Watch story thread

New thread to me, so I started at the beginning and spent some time reading stories and learning a few things, and then, suddenly, it seems to have gone the way of William Jolliffe in December of 1912.

Let's see if we can get things back on track with a story about the only watch in my collection that really has one, at least that I know and can tell with any confidence.

This Tissot Seastar T-12 was given to me by my Sister In-Law. It was given to her late husband by his parents when they were stationed with the CIA in Saigon ~1965. His parents purchased two, one for each of the twin boys, and based on the condition when I received it, he wore it daily! The crystal had a plethora of scratches, and one fairly significant crack, so I knew that was something that would need to be replaced, and, even though it had sat in a top dresser drawer for decades and I knew the oils were dried up, I wound it a bit to see if it had any life...feeling the click of a broken mainspring, I immediately marched it to a watchmaker close to home.

After learning the shop was a third generation watchmaking family business, feeling much more comfortable, and learning more things about this watch in a short period of time than I could actually remember, I said I'd like a full service, to keep everything as original as possible ("replace only broken parts, don't touch that dial!"), and left it at the spa for a treatment.

What was a fairly rough looking watch turned into an honest and beautiful piece that I will treasure all the more because of the history/journey I know it has seen.