Ezio Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Just Wanted to show this gem of mine This pocket watch was gifted to my great grandfather In 1924 when he was 15 It was stolen from me 10 years ago In a house break In and yesterday i Got a visit by The police which gave it back to me it was found In a yard sale In a polish town which was bought by a old watchsmith and he found The engraving on The back interesting he decided to search to find out more about it two years later he's search finally gave something a old family three of my family online showed The engraving on top of The three it was the crest of my family he Then decided to look Into it more contacting The churchs arxhives and Got more info about my family and found out it was reported stolen In 2005 he Then tried to find members of my Living family and get In contact but wasnt succesful he Then decided to contact The Danish police where they with great joy handed over something that no money ever Can buy a piece of my origin a piece of my history They gave me a note he wrote to me explaining he's story Mr Bartkowiak Will forever be in my heart and Will forever be in he's depth Lastly to my surprise it still ticks after all these years 91 to be exact 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozon1969 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 How stunningly superb is that! Great to hear the watch found it's way back. Keep it safe :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Now that´s a watch with it´s roots way back in time and a story to tell. Great, congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Cant go wrong if you have a VETO supert at du har fått den og dens plass i din families historie tilbake Hilsen fra Norge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezio Posted June 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Thanks guys ! Have no words for how Big this is for me the kindness from strangers have truly humbled me ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywatch Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Wow what a great story and outcome. There are still a lot of good people in the world and there always will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendota Explorer Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 What a great story! I'm so glad you got this back after all of these years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenM Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 What a fantastic story. It's things like this that renew faith in humanity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 That is a great story!! Amazing how some folks intellectual curiosity will compel them to read and research far more than the average person. Luckily for you your watch was fated to fall into the hands I'd such a person. Great that you got it back, and kudos to the curious watchmaker who made it possible. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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