... which I feel will bring a lot of nostalgic stories behind the watches being shown.
Lovely Speedy you show to begin this thread!! As you know I have a penchant for Speedies!!
I´d like to play this week end with these four oldies:
First: This little Liga watch was my very first watch, presented to me by my Parents in 1957 in occasion of my First Comunion. This is a very special occasion for Catholics and a watch was the customary “Big Present” in those times.
Humble as it was, I can still remember how proud and happy nine year old owner I was then with my first watch.
Anyway the watch was strong enough to survive the wild doings of a nine year old lad and his school mates and was worn during the following 8 years receiving a hard beating which left a good collection of little scars on its case.
I can´t say how many plexis and straps were replaced along its adventurous service life. The simple AS movement is far from being Haute Horologerie but still ticks perfectly to this day.
Second piece: This little no name watch was found on a table of an antique market in Paris. I guess it was made in the 1913/14 years.
The lady owner asked a very little price when I asked to know, and she explained it was so low because the watch didn´t work and she doubted it could be repaired.
Anyway some kind of horological miracle happened because when I lifted the watch to observe it better it instantly started and I interpreted that as a celestial signal that the watch wanted to be taken home. It still tick tacks today with same happiness though with little precision.
Third watch is a Longines monopulsoir chrono with a caliber 13.33 inside its gold case.
Its a case back reminds us the pocket watch origins of the first wristwatches and its serial number suggest it was made circa 1912/13. The porcelain dial with the big red “12” is gorgeous I feel.
Last but not least I show a pocket watch which belonged to my grandfather who brought it with him from Valencia, Spain when he ventured to sail and to settle in my Country around the 1920´s. The story goes that this big and heavy watch was made in the late XIX Century by a Valentian watchmaker named Carbonell as it is signed on dial. Back of watch has a royal shield whose significance I ignore.
Thank you for Reading and have a nice and great week end my dear friends!
Cheers! Abel.