When my dad started to decline, I asked for this for my daughter.
This watch was carried by my great grandfather every day. He retired as a conductor on the rail road.
It was then carried by my grandfather, also retiring as a conductor, though not as religiously as he had a tendency to magnetize watches.
Then my dad carried it up until a bit ago. When my daughter was young, she'd sit on his lap and he'd put it to her ear so she could listen to it tick. Hence the reason I wanted it for her, so that when Dad passes, she has something she can hold close so that she can still hear him.
But, it's a shining example of why you simply can't trust gold filled coming out as 1/10th.
Now I just need to find a good repair guy so I can get it fixed for my daughter. (I have another Illinois, also carried by my father, for her for the time being)
This watch was carried by my great grandfather every day. He retired as a conductor on the rail road.
It was then carried by my grandfather, also retiring as a conductor, though not as religiously as he had a tendency to magnetize watches.
Then my dad carried it up until a bit ago. When my daughter was young, she'd sit on his lap and he'd put it to her ear so she could listen to it tick. Hence the reason I wanted it for her, so that when Dad passes, she has something she can hold close so that she can still hear him.
But, it's a shining example of why you simply can't trust gold filled coming out as 1/10th.
Now I just need to find a good repair guy so I can get it fixed for my daughter. (I have another Illinois, also carried by my father, for her for the time being)