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oil on panel36" x 48"
direct method
Waltham Pocket watch
an original work of art
By Paul Gilbert Baswell
baswell1@cox.net
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Comments: 32
thanks i am doing another watch
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Great, have put you on a watch so I can see the next watch.
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Hi Paul and congratulations on a very much deserved win. Wish it could have been 1st place for you, this painting is just awesome, well done! Lina
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Congratulations! 
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thank you i was hoping for fist place. but second is not bad at least i can add it to my portfolio listing for exhibitions and wins
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Second isn't bad at all! That's fantastic, really! And yeah, that'll get you some street cred!
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Street Cred is a plus in my book thanks
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Congratulations for winning 2nd place on the Train Your Brain Challenge! Bravo!
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o my god i did not know ! all go check it out
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And yeah best of luck for the finals! Hope you win!
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My goodness. This looks so real it's amazing. Is the watch yours? And how old is it? I know some Waltham watches are quite old.
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sorry i did not see your question yes i own the watch its is marked 1857
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You are so lucky. How did you come by the watch? Did it belong to someone in your family, or did you just happen upon it?
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i purchased it in a small junk shop in Lexington Mo for 50$ in 1992 it was just siting there in a case full of watches. it was not even the nicest one but it was all i could afford at the time. i did not know what a precious watch it was until years later when i took it with me on a buying trip to find a fob for it and the owner of the shop i was in was like so excited about my watch he nearly dropped it. he was the one the clued me in on it
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Wow! Aren't you lucky. My dad used to have two wonderful pocket watches - one from his grandfather and one from his grandmother she was young. His grandmother's was, I think, one of the first wrist watches that was ever made. It had a strap, but it was the size of, and looked like a large pocket watch. Thieves broke into our house one weekend while we were away and swiped them off his dresser. So painful and sad to lose it.
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the fist wrist watches were made during the civil war and were only for woman it was not until the 1930 that men started Waring them
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I think, perhaps her watch was made earlier than that. A couple of sites I checked on said that the first wrist watches were invented in the late 1800's, and I think her wrist watch dated back to the very early 1900's. Sadly, it's gone now though. I wish I knew more about it though.
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the cavil war took place from 1861 to 1865 that is 1800's
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Oh... silly me - I was thinking WWI for some reason which, of course, occurred much later. Anyways, thanks for the info.
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This is one of my favorite piece of yours. Good luck on the contest Paul.
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thanks did you enter??
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No, I have attention deficit disorder, I'll just get bored with the classes in case I win any. 
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ya i thought of that. i'm a pretty advanced painter to be taking a class but its in my home town so i would get to see my family. if i win and don't like the classes i can always use the studio time for something else but on the other hand i'm notoriously bad at wining stuff my art is to old fashioned for most judges these were the most contemporary paintings i had
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