We speak of how a gold case sounds so very different from a gold-filled example. I'm with you Francesco, the sights, the sounds and even the smells associated with horology fascinate me still and always will. As I type this, the sounds of clocks gently ticking around the room are reassuring me that all is well.
Posts: 10553 | Location: Northeastern Ohio in the USA | Registered: November 19, 2002
How's this for "watch love"...pulling out your pocket watch to check the time, only to admire your watch so much that you forget to notice the time before you put it back in the pocket? I've done that. Brad
Posts: 956 | Location: Wenatchee, Washington in the USA | Registered: December 14, 2010
I do that all the time, sometimes I even open the case back to admire the movement, close it, put it back in my pocket or on wrist and realise 10 mins later that I forgot to check the time
Posts: 226 | Location: Johannesburg, South Africa | Registered: November 19, 2012
I do that all the time, sometimes I even open the case back to admire the movement,
I too tend to be a bit casual about playing show and tell with my nicer movements... So I got home Saturday after being out and showing off my watch to a couple folks... only to find it had stopped during the trip. I noticed the stop time was equal to the last time I had the back open.
After checking under the hood, (three times)... I finally found the eyelash laying on the escape wheel, interfering with the pallet fork...
I was grateful for the hours we spent playing the board game "Operation" as a kid.
10 seconds later and I was back in business.
Posts: 2032 | Location: San Diego, California in the USA | Registered: August 30, 2012
I use to open my watches to show them off and admire the works ... after all, only a Watchmaker was the lucky person to see the inards of one of these mechanical marvels. But after working on them I found that I wanted to see how well they were running and things like that. I have since invested in extra bezels to make a few of my watches glass/plastic backs ... no more opeing the case and exposing it to the elements or risk cross threading, or dropping, etc. It is not as protected as a metal back, but I think I will take the risk compared to showing someone how the balance wheel swings only to poke it with a pencil
Posts: 407 | Location: Northern Virginia in the USA | Registered: October 08, 2011
I still try to wind my watches once every couple of months.. I still open each one to look at the movement . It sounds really cool when all of them are ticking away!
Bruce Byrd
Posts: 888 | Location: San Diego, California USA | Registered: December 27, 2002
As I type this, the sounds of clocks gently ticking around the room are reassuring me that all is well.
