Watch of the day

[solipsistnation]

Waltham, originally uploaded by solipsistnation.

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[em-yrt.livejournal.com]

You have hairy wrists.

[solipsistnation.livejournal.com]

You like it.

[quaintance.livejournal.com]

It's 3:03 PM--- Do you know where your other watches are?

[awfief.livejournal.com]

"hairy wrist of the day!"

[zonereyrie.livejournal.com]

I wonder how many people who live in Waltham know why it is called 'Watch City'. :-)

[solipsistnation.livejournal.com]

They were, uh, mostly in a pile on the table next to me there.

[solipsistnation.livejournal.com]

I know... This is from 1950/51 (according to engraving on the movement), so I'm sure it's from long after the actual Waltham plant closed.

[brainiac69.livejournal.com]

keen. where'd you pick that one up?

[solipsistnation.livejournal.com]

Every two weeks there's an outdoor street antique fair in Santa Cruz. This is the first time I've had a chance to go and wander around and actually look at stuff there (the first time I was there on the right day we were on the way to a movie and had about five minutes).

Turns out there's a watch dude there. He had a bunch of very nice watches and was pretty chatty. This is actually the second I picked up-- he had a little military-style automatic on a steel mesh band that I actually bought and then discovered was broken (while winding it on the way back to the car). He was nice about giving me my money back, even though I really should have checked that first... So, I found this one.

[stophittinyrslf.livejournal.com]

That is the first thing I thought on seeing this picture. Jinx?