Very gorgeous watch mate! Huge congrats!

Thank you Adam! Glad to know you like it!

Originally Posted by wokafu

i like it...congrats...didnt expect it to be chunky though..looks really clean yet 'hardcore'....love the moon phase indicator...

I didn't think it would be that thick either, it is the chunkiest one I have but I still think it can be quite versatile.

[Grissom]

For those of us who started out collecting old not necessarily high end pocket and wrist watches, it's nice to see some of the early "names" resurrect.....

You chose a very classic and evidently now discontinued example!

Wear it well, as you embark on your watchmaking journey!

Ingersoll Watch Company

The Ingersoll Watch Company (founded in 1882) has been bankrupt since 1921. The brand is currently owned by Zeon Watches, a British subsidiary of the Chinese company Herald Group, headed by Tsang-Kay Cheung. The brand originated in the US, but has been sold several time since the bankruptcy of the Ingersoll Watch Company.

The Ingersoll Watch Company grew out of a mail order business (R H Ingersoll & Bro) started in New York City in 1882 by 21-year-old Robert Hawley Ingersoll and his brother Charles Henry. The company initially sold low-cost items such as rubber stamps. The first watches were introduced into the catalogue in 1892, supplied by the Waterbury Clock Company.

In 1896 Ingersoll introduced the Yankee watch priced at $1.00. It was cheaply mass produced from stamped parts and without jewels so that it would be affordable to everyone. They were producing 8,000 per day by 1899, and started advertising that 10,000 dealers carried their "dollar watch." By 1910, Waterbury Clock was producing 3,500,000 "dollar watches" per year for Ingersoll. Over twenty years nearly forty million of these watches were sold, and Ingersoll coined the phrase "The watch that made the dollar famous!" Theodore Roosevelt mentioned that during his hunting trip in Africa he was described as "the man from the country where Ingersoll was produced."

In 1904 Ingersoll opened a store in London, England. In 1905 Robert sailed to England and introduced the Crown pocket watch for 5 shillings, which was the same value as $1 at the time. These were made by a British subsidiary, Ingersoll Ltd, initially assembled from imported parts, and later made entirely in their London factory. These watches were made until the late 1920s, after the American parent company had collapsed.

Ingersoll bought the Trenton Watch Company in 1908, and the bankrupt New England Watch Company in Waterbury, Connecticut, for $76,000 on November 25, 1914. By 1916, the company was producing 16,000 watches per day in 10 different models. In 1917 they produced another popular watch with 7 jewels called the Reliance. In 1919 Ingersoll developed a watch with the so called "night design", the Radiolite with luminous dial.

Ingersoll Watch Company went bankrupt in 1921 during the recession that followed World War I. It was purchased by Waterbury Clock Company in 1922 for $1,500,000. Waterbury Clock sold the London-based arm of the Ingersoll watch business, Ingersoll, Ltd., to its Board of Directors in 1930, making it a wholly British-owned enterprise. In 1944 Waterbury Clock Company was renamed United States Time Corporation (now Timex Group USA) and continued producing Ingersoll watches in the United States through the 1950s.

After the Second World War, the British company, Ingersoll Ltd, joined with Smiths Industries Ltd and Vickers Armstrong in setting up the Anglo-Celtic Company Ltd on the Ynyscedwyn estate. This was on the outskirts of the village of Ystradgynlais, near Swansea, Wales. The first model featured the same movement as the earlier British Ingersolls, now designated calibre PY. These watches were branded Ingersoll Triumph and Smiths Empire. Ingersoll Ltd pulled out of the venture in 1969. Between 1946 and 1980, when the factory closed down, over 30,000,000 watches were made, and exported to 60 different countries throughout the world.

They also made many character pocket watches, of many different subjects from the 1930s Prewar years 1933–1939 - Betty Boop, Big Bad Wolf, Buck Rogers, Dizzy Dean, Donald Duck, Flash gordon, Lone Ranger, Mickey Mouse, Moon Mullins, Popeye, Rudy Nebb, Skeezix, Smitty, Three Little Pigs, Tom MixSmiths, Ingersoll (Anglo-Celtic) - Ranger, Jamboree, Football (blue & yellow skies), the 1953 coronation watches, the Guinness automaton & cross bottle watches, the 1951 'From Outer Space' and the Esquire magazine watches . Postwar years 1946–1958 - Captain Marvel, Captain Midnight, Dan Dare (shown shooting monster with moving arm, revolving space dial, and Eagle logo on watch case), Dick Tracy, Donald Duck, Hopalong cassidy, Jeff Arnold, Peter Pan. then in Great Britain several Eagle comic watches were made including, Dan Dare red Label with moving arm and Rocket Ship and word Ingersoll, Dan Dare Black Label with no Ingersoll writing just the word Dan Dare, Ingersoll Jeff Arnold with moving arm, then Ingersoll Jeff Arnold without the word Ingersoll, then Jeff Arnold without the moving arm this model is very scare and was part of a late production run of approx 1,500 watches so if you have this model its quite collectable 1958–1972 - Buck Rogers, Buster brown, Charlie Chaplin, Flash Gordon, Marilyn Monroe, Mickey & Minnie, Roy Rogers, Superman, Valentino.

