Jasonlwirt
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Only a Timex but still my first watch
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Finally found a watch, another first
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REVIER
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Watches and knives, parts or whole and in any condition are 2 of my favorite types of targets to dig.
Something strange about watches...
I often find a watch but no band, or a band but no watch in the vicinity.
Sure, many bands are not metal but the buckle always is.
Or I find the frame of a pocket watch but no back, or the back but nothing else.
I wonder how they get so separated?
Something strange about watches...
I often find a watch but no band, or a band but no watch in the vicinity.
Sure, many bands are not metal but the buckle always is.
Or I find the frame of a pocket watch but no back, or the back but nothing else.
I wonder how they get so separated?
GeorgeinSC
Well-known member
Watches are a neat find. One wonders how someone would lost a watch that was on their wrist and not notice that it was missing.
Pocket watches are something that I would like to find but not so far.
My first watch was a Timex that I found at a campground in NC. It did not live up to the old slogan that Timex used years ago. "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking". It was not running.
A couple of weeks ago i was working an area at the beach as the tide moved off the area. Dug up a watch (no band), No brand name on the watch. Brought it home and noticed that there was some moisture inside so I put it in my hearing aid dryer for a couple of nights and the rascal is still running.
HH
Pocket watches are something that I would like to find but not so far.
My first watch was a Timex that I found at a campground in NC. It did not live up to the old slogan that Timex used years ago. "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking". It was not running.
A couple of weeks ago i was working an area at the beach as the tide moved off the area. Dug up a watch (no band), No brand name on the watch. Brought it home and noticed that there was some moisture inside so I put it in my hearing aid dryer for a couple of nights and the rascal is still running.
HH
Goldstrike
Well-known member
There are usually 2 what's called spring bars that hold the watch strap onto the watch. What happens over a period of time, because they are under some stress is they get tweaked and deformed and get pulled out, resulting in the watch separating from the band.
I remember in the 70's when the vehicle that I was in broke down on the Autobahn in Germany. My buddy and I started hitch hiking (a big no-no)! but everyone was flying by at high speed because of the no speed limits!! and no one was stopping to help. Eventually, someone stopped and picked us up but before we got picked up, I had picked up a watch from the edge of the Autobahn and wondered for a long time how it was that it got there. Later I realised/observed that a spring bar was missing and that was probably the reason it got there. I have retrieved a few watches over the years myself either because the clasps have popped open or a spring bar came loose.!
I remember in the 70's when the vehicle that I was in broke down on the Autobahn in Germany. My buddy and I started hitch hiking (a big no-no)! but everyone was flying by at high speed because of the no speed limits!! and no one was stopping to help. Eventually, someone stopped and picked us up but before we got picked up, I had picked up a watch from the edge of the Autobahn and wondered for a long time how it was that it got there. Later I realised/observed that a spring bar was missing and that was probably the reason it got there. I have retrieved a few watches over the years myself either because the clasps have popped open or a spring bar came loose.!
Jasonlwirt
New member
Good point. As you can see from the picture the bottom pin is missing.