Have you ever bought a watch because of the man who owned it before you?.....

What sets one watch apart from another is often the back story behind it. I have never bought a watch because it had belonged to a particular person. But I have discovered an interesting history about a watch after I have bought it. Like my Waltham Crescent Street railroad watch that served in the overalls pocket of a Canadian Pacific Railroad employee who acquired the watch in 1917, and who wore it until he retired in 1965. I researched the owner and found the family who provide me with archival material based on his 48 year service as a fireman/engineer. I also have a complete printout of the 33 repairs done to that watch by the same railroad watch inspector who maintained it, for all of those years. I also have inherited several other watches from family that came with a back story. Including the Elgin B W Raymond pocket watch that was owned by my wife’s great grandfather who was a sergeant in the Union Army in the civil war. And I have a 7-jewel, 18 size Elgin in a coin silver case that belonged to my paternal grandfather who died 109 years ago.

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