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Old 08-24-2007, 01:03 PM   #61
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Here's a front and back view of the old pocket watch that I mentioned earlier. I haven't researched it yet, but I'm guessing it's from the mid- to late-19th century.

It's shown actual size.
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Old 08-24-2007, 01:05 PM   #62
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It's shown actual size.
How big is your pocket? That thing is the size of my outspread hand. Is that a pocketwatch in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
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Old 08-24-2007, 01:18 PM   #63
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It's actual size... on his 37" monitor.
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Old 08-24-2007, 01:21 PM   #64
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Yeah, it weighs 14 pounds. The good news is that the case is solid gold.

I don't know the significance of the tombstone on the back. Maybe it means that the original owner is now dead.
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Old 08-24-2007, 01:34 PM   #65
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So, you're serious. This watch is actually 7" across? Yikes. Out of the realm of "pocket" isn't it?
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Old 08-24-2007, 01:51 PM   #66
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Maybe it's a salesman's sample.
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Old 08-24-2007, 01:53 PM   #67
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Kind of the opposite of those tiny little beds in department stores, eh?
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Old 08-24-2007, 02:01 PM   #68
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Sorry, sorry, I was mixing it up with this.
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Old 08-24-2007, 02:03 PM   #69
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lmao...go see my response to that.
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Old 08-24-2007, 04:21 PM   #70
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Old 08-24-2007, 08:46 PM   #71
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ain't it though?

The tombstone thing may just be a refeence to the passage of time and our inevitable destination.
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Old 08-24-2007, 09:22 PM   #72
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A small collection of Kipling published in 1891, in an inexpensive edition, so the bindings are in a rather delicate condition. (Quit that; I bought it used!)

Next oldest is a 1911 .45 automatic, whose serial number dates it to 1917. Long hammer spur that tends to bite my hand on cycling, flat backstrap to the grip, walnut grips with battered grip screws. Dinky little sights. The only new bit in it is the firing pin retaining plate, replacing the original which had broken in half but was still holding the firing pin in place (this small part is just ahead of the hammer, which falls upon it and the tail-end of the firing pin. The broken plate was chewing the hammer up, giving it entirely too much character. The chewed hammer is still soldiering on; the piece is not a collectors' item but a shooter, as it has been reblued and the stamp that should be there on the forward frame reading "Property of U.S. Army" has been ground and polished away. Still got a lot of shots left in the old girl, though.
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Old 08-25-2007, 11:04 AM   #73
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UG - I'd be interested in seeing a picture of that. I also have an M1911, but I don't know when it was made.
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Old 08-25-2007, 11:20 AM   #74
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HLJ, look here.
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Old 08-25-2007, 11:44 AM   #75
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Thanks Bruce.

I'm sitting in the Honda dealership, waiting for my car to be serviced, and I forgot both my humongous watch and my M1911. Fortunately I brought my computer and the dealer has 802.11g.
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