BobM Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 This past week I was in Florida visiting my Son. My 22-year old grandson there has the hots for a black Submariner, so we talked a bit about watches. I was telling him about one of my watches ... telling how I set and wind that old watch each day. He looked puzzled, "Wind the watch? Why do you do that?".. "Why, because I want the watch to run and keep time", I said. He stll looked puzzled. Then I realized ... he is too young to have routinely experienced anything but battery operated digital watches or automatic mechanical watches! He had no idea! Amazing. Later, I was telling my wife about that conversation and she related a similar story to me. She was saying that one of her friends gave an older, very high-end, quality watch out of her jewelery box to her daughter-in-law. But after some period of time when she noticed the daughter-in-law was not wearing the watch, she asked why. Her son's wife replied, "It doesn't run". The lady asked, "Did you wind it?" Daughter-in-law, "Wind it? What is that?" My goodness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 My goodness! That's nothing! Wait 'til you give him your old victrola, Bob. Unlike these things... This thing ...is still alive, kicking, and being repped like hotcakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sssurfer Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 My goodness! Really. Well, at least those folks know what a watch is... The next generation is going to have mobile phones directly implanted into their brains... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Really. Well, at least those folks know what a watch is... The next generation is going to have mobile phones directly implanted into their brains... I hope Bergie's is ready for neurosurgery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyphis Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Of note is a recent change in a cognitive acoustic test in medicine. It had to be changed as people no longer recognize the sound of a typewriter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therebel Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 I was winding one of my Pam's the other day and a guy asked me if it was an old pocket watch I had mounted on a strap??? He said so because he didn't have any clue as to A) why was I winding a NEW watch and the size of the thing. Unfortunately this guy was mid thirties so young age wasn't an excuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hambone Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Don't forget to wind your watches children.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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