Any of You Own a Dudley?

Having had the pure pleasure of working on a few of these, if you own one, please post a picture of it or describe in your own words...

Geez, you guys are cheap
I felt sure at least one of the many Masons would have made this investment...

Maybe the Masons know what a dudley is, but I doubt the rest of us do.
Is it a restaurant, town, beauty supply company, baseball bat? Yahoo search has lots of options.

Give us a hint?

is it one of those clown cars the shriners get in, those rock, i'd wear a fez just for that reason and I'd ride around slashing foes with a scimitar!

"one of those clown cars the shriners get in"
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Ah yes, the fabled "Gotcha Patrol". Does anybody know why they are
called this? And yes, I use Dudley "softballs" exclusively!!...

Dudley's my middle name does that count?

Is it a book...published in 1975?


Sanc'.

Originally posted by DontTreadOnMe
Maybe the Masons know what a dudley is, but I doubt the rest of us do.
Yahoo search has lots of options.

True, until you put the second word in. "watch" A Dudley was a watch with Masonic emblems in it. They are quite impressive. I do not own one, but have a friend in Kentucky who owns several and has collected them for years.

See this link for a few pictures.

www.phoenixmasonry.org...

Regards

Wow, that is pretty neat.
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These are actual working gears too? Stylized to look all cool and what not? Impressive.

Wow, that link has lots of neat little items.

Very nice, a photocase for dauggerotypes, made out of 'one of the first thermoplastics. You don't find stuff nicely made like that these days.


I guess you get the good beer with this stein



Hmm, so that explains the 'inspiration' for the weird symbology


"replica", yeah right. You've got the original!
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Ha, you evil-dooers, conquering the world with you prank chairs.




Truly Insidious.

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I have had the priviledge of repairing all types of fine watches, BUT this Dudley guy was/is a genius among men..Less than 2600 made.
These should be preserved, regardless of expense...

There is currently one on ebay for sale:

cgi.ebay.com...

currently over 1200USD with a little over 2hrs to go....

Nygdan,

"photocase for dauggerotypes......first thermalplastics"
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The thermal plastic you are referring to was specifically known as
"gutta purcha". The first dauggerotype cases were "pressed paper" with
ornate "copper pinchpenny".............




[edit on 23-5-2005 by lashlarue]

I may know Jello Biafra, but I have never met the "high and mighty" amongst these particular depicted Shriners.

Originally posted by senrak

Originally posted by DontTreadOnMe
Maybe the Masons know what a dudley is, but I doubt the rest of us do.
Yahoo search has lots of options.

True, until you put the second word in. "watch" A Dudley was a watch with Masonic emblems in it. They are quite impressive. I do not own one, but have a friend in Kentucky who owns several and has collected them for years.

See this link for a few pictures.

www.phoenixmasonry.org...

Regards

There is some really cool stuff on that site!

Makes you wonder if there is still the humor found in todays lodges as there was in the past...

Originally posted by Golfie
There is currently one on ebay for sale:

cgi.ebay.com...

currently over 1200USD with a little over 2hrs to go....

$2126.01 that is a bargain!!


Nice flying v avatar to the poster-Lysergic...

[edit on 23-5-2005 by siriuslyone]

I've seen these on Ebay every once in a while. They really are impressive, as all the working tool gears actually work! I like it because when you first look at it, you would have no idea it has anything to do with Freemasonry. I love little hidden surprises like that, they remind me of what Freemasonry means to me.

I have a great dane named Dudley, does that count?

yes i own a series 2 dudley pocket watch number 2126 and it works and is beautiful it is currently on ebay under iamfireboy(seller) thank you

I gotta get one of those collapsing chairs. It's just... beautiful. Yeha the watchis cool, but the chair. No one would see it coming....
I'ma gonna find one now.