Post by ianmedium on Dec 2, 2014 15:14:14 GMT -6
Arrived today. And when I say most valuable I am talking priceless for it has huge sentimental value rather than pecuniary value.
As a lad growing up in the UK I remember my late Mum going to the watch and jewelers counter of the Exeter branch of Woolworths in Devon looking to buy a new watch to replace her damaged beyond repair existing one.
There is a budget brand in the UK called Limit International. These were, back in the seventies when Mum purchased hers, made in Switzerland, today they are made in the Far East somewhere.
They were a notch above Sekonda and a rung below Rotary but they had a reputation of being well made and long lasting and of course, made in Switzerland which was always a sign of a better quality watch even though it was a budget brand.
I was about 9 when she got the Limit and I remember the day vividly and remember the one she chose came in both men's and women's sizes, very common back then, not so much now I think.
She got the woman's size and I remember always loving to look at it as it had a really beautiful dial that later I found out was called Cote D' Geneve... Geneva stripes!.
My sister quite rightly got the watch when Mum died twenty years ago but I always wanted to find the men's version as having that on my wrist I knew would always bring back happy memories.
Well! The day before my birthday last week I was looking through ebay in the evening when I came across the watch! In lovely condition ( apart from a scratched crystal which I soon rectified today!) so I jumped on it only realizing after that in England where the watch was located it was already my birthday!
I like to think my Mum guided me on this one as I have been looking for almost twenty years for it! ( hmm, wonder if that's were my title of enabler came from!)
Here are some quick shots including one with a picture of my mum and our dog Kim and also her wedding ring which is always on my finger and was made from gold panned in the Welsh mountains by my Grandfather for my Grandmother for their wedding in 1915. From my Grandmother to my Mum then to me and after I kick the bucket to my sisters daughter!
Thanks for looking.
As a lad growing up in the UK I remember my late Mum going to the watch and jewelers counter of the Exeter branch of Woolworths in Devon looking to buy a new watch to replace her damaged beyond repair existing one.
There is a budget brand in the UK called Limit International. These were, back in the seventies when Mum purchased hers, made in Switzerland, today they are made in the Far East somewhere.
They were a notch above Sekonda and a rung below Rotary but they had a reputation of being well made and long lasting and of course, made in Switzerland which was always a sign of a better quality watch even though it was a budget brand.
I was about 9 when she got the Limit and I remember the day vividly and remember the one she chose came in both men's and women's sizes, very common back then, not so much now I think.
She got the woman's size and I remember always loving to look at it as it had a really beautiful dial that later I found out was called Cote D' Geneve... Geneva stripes!.
My sister quite rightly got the watch when Mum died twenty years ago but I always wanted to find the men's version as having that on my wrist I knew would always bring back happy memories.
Well! The day before my birthday last week I was looking through ebay in the evening when I came across the watch! In lovely condition ( apart from a scratched crystal which I soon rectified today!) so I jumped on it only realizing after that in England where the watch was located it was already my birthday!
I like to think my Mum guided me on this one as I have been looking for almost twenty years for it! ( hmm, wonder if that's were my title of enabler came from!)
Here are some quick shots including one with a picture of my mum and our dog Kim and also her wedding ring which is always on my finger and was made from gold panned in the Welsh mountains by my Grandfather for my Grandmother for their wedding in 1915. From my Grandmother to my Mum then to me and after I kick the bucket to my sisters daughter!
Thanks for looking.
