July 28, 2007, 19:45
Samie L. Smith1/4 hour Repeater with a story to tell
I have to show you folks this one i got at the ky. show this weekend ..it is a 1/4 hour repeater in a 14kt case the winding stem was loose and it would fall out of the case when i bought it,,Here is the story and this time a true one ,early friday morning i took a look at a dozen or so low grade watches that a old clock collecter had in a box and almost walked on when i spotted this watch...I seen the price tag and thought this must be a gold plated case or the guy has put the wrong price on it,,i picked it up and saw that it was a gold case and a rerpeater i asked is this the price and he said yes that,s right ,at this point i am thinking the guy has still not looked good at the price by now there is a couple of guys standing beside me also looking at the watch,,i handed the watch back to him the second time and asked is this the price and he said yes 275.00, i said it,s okay but is going to need some work would you take 250.00 and he replaied i hate to but yes pay me..As i walked off one of the guys that was watching me buy the watch said i can not belive that you bought the watch that cheap and sure can,t belive that you asked him to lower the price..
Today i was able to get the stem back in and put a little oil on the pivots and it took off running it,s lazy but runs and repeats just fine,i am still trying to figure out why someone would price a 16 size gold case watch of any kind for 275.00,,It,s a low grade repeater but heck i would buy another at 275.00 and not try to get the price down to 250.00..
