This morning I did something I always believed I would never do.
To explane I have several old silver wristwatches with movements way to far gone for practical economic repair, so out with the movements & crystals and some scrap silver.
To me it makes sense but somehow it does not leave a good feeling.
Maybe i'm an old softie

 

Thanks Trev, the art of positive thinking. Feel better already.

 

I wish you had posted them here. We could have told you if they were worth saving. Hopefully none of them were valuable beyond the scrap metal.

 

Strangely hated doing it, a lot of research before the dastardly deed was done.

 

I can not tell you how it saddens me to see my boss on a daily basis rip open a watch, toss the movement in a bin and scrap the watch for the gold, silver or platinum content.

It makes a grown man want to cry or have a whiskey to keep from letting him have a piece of mind, not that there is much left of it these days.

Yesterday it was an old Vacheron Constantin pocket watch that had water damage to the movement.

 

Stephen, you do know to tell him to save the good vintage watches and post them for sale here, right? Tell him he could make more than scrap value - $$$ always get the boss's attention.

 

I have on mentioned that to him several times and he says the time involved is not worth the effort, "in his opinion."

He makes the rules and I keep trying to change them but it's a little like trying to heard cats for a living.

Maybe one day.........

 

I here what you say guys and you confirm my own feelings, tbh I reckon in the future they can sit in a box forever as i don't reckon I can ever scrap again.