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·So today one of my employees noticed the Speedy I was wearing and asked to see it. I asked if he was into watches and he told me this crazy story:
Seems his dad worked for Bulova for 30 years, as their head tool and die maker, among other roles. His dad told him an anecdote about a time in the Sixties when Bulova wanted to impress their Swiss counterparts. His dad told them not do it, but they went ahead anyway with this stunt: They drilled a very small pin (as in a watch part of sort) longitudinally, left the bit in it, and sent it over to Switzerland and told them that if they x-rayed it, they would find the pin drilled precisely down through the center of this tiny part. It apparently took Bulova awhile to get this sample exercise completed correctly. But very shortly after sending it off, they received a package in return. Inside was the pin with the bit in it, but the Swiss shop returned it with their own bit drilled precisely through the center of the bit Bulova left in the pin.
Unfortunately, he did not know WHO exactly in Switzerland Bulova had this exchange with, or exactly what year this might have been. But he swears his dad was one of the most understated, soft-spoken men he ever knew and was sure it was true. As a side note, his dad worked at an NYC midtown watch store in his retirement years, and ended up being Andy Warhol's watchmaker there.
TIFWIW!
Seems his dad worked for Bulova for 30 years, as their head tool and die maker, among other roles. His dad told him an anecdote about a time in the Sixties when Bulova wanted to impress their Swiss counterparts. His dad told them not do it, but they went ahead anyway with this stunt: They drilled a very small pin (as in a watch part of sort) longitudinally, left the bit in it, and sent it over to Switzerland and told them that if they x-rayed it, they would find the pin drilled precisely down through the center of this tiny part. It apparently took Bulova awhile to get this sample exercise completed correctly. But very shortly after sending it off, they received a package in return. Inside was the pin with the bit in it, but the Swiss shop returned it with their own bit drilled precisely through the center of the bit Bulova left in the pin.
Unfortunately, he did not know WHO exactly in Switzerland Bulova had this exchange with, or exactly what year this might have been. But he swears his dad was one of the most understated, soft-spoken men he ever knew and was sure it was true. As a side note, his dad worked at an NYC midtown watch store in his retirement years, and ended up being Andy Warhol's watchmaker there.
TIFWIW!
