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To: Patriot Babe

“Well yes except for one thing. My watch is from the late 60’s. =)”

I still have my HS graduation watch from 1965!

101 jewels and self-winding!


14 posted on 05/14/2015 11:47:15 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator
101 jewels and self-winding!

101 jewels ...


16 posted on 05/14/2015 1:54:17 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: TexasGator
"101 jewels and self-winding!"

Ah, the hey-day of the "jewel wars"!

So bad were they that some companies took to gluing non-functional jewels (synthetic rubies, mostly) to useless places (like on the rotor) just to hike up the jewel count :)

You should open it up just to see!

17 posted on 05/14/2015 2:03:07 PM PDT by SparkyBass
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