Smith Watches were sold in the early 1980s to another company who bought all the rights; they have since made Combat watches, Timex, Aircraft plus many more makes without even names on them, but all Smiths-cased dollar watches. Over 100 character watches were made by unknown companies. There are lots of different designs out there, including many advertising Pocket Watches Double Diamond and Players Please, to name a few.

The brand Ingersoll is currently owned by Zeon Watches, a British subsidiary of the Chinese company Herald Group, headed by Tsang-Kay Cheung.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

[kilyung]

Excellent Carl! Might I suggest a flatter/unpadded croc strap for a classier look?

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by Grissom

For those of us who started out collecting old not necessarily high end pocket and wrist watches, it's nice to see some of the early "names" resurrect.....

You chose a very classic and evidently now discontinued example!

Wear it well, as you embark on your watchmaking journey!

I shall oblige to your request, Nathan, and wear it with pride as I learn more and more about watchmaking! Thank you for the kind words as well as for your great article! The watch I've bought is marked as a limited edition on the case back, one can only wonder how rare it is but whether it is or not I love it!

Originally Posted by kilyung

Excellent Carl! Might I suggest a flatter/unpadded croc strap for a classier look?

That's a good idea Mike but I was actually thinking about something like a black rubber band to give it a fancy look while remaining a bit casual and versatile! What do you think?

[rulessapt]

Originally Posted by FeelingTheBlues

It does look like a refined statement of class but when I take a look at it I have the impression that it remains affordable, it gives people the feeling that they can buy it without having to sell their car!

Very tidy looking jigger and I'll bet you COULD buy a car for what it cost.
Not a good looking car in comparison to the watch, perhaps.

Ingersoll air tools are now mostly made in Taiwan, whether the quality is there remains to be seen over time.

I'm pleased to say your watch looks (far) better than the tools.
Congratulations.

cheers
richard

[hdrazor251]

Congrats Carl

That is one good looking watch.

[Rollie2011]

Carl,

I like that alot!

I have been drawn to nice watch on a strap lately as well but cant afford PP prices.

I'm glad you find a super nice and affordable alternative!

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by rulessapt

Very tidy looking jigger and I'll bet you COULD buy a car for what it cost.
Not a good looking car in comparison to the watch, perhaps.

Ingersoll air tools are now mostly made in Taiwan, whether the quality is there remains to be seen over time.

I'm pleased to say your watch looks (far) better than the tools.
Congratulations.

cheers
richard

I'm not sure I understood everything you said here but I'd like to thank you for the compliment on my watch's looks! I must tell you though that with the money I've spent on it I would probably be able to buy myself nothing more than a good bicycle!

Originally Posted by hdrazor251

Congrats Carl

That is one good looking watch.

Thank you mate!

Originally Posted by Rollie2011

Carl,

I like that alot!

I have been drawn to nice watch on a strap lately as well but cant afford PP prices.

I'm glad you find a super nice and affordable alternative!

Mind you, I'm still fully set on buying a Patek Philippe someday but this watch still made me drool quite a lot!

[TSW]

Looks great Carl, Congrats!!

[htc8p]

good looking watch there...the ingersoll i know is the ingersoll-rand. they have the same font.

[perpetualman88]

great looking watch carl wear it in good health my friend

[dddrees]

Great looking watch, Congrats Carl.

Luv the moonphase.

[dddrees]

Originally Posted by Grissom

For those of us who started out collecting old not necessarily high end pocket and wrist watches, it's nice to see some of the early "names" resurrect.....

You chose a very classic and evidently now discontinued example!

Wear it well, as you embark on your watchmaking journey!

Ingersoll Watch Company

The Ingersoll Watch Company (founded in 1882) has been bankrupt since 1921. The brand is currently owned by Zeon Watches, a British subsidiary of the Chinese company Herald Group, headed by Tsang-Kay Cheung. The brand originated in the US, but has been sold several time since the bankruptcy of the Ingersoll Watch Company.

The Ingersoll Watch Company grew out of a mail order business (R H Ingersoll & Bro) started in New York City in 1882 by 21-year-old Robert Hawley Ingersoll and his brother Charles Henry. The company initially sold low-cost items such as rubber stamps. The first watches were introduced into the catalogue in 1892, supplied by the Waterbury Clock Company.

In 1896 Ingersoll introduced the Yankee watch priced at $1.00. It was cheaply mass produced from stamped parts and without jewels so that it would be affordable to everyone. They were producing 8,000 per day by 1899, and started advertising that 10,000 dealers carried their "dollar watch." By 1910, Waterbury Clock was producing 3,500,000 "dollar watches" per year for Ingersoll. Over twenty years nearly forty million of these watches were sold, and Ingersoll coined the phrase "The watch that made the dollar famous!" Theodore Roosevelt mentioned that during his hunting trip in Africa he was described as "the man from the country where Ingersoll was produced."

