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McKinley
·Hello all. I don't believe I have told this story before, but I believe that this watch, or lack of receiving it, and the fact that I was always subconsciously trying to replace it, is why I became a watch collector. The full background is as follows and I will try and keep it simple and straight forward. On August 16th of 1978, when I was only 15, my paternal Grandfather passed of a sudden heart attack. It was my first major loss of family. On the way to the funeral, my Grandmother promised me his watch. Days, months and years passed and I never mentioned it to her that she had never given me Grampa's watch, even though I really wanted it....I didn't even know the brand or if watches had any value back then. I wanted it because it had been my Grampa's watch. I was raised to be polite, not ask for things and to say "Thank you." very quickly when I was given something. About 7 years ago my Grandmother passed and I still didn't have the watch. 2 and a half years ago my father's older brother, my Uncle passed and a little over a year ago I was told I could have something of his if I wanted it. I said to my wife, I don't know what to ask for, I don't want to ask for something of real value or seem greedy. She responded, "You could ask about his watch, you collect, you would use it and who knows if it is more than just a Timex anyway." So, I asked about his watch. My cousin told me, "You can have the watch he got from Grammie when Grampa died, you can have Grampa's old Hamilton." I was finally going to get Grampa's watch that I had been promised 41 years earlier!! OK, here is my dilemma, problem....whatever. The watch has been redialed. I want to get it restored to it's original condition. I believe I have identified the original model as a Hamilton M100-3. Would you all please look at the pics of my Grandfather's redialed watch and what an original M100-3 looks like and tell me if I am correct? Also, I feel that @Vanallard and maybe a couple of others out there are Hamilton experts and maybe could direct me on how to find a NOS dial for this case and I can get the movement serviced and wear it in the condition it was meant to be worn. Before I joined here, I may have been able to wear a redialed watch, but now I just can't. LOL Plus, I feel it was redialed in the 41 years that it was in my uncle's possession, so I would be putting it back to the condition my Grandfather wore it. Any help on the identification or direction on picking up a dial would be greatly appreciated.
McK
McK
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