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Originally Posted by cab83_750
...I used to collect old pocket watches. I ended up just keeping 4. They are art of work. Be aware that most people also consider these to be status symbol...
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The one that belonged to my great-grandfather still has the brown shoestring attached to it that he used to secure it to his bib-overalls strap. I don't think grandpa used it as a status symbol back then...he just didn't have a cell phone
. It's been 40 years or more, but I can still recall him wearing it. We all have our passions...porsches, guns, spoons, watches, whatever, but watches have just never "done it" for me.