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Throwback Thursday with my Dad's Timex from the 70's which I call "Lazarus". We found it last fall while moving Mom into an independent living facility. The twist-o/flex/stretch bracelet was broken and the watch needed some love. Taking a referral from the Strap Professor @David Denham Jr to add a NATO, then replacing the battery, it fired right up. It's got a nice scar on its face (wish I knew that story). The day/date isn't yet cooperating. My Dad was Director of QC for an Iron Foundry which made castings for the Big Three U.S. automakers from 1960-1995. From when I was in high school til his retirement, I can't remember him wearing another watch. "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking" wasn't just a slogan for him. He passed away in 2012 from mesothelioma which he apparently contracted from exposure to asbestos while working for GM in the late 1940s-early 1950s when he had the job of "painting" the inside of their boiler stacks with asbestos (wearing t-shirts & jeans). They weren't provided any hasmet gear even though the medical dangers were known by companies prior to 1940 apparently. All 4 of his painting buddies have also passed away from the same disease. It's nice to have "Lazarus" with me at work knowing I may have a QC guy looking over my shoulder checking my work. Have a terrific Thursday.

Today’s pick was purely an impulse buy. I was poking around one of my favorite watch stores and this one was in a corner of the watch case on clearance and it caught my eye. Tissot calls it the “Heritage Prince” but in the watch world it’s known as the “Banana”. I call it my “Alice in Wonderland” watch.

Throwing it back to the 1950s dive watch race to arm the troops!

My same coworker had this one come in today and told me to give a whirl. Having the same size wrist as friends is pretty fortunate. I may have to add this one to my list. Super lightweight, great texture and color in the dial and just overall a great look.