5/27/2023 0 Comments Pocket watch hallmarksPocket watches usually bear some kind of maker’s mark. Could I identify where it was made, or when and by whom? I felt inspired to learn more about our watch. Sometimes, something comes to you and reminds you that these are not just objects and facts - there was life here. It’s one of the best parts about collecting old objects and researching history. I was so grateful for those seconds of connection. Not long after, the second hand stopped again, and for a time,things felt a little emptier. I wondered about the person or people whose days had been accompanied by that soft, urgent ticking, back when the watch worked. The second hand’s ticks sounded like a tiny, racing heart. I stopped what I was doing and gently picked the watch up and held it to my ear. It was like someone greeting me from long ago. And yet, here it was, ticking again after who knows how many decades, maybe nearly a century. I never expected that it might still work. Its crown, a bulb-shaped part at the top,is missing and the pin to wind it is stuck inside its holder. My husband had bought this watch for its charm, not its functionality. But I have to admit that as I took those photos, I was more focused on things like light and angles than on the watch’s story.Īnd then, its second hand started to move. I’ve always found this watch - well, I can’t say “pretty” (that’s more a word I’d use for a star-covered scarf) but “handsome.” And like any object from an era I will never be able to visit outside my imagination, I’ve always had respect and reverence for it.
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