{"id":4388,"date":"2016-12-14T14:18:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T20:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=4388"},"modified":"2016-12-30T11:29:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T17:29:56","slug":"grandfather-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=4388","title":{"rendered":"Grandfather Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

I bought myself a Stuhrling<\/strong> pocket watch for my birthday. Actually my wife supplied the funding, but I placed the order. Its production lineage is a bit obfuscated by marketing double talk. The best I can determined, it is a Swiss design, made under Swiss supervision, in a Swiss owned watch factory, in Hong Kong, China.<\/p>\n

The last part (China) explains how such a nice looking watch can be offered in the $60 price range in the real world. I have seem some BS<\/strong> pricing on this exact model in the $400 – $500 range. I bet they never sold one at that price.<\/p>\n

China is now making virtually all the low and much of the high cost watches these days. So it is not all bad. It is just that Stuhrling<\/strong> is not very transparent on the manufacture location of this watch. They play up the Swiss heritage to the highest degree.<\/p>\n

The model number on my watch is 6053-3333. There is an exact duplicate in polished stainless for about $10.00 more. I like the \u201cwarm\u201d look of the gold color.<\/p>\n

I ordered it from Amazon.com, whom had the best price and free delivery.<\/p>\n

I owned a pocket watch probably 60 years ago when a very young man. My maternal grandfather owned and only used a pocket watch. My brother and I received our own when we could treat it properly. I think it was a Hamilton or at least USA made and certainly was not high quality or price. I just remember owning it and actually using the watch pocket in my jeans.<\/p>\n

I may have worn it later in life, but have no recollection of what happened to it. Probably quit working and was discarded.<\/p>\n

This Stuhrling appears to be a very good watch. I have to say it\u2026 “time will tell if it was a good purchase”<\/em>. I wanted a fully manual, wind up watch. It must be wound every day, It\u2019s a watch you take care of and treat with respect. Yeah, it\u2019s a throwback to old technology. I think that makes it something special these days.<\/p>\n

It is a bit small it seems, for a pocket watch (as I remember my original) but I knew and expected that when I placed the order. It is also a bit hard to read with the skeleton face design. I also knew that going in.<\/p>\n

So for me, it meets all expectations. Accurate time keeping will be determined.<\/p>\n\n\t\t