Bugger!

My Speedie reduced fell off my wrist due to a spring bar failure and the case back popped off and rolled away… the watch looks fine with no marks on the case, by the time I found the case back some idiot had trodden on it and it’s warped outta shape! There is a sharp ding in the edge of the case back, must’ve be from what ever it hit or possibly what ever it was trodden into…...l didn’t see what it hit, there is shit everywhere here, could’ve been anything. Whatever it hit must’ve been at just the right angle.
I head something hit the deck and something rolling, then realised that my watch wasn’t on my wrist any more
Found the spring bar, it looks fine. It did have the pins sticking out a bit far from the clasp when it was fitted, so maybe one was pressed in a bit by something….… I dunno……what I do know is I’m mighty pissed off!

Only had the thing serviced a few months ago!
No not blaming the watchmaker, the spring bar would’ve been me, as the bracelet was repaired by the watchmaker and I had to resize it to fit, I seem to remember a spring bar leaping off into the great unknown, and not being able to find it, I probably stuck whatever was about that would hold it.

They’re entry level watches. What do you expect?

Son of a ... I feel yah. My brand new one already hit the floor thanks to bloody cats! I was resizing the bracelet but the lady wanted to go shopping, so i left it on the workbench. I knew I knew I knewwwwwww that I should have put it away in the box and as soon as I got home I looked and she was face down on the wood floor. Got away with a tiny tiny scootch but holy hell that took a piss in my wheaties for sure. It might never leave my wrist now, even for lawn mowing.

Well got a text from the watch doctor this morning, with the news that it’s ready, dashed down to see him and he was able to straighten the case back, gave it a quick once over, polished the crystal and fed it some new spring bars!
In short……….IT LIVES!
Of course he also fondled by bank account………he has bills and needs to eat too!