Pocketwatch Pocket Watch
I have an unknown pocketwatch and I can't find it online!?
So my sister and I found an old pocket watch and we cannot identify it. There's a poem inside near the windup part and it goes like this:
"Wind with care and use me well
And let me have fair play;
And I to you will try to tell
The precise time of day.
If I should chance to stop
And fail to give the hour,
Take me back to YOUNG'S shop,
And he will give me power."
At the top it says A.Y. YOUNG
Watchmaker, Jeweller, & Optician
At the bottom it say 492 Dumbarton Road, DALMUIR
Any help on identifying the maker and the watch itself?
For anyone who tells me to google is and calls me a "retard." I did google it. Asshole.
Ok. The watch itself gives you a lot of info. We know it was sold from a shop at 492 Dumburton Rd, Dalmuir called "Young's".
It was likely crafted on-site or at the least assembled on-site. The inscription would read "watch repair" and not "watch maker" if it were otherwise. This could make it very unique as many watches were made by big manufacturers and sold to smaller shops, so a handcrafted piece might be special.
Dalmuir is part of an area of Scotland, now called Clydebank or Dunbartonshire.
Now the questions arise; When was it made and who was A. Y Young?
To discover that, you would need to contact some sort of Dalmuir/Clydebank historical or genealogical society and see if they can answer that for you.
You might start here:
http://www.clydebankrestoration.com/contact.php
Sorry I couldn't answer your question for you, but it has to be better than the other wiseass answer and I really think contacting the restoration society would be a good first step. If they can't help you, ask them for local historical societies or registries that are local to Clydebank.
Good Luck!
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