J-Axis Boston Club Pocket Watch

It's been strange today as I've not worn any watch on my wrist, so I've felt like something was missing.

The reason is that today I decided to use a pocket watch. Actually, it isn't even one for in your pocket as it has its own pocket that fastens to your belt.

The pocket watch seems to be part of a range called Boston Club based on the text on the face and is by the Japanese brand J-Axis. It is quite a small pocket watch and is around 4 cm across. The pocket watch is a 3 hand design with a quartz movement. On the back is the number 20/520-C which may be the model number. From the loop over the crown at the 12 o'clock position is a chain connecting it to the leather pocket. The leather pocket is embossed with the J-Axis name and is designed to fold over your belt, fastening with a press stud. It has a hole in the front so you can also see the time without taking out the watch.

I've blogged a few J-Axis watches before, but now I've found a bit more about the brand. It seems that J-Axis is a brand from the Japanese company Sun Flame Co.

Sun Flame Co was started in 1984, and in April 1987 they developed the J-Axis series. Now, they have sales in the range ¥3.7bn per year, and make licenced watches for companies such as Disney and Sanrio. The J-Axis watches are currently split into 6 series - A, B, C, D, H, and S. There are pocket watches in most of the series, but this watch isn't on the site, so I guess it isn't available anymore.

Ingersoll Triumph Pocket Watch

I didn't actually wear a watch today, but had the time in my pocket instead. But instead of using my mobile (as lots of people use as an excuse for not using watches), I decided on a pocket watch.

Today's pocket watch is from the 1950s. It was made by the British watch maker Ingersoll. The brand started in 1982 in America, but the London based arm of the business was spun off into Ingersoll Ltd in 1922. From 1946 until 1969, the watches were made under a joint venture called the Anglo-Celtic Company Ltd.

This model appears to be an Ingersoll Triumph pocket watch, but doesn't have the Triumph name on the face (-it has the same design as other Triumph model photos, and most of the watches between '46 and '69 were under the Ingersoll Triumph name).

The watch has a two hand dial with separate seconds dial at the 6 o'clock position. Turning the crown winds the watch, and to set the time, you need to push in (and hold) the crown while turning it. Inside the watch there is an adjustment lever to change the speed if it is running fast or slow. It is quite a loud mechanism, and the second hand moves twice per second. There is no model number, but inside the back a number 69 is etched.