Horological Meandering

I started getting interested in watches around 2000, when I was almost 50. I had 2-3 everyday watches and Grandpa Carl's gold pocket watch given to me by my grandmother after he died. And his gold bumper-wind Omega. We don’t have any children but we do ha...  

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Dial is tired but it’s about 100 and it has been used well before I bought it 20 years ago. Pry open the back of the Keystone watch case, and you are faced with another back, protecting the movement. Do you really want to go further? You will need a knife...  

Pocket timepieces are awesome! Thx for posting. 😎

Gone but not forgotten... ...  

I’ve worked in a bike shop as well. I think I would have a blast listening to some of your stories. I’ve been thinking about tracking down an Elgin pocket watch. My grandmother worked there for a while, and both my parents grew up in that city. I need to ... 

I worked for a company in Elgin 50 years ago. It was David C Cook Publishing… they later moved to Colorado Springs, I think. As we were just married and had bought a house, I wasn’t eager to move to the midwest when they got tired of me being a remote wor...  

the hobby and then fell completely down the rabbit hole.

What a great experience and a wonderful collection as a result 👍

Have you seen this video? youtu.be Best, E.

I’ll try to stay awake long enough to “watch it” no promises because the doc told me to get some rest. Thanks

Hamilton RR one.

Sadly I have both sorts

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Here’s my SPARC Now long gone, like so many others! Mike ...  

Long gone.