Day No.109 – Organizing the Crystals

April 8, 2014 By Brittany Nicole Cox in Estate, Workshop Tags: antiques, bulls eye crystal, Bulova, Clockmaking, clockmaking tools, collectibles, conservation, Dennis Harmon, estate sale, extra thick crystals, high dome crystals, horology, restoration, Schaublin, technology, watch crystals, Watchmaking, watchmaking tools 8 Comments

The shop is really coming together and starting to look sharp for the sale. We spent 4 days going through the epic watch crystal collection Dennis had in the basement. They’ve now been organized and sorted in drawers. There are some really amazing bulls eye crystals, super high dome and extra thick. The Bulova factory machines have been moved upstairs and cleaned up. These are some of the most interesting machines I’ve seen in the shop. Here are some photos from this weekend past (please excuse the chipped nail polish – I don’t know why I even bother).

Sale Announcement!

April 5, 2014 By Brittany Nicole Cox in Estate, Workshop Tags: antiques, automata, blacksmithing tools, Bulova, casting, clock tools, Clockmaking, clockmaking tools, clocks, clockwork, collectibles, conservation, dark room equipment, Dennis Harmon, engraving, estate sale, film cartridges, gear cutters, horology, industrial furniture, industrial lighting, Jewelers tools, kilns, large format cameras, large format film, machinists tools, metalworking tools, micrometers, milling machine, pantograph machine, polaroid, radio tubes, rare light bulbs, restoration, Schaublin, soldering supplies, technology, vintage electrical equipment, watch crystals, watchmakers lathe, watchmakers lathes, Watchmaking, watchmaking tools, welding, woodworking, woodworking tools 6 Comments

KEEP AN EYE ON THE HARMON ESTATE SALE PAGE – AS THAT IS THE OFFICIAL NEWS AND INFORMATION PAGE ON THE SALE. IT WILL BE REGULARLY UPDATED WITH A LIST OF CONTENTS AND THE SALE INFORMATION, ETC.

Day No.102 – But wait! There’s more…..

April 1, 2014 By Brittany Nicole Cox in Estate, Workshop Tags: antiques, Bulova, Clockmaking, clockmaking tools, collectibles, conservation, Dennis Harmon, estate sale, horology, industrial furniture, industrial lighting, machining, restoration, Schaublin, technology, watchmakers lathe, Watchmaking, watchmaking tools 5 Comments

When I began this journey, I knew this project would take around 1/2 a year. Today I realized that 102 days have gone by – it seems time has really vanished with the dust….

Thankfully, I’ve been very fortunate to have some extra hands this week. Friends flew in from Seattle and Austin to help out in the lead up to the big sale – the dates of which will be announced in the next post! Here are some photos of our joint efforts.

Before

After

Another makeover miracle…

But wait! There’s more…

Day No.79 – Paper Ephemera

March 9, 2014 By Brittany Nicole Cox in Estate, Workshop Tags: American Watch, antiques, Clockmaking, clockmaking tools, collectibles, conservation, Dennis Harmon, Elgin, estate sale, ETA, Hamilton, horology, paper ephermera, restoration, Rolex, Schaublin, Sevice manuals, South Bend lathe, technology, Waltham, watch material catalogues, watch materials, watch repair manuals, Watchmaking, watchmaking books, watchmaking tools, welch clocks 4 Comments

So many fantastic publications have been unearthed in the basement – from service manuals to watch material catalogues. Most of them in excellent condition! Here’s a peek at some of them:

Day No. 74 – More Neat Stuff

March 4, 2014 By Brittany Nicole Cox in Estate, Workshop Tags: antique drill case, antique postage scale, antiques, Bulova, Clockmaking, clockmaking tools, collectibles, conservation, copper electrical wire, Dennis Harmon, estate sale, horological cutters, horology, portable transformer, restoration, Schaublin, technology, vintage electrical equipment, vintage knife switch, vintage millivoltmeter, Watchmaking, watchmaking tools 4 Comments

I am happy to report that the electrical equipment is almost sorted out! Today revealed more kilns, a postage scale, a Polaroid land camera, some custom-made Bulova presses, and some pretty neat other stuff. Here are some photos of a few of today’s favourites.