Pocketwatch shipped with extra parts!!

[LittleWatchShop]

Well, the parts bin was already raided. I wonder what they were.

[RichardHarris123]

Total guess but the only parts that could fit under there, click springs etc.

[LittleWatchShop]

12 minutes ago, RichardHarris123 said:

Total guess but the only parts that could fit under there, click springs etc.

Maybe a staff perhaps

[RichardHarris123]

What caliber is it? 

[LittleWatchShop]

41 minutes ago, RichardHarris123 said:

What caliber is it? 

Don't know

[rjenkinsgb]

Hour wheel and dial washer? If supplied as a bare movement, it would avoid sending loose parts.

[RichardHarris123]

7 minutes ago, rjenkinsgb said:

Hour wheel and dial washer? If supplied as a bare movement, it would avoid sending loose parts.

You're guess is as good as mine but I wouldn't call those spare parts. 

[rjenkinsgb]

2 minutes ago, RichardHarris123 said:

I wouldn't call those spare parts

The marking on the watch is "Parts to use", not spares?

[RichardHarris123]

18 minutes ago, rjenkinsgb said:

The marking on the watch is "Parts to use", not spares?

Fair point.

[Geotex]

A number of stopwatches (stop timer movements from firms like Venus) had onboard spare part storage. A staff, some springs and an often-broken pinion from another wheel have been listed by people describing the contents. Those watches lived a more perilous life than standard watches.

[nevenbekriev]

Two spare balance staffs are expected to be in there, at list this is what I have heard.

Edited March 17 by nevenbekriev

[rjenkinsgb]

7 hours ago, Geotex said:

A number of stopwatches (stop timer movements from firms like Venus) had onboard spare part storage.

I think you got it absolutely spot on - it looks to be a stopwatch movement rather than normal pocket watch, the same as this?

https://www.antiques-atlas.com/antique/venner_time_switches_stop_watch_steel_pocket_watch_a215/as834a215

 

[JohnR725]

 

6 hours ago, nevenbekriev said:

Two spare balance staffs are expected to be in there, at list this is what I have heard.

I don't think I've ever actually seen one in person but I was aware of the existence of spare parts. I would agree that the balance staff would be the most likely spare parts to be in.