He's a super nice old guy. And I think he knows a lot, and could answer a lot of our questions. He has no vested interest. Nor does he understand the collector market. He's just a watchmaker. He was trained in Switzerland by UG in the early 1950s, brought to the US by UG in the early 60s and was in charge of their service dept then. Geez, last week, he told me he has an 18k bubbleback case that he would be happy to sell me for melt value. Of course, I wouldn't do that to him. And of course, he can't find it.
I'm a journalist and a publicist by trade. I've interviewed a lot of people, and I know how to build a good interview. My vested interest in this project is that doing this interview is that it would place me right in front of his bench (I've never been there before). God knows what cool things are in the drawers.....
So, yeah, I think an interview with an old timer UG watchmaker would be pretty cool here. And there aren't many guys left that know what he does. He worked for UG for decades. I just chatted with him on the phone (now) and he's game.
Let me know what questions you guys would like to ask. Try to keep them across the board, not just co-signed stuff. Frank knows.....
Lemme know what you think! I'll start another thread if you guys are interested in hearing from a UG old timer.
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