On the topic of what I would prefer to wear, rather than a Swatch or a system 51 Tissot, today I decided to wear my 60-year old "HORMILTON". Pin lever, dial marked 21 (as in implying 21-jewels. There are 2 jewels), and a whole bunch of other stuff that's not true! Yes, "HORMILTON"! These were often fobbed off in shopping centre parking lots in the 1950s by people who "needed a Greyhound ticket to get to
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wherever", and needed to sell this "valuable" watch. If you persisted, you could buy them for 1/10 of what the vendor was asking! And, yes! These were fake Hamiltons! This one needs a centre pinion, so there's no seconds hand, but it runs well, and is remarkably accurate.
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