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Ever get another of the same watch just because it had a different dial?


Given my liking for watches with indices but not numbers, a large part of my collection consists of mostly the same dial but different cases made by different manufacturers 🤔
 
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Picked up a 1931 Hamilton 21-jewel 992E in its Wadsworth No. 2 bar-over-crown case a couple years back in a local landmark gas station turned curiosity shop. Was a “real deal” for the right price. Filthy, it needed service plus a new crown, for someone had deliberately obscured the “Hamilton Railroad” marking with concentric rings off the crown’s top by sanding it off.
Perhaps they thought they were obscuring railroad ownership?

I had the watch serviced last year, but the watch maker forgot to install the replacement crown I had provided. So, I just got the crown installed and am putting the watch into service. Now the watch is all better.
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Just caffeine…no donuts…
The older I get the more of that it takes to fire me up in the morning. Or, perhaps the older I get the less effective the effects of caffeine. Is that a sign of advancing age?
 
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I’m on holiday but I brought 4 x Seiko, 1 x Omega and this Longines

 
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The older I get the more of that it takes to fire me up in the morning. Or, perhaps the older I get the less effective the effects of caffeine. Is that a sign of
Just caffeine…no donuts…
anchor clanker
 
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Haven't posted in a while since I got immersed in a new project: bought a new-old fun car for the weekend:


It's at the mechanic right now for some general maintenance and new tires, headlights, steering wheel and exhaust, and then it will go on long road trip around the Gulf of Mexico:
 
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Picked up a 1931 Hamilton 21-jewel 992E in its Wadsworth No. 2 bar-over-crown case a couple years back in a local landmark gas station turned curiosity shop. Was a “real deal” for the right price. Filthy, it needed service plus a new crown, for someone had deliberately obscured the “Hamilton Railroad” marking with concentric rings off the crown’s top by sanding it off.
Perhaps they thought they were obscuring railroad ownership?

I had the watch serviced last year, but the watch maker forgot to install the replacement crown I had provided. So, I just got the crown installed and am putting the watch into service. Now the watch is all better.
Gotta love that! I used to have two 992Es, but a friend fell in love with one of mine, so it has found a new home. Share and share alike, I always say. For ease of servicing, the 992B has it all over the 992E. But I think the 992E is every bit as much watch as the 992B. Besides, the 992E movement is a whole lot purtier. And it is a whole lot rarer than the 992 or the 992B. (I still love my 992, though!). We’re in the throes of preparing for our annual railroad standard pocket and wrist watch exhibit, and standard wall clock exhibit at our Heritage Park Railway Days event, ten days from now. I get giddy at this annual event.