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The Ukraine is currently the world leader in pocket watch coversions and they make a very nice profit in turning low value pocket watches into high value wristwatches. It's £130 now but I bet it will finish much higher, and I think you'd be hard pushed to sell a redialled Doxa pocket watch for that. I've not bought one, but the feedback from those who have is that the quality is not what it might be.
Seriously though the major issue is the lack of shock protection. Pocket watches are designed to sit in relative security. Wristwatches are subject to rapid acceleration and deceleration which especially with the large balance wheel in a pocket watch greatly increases the chances of broken balance pinions. That said I've got a number of early wristwatches without shock protection that are just fine, but I've also got a number with broken balance staffs too!
General advice is that unless you know what you are doing - leave the Ukrainian (and Argentinian) sellers of this stuff well alone.