I firmly blelieve that if we went, in the Delorean time machine, back to 1857 and met the foreman at the old Waltham plant and told him we were from 2016 he would be amazed.
If we told him that watch the worker is assembling would “STILL be working as new in 2016, can you believe it?”
I think he would be furious, exclaiming, “Why are you so surprised it’s still going...of course it is still going..it is supposed to. We don’t build junk here you know.”
I assume you’ve seen the old Waltham Watch factory.
I used to drive my grandkids by it and stop the car so they could get a good look at it.
The looks of the building was ruined for many years by window air conditioners but they are gone.
Best picture here.
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/america/waltham-watch-factory-project-massachusetts
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Wonder if any of my G-Shocks will still be working in 100 years...
Not nearly that old and it was fairly inexpensive but I bought an Elgin pocket watch in 1966. It cost $38 and was no longer made in the U.S..
It was Swiss and 17 jewels. It still works fine and I suspect will keep doing so for a long time.
Oh yes, it took me a year or more to adjust just right but it kept near perfect time for a long time. I suspect it still would but I no longer use it and just wind it every years or so.
A jeweler told me it should be cleaned but he wanted more to clean it than I originally paid for the watch.