- Posts
- 3,930
- Likes
- 45,242
styggpyggeno1
·My grandfathers.
This spring I am celebrating ten years as a watch nerd. But even before that I was interested in design and everything vintage. Yesterday, when visiting my mother, I looked thru some old photo albums and I found some watch-related pictures.
My paternal grandfather was a cabinetmaker and fine carpenter. He made interiors, furniture and such. His everyday watch was an old Atlantic. They were swiss made and/but sold mostly thru mailorder I believe. Here is a picture of him in his workshop (kept and used long after his retirement). The picture has bearing on clocks also as you can see. A naval touch and made in oak - I have one of them. If I remember right the clock is a Eterna - but I am not sure. You can see the Atlantic on his wrist - on a Fixoflex bracelet.
I got his Atlantic in the 90-ies and used it a lot. Here is a pic of me and the watch - me a lot younger than today and with hair...
And here it is - my grandfathers watch. The only thing that makes it a little special is the power reserve indicator. I have not opened it but I believe the movement is a AS 1382. And I might have been an early patina-guy when wearing it over twenty years ago.
And yes - the goo is mine and over twenty years old. I did not think about it much then... Today I am a clean watch guy.
This spring I am celebrating ten years as a watch nerd. But even before that I was interested in design and everything vintage. Yesterday, when visiting my mother, I looked thru some old photo albums and I found some watch-related pictures.
My paternal grandfather was a cabinetmaker and fine carpenter. He made interiors, furniture and such. His everyday watch was an old Atlantic. They were swiss made and/but sold mostly thru mailorder I believe. Here is a picture of him in his workshop (kept and used long after his retirement). The picture has bearing on clocks also as you can see. A naval touch and made in oak - I have one of them. If I remember right the clock is a Eterna - but I am not sure. You can see the Atlantic on his wrist - on a Fixoflex bracelet.
I got his Atlantic in the 90-ies and used it a lot. Here is a pic of me and the watch - me a lot younger than today and with hair...
And here it is - my grandfathers watch. The only thing that makes it a little special is the power reserve indicator. I have not opened it but I believe the movement is a AS 1382. And I might have been an early patina-guy when wearing it over twenty years ago.
And yes - the goo is mine and over twenty years old. I did not think about it much then... Today I am a clean watch guy.
Edited:
