GusR
September 15th, 2007, 01:52
I had recieved my grandfathers watch collection a few months ago, i've made a few posts here about it before. Anyway the plan has been to cycle the watches through a watchmaker i have found near me to get them all serviced and in running order. Untill a few days ago i had only had the funds to do one watch, a white gold omega that i have carried almost every day since i got it serviced. But then the money fairy visited so it was time to take in another watch.
the watch i chose to take in this time was this watch worn by my grandfather when he served as a fighter pilot during WW2.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa241/souprat/flightwatch.jpg
Untill yesterday that was all i knew about the watch. but when my watchmaker took the back cover off he imidiatly sarted asking questions: -where did you say you go tthis?
-my grandfather.
-where did he get this?
-it was issued to him.
The movement in this watch was made by A. Lange & Sohne. Now i'm new to watch collecting so i had never heard of them but my watchmaker showed me a book he had on colectable watches and apparently this piece i have here can sell for 3,000 euros. That just about blew me away. And the best part about it is that the last time the watch was serviced was in 1956, and yesterday when we fired it is it was only gaining 5 seconds every 24 hours.
I called my mom to tell her that evening and her first question was "so your going to sell it?":roll:
you have to be kidding me, sell the memory of my grandfather and my familys history for 3K? yeah right.
Although, before i really knew what i had here i told my sister that she could have it. The reasoning was i got to keep the rest of the collection. i dont mind her having it, she appreiciates antiques( she has a very nice collection of old dolls), and is an aerospace engineer so she has that connection to planes. But man. Maybe i can get her to accept another watch.
Ether way i'm getting a picture of my grandfather in his uniform, a brass engraving of his plane that i have, and putting it all together with the watch in a nice frame. Just have to see if i can get a period correct band too.
Gus
the watch i chose to take in this time was this watch worn by my grandfather when he served as a fighter pilot during WW2.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa241/souprat/flightwatch.jpg
Untill yesterday that was all i knew about the watch. but when my watchmaker took the back cover off he imidiatly sarted asking questions: -where did you say you go tthis?
-my grandfather.
-where did he get this?
-it was issued to him.
The movement in this watch was made by A. Lange & Sohne. Now i'm new to watch collecting so i had never heard of them but my watchmaker showed me a book he had on colectable watches and apparently this piece i have here can sell for 3,000 euros. That just about blew me away. And the best part about it is that the last time the watch was serviced was in 1956, and yesterday when we fired it is it was only gaining 5 seconds every 24 hours.
I called my mom to tell her that evening and her first question was "so your going to sell it?":roll:
you have to be kidding me, sell the memory of my grandfather and my familys history for 3K? yeah right.
Although, before i really knew what i had here i told my sister that she could have it. The reasoning was i got to keep the rest of the collection. i dont mind her having it, she appreiciates antiques( she has a very nice collection of old dolls), and is an aerospace engineer so she has that connection to planes. But man. Maybe i can get her to accept another watch.
Ether way i'm getting a picture of my grandfather in his uniform, a brass engraving of his plane that i have, and putting it all together with the watch in a nice frame. Just have to see if i can get a period correct band too.
Gus