In 1904 Ingersoll opened a store in London, England. In 1905 Robert sailed to England and introduced the Crown pocket watch for 5 shillings, which was the same value as $1 at the time. These were made by a British subsidiary, Ingersoll Ltd, initially assembled from imported parts, and later made entirely in their London factory. These watches were made until the late 1920s, after the American parent company had collapsed.

Ingersoll bought the Trenton Watch Company in 1908, and the bankrupt New England Watch Company in Waterbury, Connecticut, for $76,000 on November 25, 1914. By 1916, the company was producing 16,000 watches per day in 10 different models. In 1917 they produced another popular watch with 7 jewels called the Reliance. In 1919 Ingersoll developed a watch with the so called "night design", the Radiolite with luminous dial.

Ingersoll Watch Company went bankrupt in 1921 during the recession that followed World War I. It was purchased by Waterbury Clock Company in 1922 for $1,500,000. Waterbury Clock sold the London-based arm of the Ingersoll watch business, Ingersoll, Ltd., to its Board of Directors in 1930, making it a wholly British-owned enterprise. In 1944 Waterbury Clock Company was renamed United States Time Corporation (now Timex Group USA) and continued producing Ingersoll watches in the United States through the 1950s.

After the Second World War, the British company, Ingersoll Ltd, joined with Smiths Industries Ltd and Vickers Armstrong in setting up the Anglo-Celtic Company Ltd on the Ynyscedwyn estate. This was on the outskirts of the village of Ystradgynlais, near Swansea, Wales. The first model featured the same movement as the earlier British Ingersolls, now designated calibre PY. These watches were branded Ingersoll Triumph and Smiths Empire. Ingersoll Ltd pulled out of the venture in 1969. Between 1946 and 1980, when the factory closed down, over 30,000,000 watches were made, and exported to 60 different countries throughout the world.

They also made many character pocket watches, of many different subjects from the 1930s Prewar years 1933–1939 - Betty Boop, Big Bad Wolf, Buck Rogers, Dizzy Dean, Donald Duck, Flash gordon, Lone Ranger, Mickey Mouse, Moon Mullins, Popeye, Rudy Nebb, Skeezix, Smitty, Three Little Pigs, Tom MixSmiths, Ingersoll (Anglo-Celtic) - Ranger, Jamboree, Football (blue & yellow skies), the 1953 coronation watches, the Guinness automaton & cross bottle watches, the 1951 'From Outer Space' and the Esquire magazine watches . Postwar years 1946–1958 - Captain Marvel, Captain Midnight, Dan Dare (shown shooting monster with moving arm, revolving space dial, and Eagle logo on watch case), Dick Tracy, Donald Duck, Hopalong cassidy, Jeff Arnold, Peter Pan. then in Great Britain several Eagle comic watches were made including, Dan Dare red Label with moving arm and Rocket Ship and word Ingersoll, Dan Dare Black Label with no Ingersoll writing just the word Dan Dare, Ingersoll Jeff Arnold with moving arm, then Ingersoll Jeff Arnold without the word Ingersoll, then Jeff Arnold without the moving arm this model is very scare and was part of a late production run of approx 1,500 watches so if you have this model its quite collectable 1958–1972 - Buck Rogers, Buster brown, Charlie Chaplin, Flash Gordon, Marilyn Monroe, Mickey & Minnie, Roy Rogers, Superman, Valentino.

Smith Watches were sold in the early 1980s to another company who bought all the rights; they have since made Combat watches, Timex, Aircraft plus many more makes without even names on them, but all Smiths-cased dollar watches. Over 100 character watches were made by unknown companies. There are lots of different designs out there, including many advertising Pocket Watches Double Diamond and Players Please, to name a few.

The brand Ingersoll is currently owned by Zeon Watches, a British subsidiary of the Chinese company Herald Group, headed by Tsang-Kay Cheung.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Thanks for sharing Nathan.

[dddrees]

Dual post.

[93 Turbo]

Very nice watch, wear it in the best if health. Cheers Jules

[johnbeth]

Congrats Carl, enjoy!!

[Andad]

Looks great Carl.

I thought they made air compressors.

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by TSW

Looks great Carl, Congrats!!

Originally Posted by htc8p

good looking watch there...the ingersoll i know is the ingersoll-rand. they have the same font.

Originally Posted by perpetualman88

great looking watch carl wear it in good health my friend

Originally Posted by dddrees

Great looking watch, Congrats Carl.

Luv the moonphase.

Originally Posted by 93 Turbo

Very nice watch, wear it in the best if health. Cheers Jules

Originally Posted by johnbeth

Congrats Carl, enjoy!!

Originally Posted by directioneng

Looks great Carl.

I thought they made air compressors.

Thank you gentlemen! I really appreciate the good words!

Dan, I do love the moonphase as well and I think it couldn't be more useful than as a part of a full calendar!

As for you Eddie, I'm still trying to figure out how to shoot air with my watch, I'll be back with a review on that tool soon!

[threemonkeys]

Very nice, Carl.

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by threemonkeys

Very nice, Carl.

Thank you Craig! I'm glad to know you approve it!

[rodrob59]

Great looking addition Carl.

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by rodrob59

Great looking addition Carl.

Thank you Rod!