My first memories are listening to the radio with mum and my gran, after that a long gap to a few years ago where I by chance heard a re run of a fairly modern radio comedy called "old harry's game".
I searched it out online and that led to more radio comedy that just kept getting older and...
Just lately I've been looking at some of my old lighters that have been passed down to me and got interested in getting a couple for personal use.
The last was an original pre war Ronson viking drop valve model, sadly it doesn't hold gas and the lads at Ronson here have run out of spares for...
Multi tracking didn't come in until very late in the day, before that people like les paul had messed around with sound on sound, ie playing back the track through a desk, playing an overdub live with the combined sound of both recording on a second tape machine.
In fact when I was young back...
Here's some images of the movements etc.
Rear of 1883 showing guilloche.
Its thick and chunky as can be seen here.
The movement.
1899 movement.
Romeo rear cover plate.
Romeo movement
Waltham 1908 model
Waltham 1908 movement
Scion - ebay for most of them though the Kienzle was a present from my brother, he bought it with a smashed crystal and filthy dirty. He replaced the crystal and cleaned the watch completely inside and out as a project for his watch repair course then gave it to me last week.
The two Rone's...
My main interest is all periods of waltham pocket watches and wristwatches from the period 1900 - the late 1950's, but especially those from the 1930's-40's.
None of mine have cost a lot, I don't have much money sadly.
Waltham 1899 model, gold plated hunter configuration, size 16...
I have a few to share as well.
My main interest is all periods of waltham pocket watches and wristwatches from the period 1900 - the late 1950's, but especially those from the 1930's-40's.
None of mine have cost a lot, I don't have much money sadly.
Waltham 1899 model, gold plated hunter...
Nothing vintage at present.
Everything goes through my little nad DAB micro receiver and a pair of art deco-ish Q acoustics 1050i floor standers.
Sadly over here we are being advised to switch to DAB as they intended to withdraw other services, but I may get an old set to convert at a later...
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