I have been collecting watches for longer than I care to remember however my most "valuable" watch was my first (well second but that's another story). When I was a teen, I would borrow my Dad's watch overnight just to put it under my pillow to listen to it's melody, ocassionally Dad would let me wear it for a day or two and I would constantly marvel at how thin a machine it was given its function. The poor old watch would get knocked about for years on Dad's wrist as he worked as a storeman in a tyre factory or digging the family garden patch...it only left his wrist if it was on loan to me! I remember at least two occasions where the plexi needed changing after a hard knock but fortunately a quick fix as the watchmaker lived in our street which also meant the watch got a regular clean and oil throughout it's life. One last treasure, the watch links 3 generations in my family, well at least in sentiment; the watch was gifted to my Dad by his Grandmother. Now the watch, but don't get too excited, she's a plain Jane but I love her.....
Heirlooms are the best kinds of watches. The watch that got me interested in watches as something more than a tool for telling time was my great granddad's Illinois that my dad had when I was little.
wow! nice story! Love the watch too. Quite surprise with after all the years of heavily used it still remain in a great condition, with original crown, too.
Does the store look like this still, think there would be a ton of PR stuff. These are the places NOS watches are found in a draw. Surprised @Tony C. and a few other members would be halfway there if your answer is "Yes"
I honestly don't know...but I will be back there next year. I may be listing a bunch of NOS Zeniths after the trip