Date: 26/12/2013 22:40:49
From: CrazyNeutrino
ID: 458586
Subject: Ministry of Silly Walks DIY Clock
:)
CrazyNeutrino said:
It is only a mickey mouse watch reborn as monty python. Novelty is one thing but the watch breaks down before the novelty wears off.
roughbarked said:
CrazyNeutrino said:It is only a mickey mouse watch reborn as monty python. Novelty is one thing but the watch breaks down before the novelty wears off.
still putting that walk on a timepiece makes such perfect sense!
roughbarked said:
It is only a mickey mouse watch reborn as monty python. Novelty is one thing but the watch breaks down before the novelty wears off.
The Army used to issue a watch, (probably a hangover from when they were valuable and to be fair, they are an essential bit of kit) I wish I had a few of them now, must be worth something now for novelty value alone.
Skunkworks said:
roughbarked said:It is only a mickey mouse watch reborn as monty python. Novelty is one thing but the watch breaks down before the novelty wears off.
The Army used to issue a watch, (probably a hangover from when they were valuable and to be fair, they are an essential bit of kit) I wish I had a few of them now, must be worth something now for novelty value alone.
Depends on the era. A bit like the railway watches one got on the American railroads. They were meant to be good reliable timekeepers, without being the most expensive..
roughbarked said:
Depends on the era. A bit like the railway watches one got on the American railroads. They were meant to be good reliable timekeepers, without being the most expensive..
No doubt they were cheap, but I mean from a collectors perspective, a military issue watch.
Skunkworks said:
roughbarked said:Depends on the era. A bit like the railway watches one got on the American railroads. They were meant to be good reliable timekeepers, without being the most expensive..
No doubt they were cheap, but I mean from a collectors perspective, a military issue watch.
There was no point issuing a cheap watch. The mass manufactured was introduced by the Americans. Waltham, Elgin and the like. The Swiss followed rapidly and later all the American watches were fitted with Swiss movements. My FiL was issued with a Tissot.
roughbarked said:
Skunkworks said:
roughbarked said:Depends on the era. A bit like the railway watches one got on the American railroads. They were meant to be good reliable timekeepers, without being the most expensive..
No doubt they were cheap, but I mean from a collectors perspective, a military issue watch.
There was no point issuing a cheap watch. The mass manufactured was introduced by the Americans. Waltham, Elgin and the like. The Swiss followed rapidly and later all the American watches were fitted with Swiss movements. My FiL was issued with a Tissot.
Watches were not generally shockproof or water resistant during the first war. Though they were by the second.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
Skunkworks said:No doubt they were cheap, but I mean from a collectors perspective, a military issue watch.
There was no point issuing a cheap watch. The mass manufactured was introduced by the Americans. Waltham, Elgin and the like. The Swiss followed rapidly and later all the American watches were fitted with Swiss movements. My FiL was issued with a Tissot.
Watches were not generally shockproof or water resistant during the first war. Though they were by the second.
how often was it back then that if you were being issued a watch you were probably getting blown up anyway?