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·So now that I have a fancy (and well-paying) new job, today was the day to get back to the health care neglected over the past year. Two appointments in succession, the primary care doctor, and the optometrist.
As many of you have no doubt experienced, one of the common things to do is get your eyes dilated so they can be inspected for issues. For me this is extra-important as I have one better eye and one very worse eye. Born that way.
After I'm dilated, I'm sitting in the exam room with my glasses off and blurry vision as we start the exam. Eric, we'll call him, because after all that's his name, inherited the practice from his father.
So we talk and I'm trying to focus on his watch, because it looks familiar, but I can't really make it out. He's some feet away and I'm nearsighted and dilated, so I can't make it out. It sure looks like a Speedmaster, though.
He finally gets closer to do the more hands-on tests, and I can see... and sure enough! I said, "I thought that was a Speedmaster!" and show him my Seamaster Professional, the 2254,50. He said, "let's get through this, and I'll tell you a story."
This is of course paraphrased, but I think essentially correct.
When he was 11, Eric went to a Milwaukee Bucks game with his father. As they made their way to their seats, someone leant back from the sideline and asked, hey kid, want to make any money? Eric agreed.
Turns out he was working for ABC Sports as a gofer. He ran for snacks and drinks all over the arena, to booth broadcasters, cameramen, anyone who needed him. He said he made about $250 that night.
Some time later, he was at a local jeweler with his mother and he sees a display for the Moon Watch. He suggests to his mother that they get his father this watch for Father's Day. His mother says, can't afford it, but Eric has $250, so they get the watch for his father.
Of course his father loved it, because who wouldn't? Wore it every day. His father passed four years ago, and Eric inherits the watch, and why wouldn't he?
We talk a bit about my experiences with them, he mentions he has a friend who appears to be a collector, and where to go for servicing. I mention Omega's Miami service center is full of clowns, and he mentions his friend has a watchmaker in Washington who is well trusted, and that's where it will go for service (I don't know if he was aware of any service history) when it needs to. He, as you might imagine, is on the side of preservation of it as much as he can, and no surprise. He mentions original bracelet (not that I can see it when he shows me, heh) and I mention they make them a bit differently now, and he's heard that. He is justifiably proud of this watch as well he should be.
He also mentions a friend who has and wears Rolex. He gets them for sales awards. One day Eric finds a box on his desk with a note: here, have this watch, I have too many of them. So his two watches are the Speedmaster and an unidentifed Rolex.
I didn't get close enough (nor could I see well enough!) to see any details but it was an early 70s model with an 1171 bracelet.
So that was a fun story to hear and I thought many of you would enjoy it. I surely did!
As many of you have no doubt experienced, one of the common things to do is get your eyes dilated so they can be inspected for issues. For me this is extra-important as I have one better eye and one very worse eye. Born that way.
After I'm dilated, I'm sitting in the exam room with my glasses off and blurry vision as we start the exam. Eric, we'll call him, because after all that's his name, inherited the practice from his father.
So we talk and I'm trying to focus on his watch, because it looks familiar, but I can't really make it out. He's some feet away and I'm nearsighted and dilated, so I can't make it out. It sure looks like a Speedmaster, though.
He finally gets closer to do the more hands-on tests, and I can see... and sure enough! I said, "I thought that was a Speedmaster!" and show him my Seamaster Professional, the 2254,50. He said, "let's get through this, and I'll tell you a story."
This is of course paraphrased, but I think essentially correct.
When he was 11, Eric went to a Milwaukee Bucks game with his father. As they made their way to their seats, someone leant back from the sideline and asked, hey kid, want to make any money? Eric agreed.
Turns out he was working for ABC Sports as a gofer. He ran for snacks and drinks all over the arena, to booth broadcasters, cameramen, anyone who needed him. He said he made about $250 that night.
Some time later, he was at a local jeweler with his mother and he sees a display for the Moon Watch. He suggests to his mother that they get his father this watch for Father's Day. His mother says, can't afford it, but Eric has $250, so they get the watch for his father.
Of course his father loved it, because who wouldn't? Wore it every day. His father passed four years ago, and Eric inherits the watch, and why wouldn't he?
We talk a bit about my experiences with them, he mentions he has a friend who appears to be a collector, and where to go for servicing. I mention Omega's Miami service center is full of clowns, and he mentions his friend has a watchmaker in Washington who is well trusted, and that's where it will go for service (I don't know if he was aware of any service history) when it needs to. He, as you might imagine, is on the side of preservation of it as much as he can, and no surprise. He mentions original bracelet (not that I can see it when he shows me, heh) and I mention they make them a bit differently now, and he's heard that. He is justifiably proud of this watch as well he should be.
He also mentions a friend who has and wears Rolex. He gets them for sales awards. One day Eric finds a box on his desk with a note: here, have this watch, I have too many of them. So his two watches are the Speedmaster and an unidentifed Rolex.
I didn't get close enough (nor could I see well enough!) to see any details but it was an early 70s model with an 1171 bracelet.
So that was a fun story to hear and I thought many of you would enjoy it. I surely did!
