The movement isn’t good. It’s a throwaway with plastic escapement (that does break) and dear god is it ugly. I’ve never liked the look of the 2824, and the C07.111 just makes it worse. It’s accurate when it’s new I guess?

Oh yeah that was during the jewel-stuffing of watchmaking, where they just wanted to get as many jewels packed in the movements as they could, even using them as roller bearings for rotors! Love the quirkyness of that period

I got one too as my first watch!

Right now, an 1890 french pocketwatch, which I’m still in the process of repairing. Not far off is the 1910 Illenois pocketwatch that I built to be a nice carry.

I bought the movement first, because it seemed to be in decent condition, was of high quality, and very nicely decorated. The dial that was on it was good, had a very nice design, and would clean up well.

I bought a gold plated case for it after I restored the movement (there was more wrong with it than I thought, but I got it done) and now it runs, keeps time well, and I do wear it from time to time.