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Hey all,
I would like to share a watch that, in my heart, is my most precious possession. It has a far great value to me than the Pams, JLCs, FMs, Rolexes, etc, that I currently own.
My grandmother began her story by telling me that my late grandfather grew up extremely poor and did not have the opportunity to study so he started working a very young age and eschewed all "luxuries" to give his family the best opportunities in life to hopefully succeed. This Pagol watch was his first and only luxury that he managed to buy at the age of 40!
He would wear it all the time and even in his golden years, I would remember wheeling him, he was then already confined to a wheelchair due to his bad knees, to the balcony for his daily smoke break and he would still wear his Pagol watch. It was his daily routine, his beautiful pipe and watch, together with him, at 730pm sharp, watching the sunset, with me by his side, listening to his stories.
He passed away in 1990 when I was only 12 and his possessions were kept by my grandmother and we moved on. I grew up, started work and got married.
Then, this year, 2013, I was helping my grandmother clean her room and, out of the blue, she passed me a small blue box and told me that it was my late grandfather's most precious item and when I opened it, it was the Pagol watch! Memories started flooding back and I had a real hard time keeping my tears to myself.
That night, I shared my story with my wife as we got ready for bed and we noticed a HUGE moth in our room! It was hanging on one of my curtains. I took no notice of it till the next day and shared this with my grandmother and she told me an old superstition that it meant that a loved one, long passed, was visiting me.
I did some research online and decided to bring this watch for polishing and servicing so that I can wear my late grandfather's watch, to remember the great times that we spent together. After 3 months, the watch came home and it is a beauty! And I would like to share some photos with the forum.
I would like to share a watch that, in my heart, is my most precious possession. It has a far great value to me than the Pams, JLCs, FMs, Rolexes, etc, that I currently own.
My grandmother began her story by telling me that my late grandfather grew up extremely poor and did not have the opportunity to study so he started working a very young age and eschewed all "luxuries" to give his family the best opportunities in life to hopefully succeed. This Pagol watch was his first and only luxury that he managed to buy at the age of 40!
He would wear it all the time and even in his golden years, I would remember wheeling him, he was then already confined to a wheelchair due to his bad knees, to the balcony for his daily smoke break and he would still wear his Pagol watch. It was his daily routine, his beautiful pipe and watch, together with him, at 730pm sharp, watching the sunset, with me by his side, listening to his stories.
He passed away in 1990 when I was only 12 and his possessions were kept by my grandmother and we moved on. I grew up, started work and got married.
Then, this year, 2013, I was helping my grandmother clean her room and, out of the blue, she passed me a small blue box and told me that it was my late grandfather's most precious item and when I opened it, it was the Pagol watch! Memories started flooding back and I had a real hard time keeping my tears to myself.
That night, I shared my story with my wife as we got ready for bed and we noticed a HUGE moth in our room! It was hanging on one of my curtains. I took no notice of it till the next day and shared this with my grandmother and she told me an old superstition that it meant that a loved one, long passed, was visiting me.
I did some research online and decided to bring this watch for polishing and servicing so that I can wear my late grandfather's watch, to remember the great times that we spent together. After 3 months, the watch came home and it is a beauty! And I would like to share some photos with the forum.
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