ZeroContent
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So I got my grampa's watch. (no he's not dead, he's fine) I was planning on acquiring the watch when he did pass away since it's something that is dear to me of his. When I was little my dad lived at his house for a couple years so I'd stay there on the weekends. Every weekend my grandfather and I were the first ones up in the morning so we'd make breakfast together. When we made waffles I would use his watch to time the cooking so I'd take them out of the waffle iron just at the right time. He's had the watch all my life and was his daily wearer. He received it from his work in 1980 for working there for 25 years, I was born in '82. It's nothing overly special but it has taken a lickin' and kept on tickin'.
Back this past thanksgiving my grampa's refrigerator caught fire in the middle of the night and his house burned down. Since firemen throw everything out of the windows while putting out the fire there was junk everywhere in the yard. I told my dad and uncle that if they find the watch I want it, even if it's destroyed. About 2 weeks later my dad called and said he found the watch laying in the middle of the rubble. It was blackend, but still ticking. My grandfather had gotten a new pocket watch from his wife last year so instead of being on the living room end table where it would have been completely destroyed it was put away in a dresser in the bedroom which only sustained smoke damage. I brought to a watch maker who had to hunt down a new crystal for it because it was scratched and chipped from years of abuse. He found one in Germany and had it sent here. Everything on this watch has been discontinued years ago so nothing else was replaced, just cleaned up. The watch: a Seiko Sports 100, Movement 7123F, Made April 1980. This watch was only made for a couple years something like '79 to '82. The movement is almost impossible to find so I'm going to have to start buying every one that I find so I have parts to keep this thing going. The second hand has ticked over 982 Million times, closing in on 1 Billion ticks, hopefully can keep it going for a few billion more.
Back this past thanksgiving my grampa's refrigerator caught fire in the middle of the night and his house burned down. Since firemen throw everything out of the windows while putting out the fire there was junk everywhere in the yard. I told my dad and uncle that if they find the watch I want it, even if it's destroyed. About 2 weeks later my dad called and said he found the watch laying in the middle of the rubble. It was blackend, but still ticking. My grandfather had gotten a new pocket watch from his wife last year so instead of being on the living room end table where it would have been completely destroyed it was put away in a dresser in the bedroom which only sustained smoke damage. I brought to a watch maker who had to hunt down a new crystal for it because it was scratched and chipped from years of abuse. He found one in Germany and had it sent here. Everything on this watch has been discontinued years ago so nothing else was replaced, just cleaned up. The watch: a Seiko Sports 100, Movement 7123F, Made April 1980. This watch was only made for a couple years something like '79 to '82. The movement is almost impossible to find so I'm going to have to start buying every one that I find so I have parts to keep this thing going. The second hand has ticked over 982 Million times, closing in on 1 Billion ticks, hopefully can keep it going for a few billion more.
