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 Posted: Wed Sep 19th, 2007 10:01 pm
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zippofan



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 A slippery slope indeed...I have been looking at railroad grade pocket watches (Hamilton, Ball, Elgin/BW Raymond) for awhile now and have resisted because there was always another wrist watch that I wanted.

My great grandfather was an engineer on the DL&W RR, though no one in my family knows what happened to his pocket watch darn it.

I have curbed the appetite somewhat by getting a Bulova Accutron Railroad Approved and a Mondaine Swiss RR quartz, but those big beautiful dials and decorated movements call to me all the time.  Probably the main thing that stops me is that I haven't had much luck with vintage watches with the exception of the Bulova, that was completely refurbished when I bought it.

Cheers,
Griff