Great story, well illustrated, on-going -- I love it!

May 12, 2019,17:08 PM
 

Hi Fred,

I've stayed in the Coply Plaza Hotel too, but a few years earlier than you, when my employer sent me off to New England for about a month of typography training in Boston and Manchester.

Nice watch, too. It suits the purpose, and your occupation. And they last almost forever. 

I'm working on one now for a pal - his has a different movement but looks slightly like yours and is from the same era but with second hand. 



I told him the movement was fried and Seiko hasn't made parts for 20 years. He said "Fix it anyway, it's a momento of my earlier life" (and former wife). 



So I found a used good (like new) watch on eBay for $75 with the same movement, it flew in from Japan this week and is here on my table.



 I'll do the swap once I get the sick watch back from him, and I'll send you a picture of it.

I think you made out better on this deal, since you still have the watch and your wife. Those Norwegian women are tough, and worth keeping around for the long haul.

Cheers,

Mike

(My dress Seiko)



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Do you have any odd quartz Seikos lying around the house?

 
 By: cazalea : May 11th, 2019-13:24
Here's one of mine - a 1/100th second analog chronograph Honda F1 watch. Seiko fans, can you dig one out this weekend and share it? Cheers, Cazalea ...  
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Quartz no but odd yes.

 
 By: Bill : May 11th, 2019-14:36
Tell me what you see. And notice the second picture was taken ten seconds later. ...  
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It runs bass ackwards

 
 By: cazalea : May 11th, 2019-15:04
You must have hooked up the battery wrong 😜
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Pretty cool [nt]

 
 By: Bill : May 11th, 2019-15:43
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Very good eye. [nt]

 
 By: Bill : May 11th, 2019-15:43
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You can turn back time 😮 [nt]

 
 By: Cpt Scarlet : May 11th, 2019-16:07
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OK, Mike. Here's mine (with a story, naturally)...

 
 By: halgedahl : May 12th, 2019-08:25
This piece goes back to ~’91, when I was in my late forties and courting a lady from Norway who I’d met that February during a series of lectures she’d given on our Midwestern campus. After months of letter writing I picked her up in Boston for our first ...  
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Great story, well illustrated, on-going -- I love it!

 
 By: cazalea : May 12th, 2019-17:08
Hi Fred, I've stayed in the Coply Plaza Hotel too, but a few years earlier than you, when my employer sent me off to New England for about a month of typography training in Boston and Manchester. Nice watch, too. It suits the purpose, and your occupation....  
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Thanks for this, Mike!

 
 By: halgedahl : May 12th, 2019-19:57
And that new (old) Seiko looks quite handsome. You're a real mensch to have seen this one through. Yes, I'd love to see the finished project when you're done. But getting down to brass tacks… what I really love is that cat of yours! Mine says "Prrr." Have...  
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Yes but it has not run in many decades. (nt)

 
 By: Ronald Held : May 13th, 2019-13:10
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