Re: Don’t Know If I’m Strong Enough To Talk About This Yet…
Originally Posted by
Timbofood
Ok folks, when we're you last asked what it means to "wind a watch"? There's one that makes me laugh out loud!
I have maybe six battery powered watches, everything else(30+\-) is mechanical! I'm an old codger!
I have never owned a digital watch. I spent a lot of time in broadcasting (full-time jobs and moonlighting jobs) and I wanted to see a graphic depiction of the hands in relation to the digits (usually the 12). It was easier for me to just glance at an analog watch or clock in situations where I was concerned about remaining time or elapsed time.
I also wanted as much accuracy as I could get because back then, the networks always kept accurate time. Toward that end, I bought a Bulova Accutron watch. Boy, that was neat! Bulky but neat. I still have it. Now, the only truly mechanical watch I own is an old Tag Heuer. It's self-winding. It actually winds a spring. If I don't wear it, it's good for maybe a day and a half and it's not terribly accurate.
As a war baby, I'll likely never find a mandolin made in '44. (1944 not 1844.)
David Hopkins
2001 Gibson F-5L mandolin
Breedlove Legacy FF mandolin; Breedlove Quartz FF mandolin
Gibson F-4 mandolin (1916); Blevins f-style Octave mandolin, 2018
McCormick Oval Sound Hole "Reinhardt" Mandolin
McCormick Solid Body F-Style Electric Mandolin; Slingerland Songster Guitar (c. 1939)
The older I get, the less tolerant I am of political correctness, incompetence and stupidity.
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