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Love number 1! Very cool.
Number 2 is too avant-garde for me.

Up here in Canada, we have our Thanksgiving in October, with beautiful fall colours as the leaves change. Took this one on our Thanksgiving weekend, just before our dinner.

My dad's been gone a little over a year and my uncle passed when I was 11, but this photo of the two of them on my parent's wedding day always makes me smile. Dad's in the right. After I asked to borrow his Omega Seamaster De Ville for a special event, he gave it to me as a gift. I'm grateful he was there to celebrate the event. It's not the watch in the photo, but he wore it every day when I was growing up. A solid gold watch represented leaving his peasant origins to become our family's first professional. I wear it with thanks for the time we had together Love and miss you dad.

Everyday, I look forward to visit this site. My favorite place to hang out. Thank you everyone......

I am thankful for this watch as it was given to me by my wife for ten years of faithful and dedicated service to my marriage. lol

Happy Thanksgiving to all. A lovely Fall view from Station Square in Pittsburgh earlier this week. On the wrist - Waltham 7736 (custom)

And.............Stay away from the political chat at the table! :0)

Here are my two late entries. Happy Thanks Giving from the other side of the pond.

1. The stuff that happens behind the scenes. The were is wally shot.




2. Two trusted friends.



Enjoy
Pat

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Tony? Patrick? Who comes to the GTG? 😉

@tpatta

Always a pleasure, never a choir. As a n00b1 I was vetted by the "firm", manifesting itself as @tyrantlizardrex and @Spacefruit
Being an oddball cross of the below, I felt welcome though like a small child in wonka land

Oh.... the banter

PS Meatball day has been every Tuesday for decads...I'm starting to see why this feels like home away from home

Love all the entries; as for me I'm working through tonight until 6:00 am. Start up again tomorrow at 6:00 pm. Thanksgiving will have to wait until Saturday. I'm grateful for the new bracelet for the new manual wind 6694. Below is what my Thanksgiving view will look like for the most part. FWIW, Thanksgiving isn't a matter or where you are or what you are doing. It's a matter of recognizing all you have and have been given in life. This needs to be recognized daily, even continually and not just once a year.

My second entry can somewhat be connected to the theme of my first entry.

As I stated earlier:

This hobby has taught me more than I ever expected it to(already) and I can thank many of the contributing members for these lessons. However, what I am most thankful for is how my interest in watches has taught me to connect.

After my (paternal) grandfather passed away last year my Dad mentioned, while sorting through his estate, that he had an Omega from the 60s. Just out of pure curiosity I began to scroll through the endless information about the watch. This eventually led me to Omega Forums, but in turn it also helped me connect with my grandfather on a whole new level even after he passed. I learned more about him from family after mentioning the watch than I ever would have without it. I find this to be incredibly beautiful as well as very sad.

I wish I could go back and make up the time, however I cannot. With this unsettling feeling I have made an effort to connect with my maternal grandfather while I do have the time. I am very lucky that I have this opportunity and I am very thankful for this. I am thankful for a watch, a connection, and an opportunity to strengthen family ties while using time to our advatange.

My photo in this entry is of my grandfather's watch which I have had fully serviced as a gift for my father.

Genuinely and thankfully

Jake

PS. Through the time I have spent with my maternal grandfather this year, I have come to notice a mint C case SS Connie donning his wrist from time-to-time.