Thread: Watches and Clocks anyone?

Seems my interests are varied and probably IF you could find a common thread to tie them all together it would probably be that I love vintage things. At least that’s all I have been able to come up with.

After my Dad passed I inherited my Grandmother’s clock. The story goes that a traveling peddler had it and she took such a liking to it that she traded a hand made quilt for it. I turned 55 yesterday and until a few months ago I’d never heard it run.

I found out that a high school classmate works on clocks & watches as a hobby. (The same one who is set to help with my Ham Radio antenna.)

I’ve replaced quartz movements in clocks, (thanks Klockit.com), but never dared tinker with an antique.

Now I get a slight feeling of satisfaction when my antique clock, atomic clock, quartz wristwatch and self winding wristwatch (a Mido Multifort Powerwind) all keep perfect time.

I’ve got an antique wall clock with my friend now, but I have no information on it, other than Dad purchased it for my Mom in the 90s. I also found a Bulova Accutron 218 in a box of nuts & bolts on the gravel floor of my Dad’s shop building. I had it gone through and it runs, not 1 scratch to tell where it was found. It needs a new battery now, but that’s no big thing.

My antique is a Seth Thomas Adamantine circa 1905. Dad was a youngster when she traded for it, so I’m guessing it has been in the family since the mid 30s. The picture is the clock sitting on my 1940s Stewart-Warner tube type radio, with a Navajo weaving as a backdrop.