June 26, 2004
Happy Father's Day
Wendy's Home! Wendy's Home!!
Since she was gone for Father's Day she gave me my present this morning. Pictured is my antique Omega Constellation self-winding wrist watch. Originally given to me by my aunt, in 1972 give or take a year. I like paractical over looks, so I replaced the watchband with a Twist-o-flex -- does NOT grab wrist hairs. Sometime in the 80's the second hand fell off it's stem and reattled around under the crystal for a few years. Didn't bother me -- I don't care for seconds and am not really fond of minutes. Somewhere around the correct hours is good enough, and I really do need the day of the week and day of the month. But then the loose second hand jammed the minute hand and it stopped and I set it aside.
Wendy took it in to the local watchsmith and he cleaned and lubed and adjusted and made it as good as new, 'cept for the missing second hand which I don't need anyhow.
Self-winding means never having to replace a battery.
Posted by at June 26, 2004 02:06 PMThat's really cool. I had one exactly like that and the same thing happened. I have no idea where it is now.
Posted by: Wingo at July 1, 2004 12:43 PM