What is the oldest thing you own? - Page 5

HungLikeJesus · 08-24-2007, 12:03 PM

Here's a front and back view of the old pocket watch that I mentioned earlier. I haven't researched it yet, but I'm guessing it's from the mid- to late-19th century.

It's shown actual size.

Shawnee123 · 08-24-2007, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

It's shown actual size.

How big is your pocket? That thing is the size of my outspread hand. Is that a pocketwatch in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

Undertoad · 08-24-2007, 12:18 PM

It's actual size... on his 37" monitor.

HungLikeJesus · 08-24-2007, 12:21 PM

Yeah, it weighs 14 pounds. The good news is that the case is solid gold.

I don't know the significance of the tombstone on the back. Maybe it means that the original owner is now dead.

Shawnee123 · 08-24-2007, 12:34 PM

So, you're serious. This watch is actually 7" across? Yikes. Out of the realm of "pocket" isn't it?

xoxoxoBruce · 08-24-2007, 12:51 PM

Maybe it's a salesman's sample.

Shawnee123 · 08-24-2007, 12:53 PM

Kind of the opposite of those tiny little beds in department stores, eh?

HungLikeJesus · 08-24-2007, 01:01 PM

Sorry, sorry, I was mixing it up with this.

Shawnee123 · 08-24-2007, 01:03 PM

lmao...go see my response to that.

08-24-2007, 03:21 PM

That watch is AWESOME!

DanaC · 08-24-2007, 07:46 PM

ain't it though?

The tombstone thing may just be a refeence to the passage of time and our inevitable destination.

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-24-2007, 08:22 PM

A small collection of Kipling published in 1891, in an inexpensive edition, so the bindings are in a rather delicate condition. (Quit that; I bought it used!)

Next oldest is a 1911 .45 automatic, whose serial number dates it to 1917. Long hammer spur that tends to bite my hand on cycling, flat backstrap to the grip, walnut grips with battered grip screws. Dinky little sights. The only new bit in it is the firing pin retaining plate, replacing the original which had broken in half but was still holding the firing pin in place (this small part is just ahead of the hammer, which falls upon it and the tail-end of the firing pin. The broken plate was chewing the hammer up, giving it entirely too much character. The chewed hammer is still soldiering on; the piece is not a collectors' item but a shooter, as it has been reblued and the stamp that should be there on the forward frame reading "Property of U.S. Army" has been ground and polished away. Still got a lot of shots left in the old girl, though.

HungLikeJesus · 08-25-2007, 10:04 AM

UG - I'd be interested in seeing a picture of that. I also have an M1911, but I don't know when it was made.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-25-2007, 10:20 AM

HLJ, look here.

HungLikeJesus · 08-25-2007, 10:44 AM

Thanks Bruce.

I'm sitting in the Honda dealership, waiting for my car to be serviced, and I forgot both my humongous watch and my M1911. Fortunately I brought my computer and the dealer has 802.11g.

08-24-2007, 12:03 PM	#61
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Here's a front and back view of the old pocket watch that I mentioned earlier. I haven't researched it yet, but I'm guessing it's from the mid- to late-19th century. It's shown actual size. Attached Images __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

08-24-2007, 12:21 PM	#64
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Yeah, it weighs 14 pounds. The good news is that the case is solid gold. I don't know the significance of the tombstone on the back. Maybe it means that the original owner is now dead. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

08-24-2007, 12:34 PM	#65
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	So, you're serious. This watch is actually 7" across? Yikes. Out of the realm of "pocket" isn't it? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-24-2007, 12:51 PM	#66
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe it's a salesman's sample. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-24-2007, 12:53 PM	#67
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Kind of the opposite of those tiny little beds in department stores, eh? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-24-2007, 12:18 PM	#63
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's actual size... on his 37" monitor.

08-24-2007, 01:01 PM	#68
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Sorry, sorry, I was mixing it up with this. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

08-24-2007, 01:03 PM	#69
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	lmao...go see my response to that. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-24-2007, 03:21 PM	#70
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	That watch is AWESOME!

08-24-2007, 07:46 PM	#71
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	ain't it though? The tombstone thing may just be a refeence to the passage of time and our inevitable destination.

08-24-2007, 08:22 PM	#72
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	A small collection of Kipling published in 1891, in an inexpensive edition, so the bindings are in a rather delicate condition. (Quit that; I bought it used!) Next oldest is a 1911 .45 automatic, whose serial number dates it to 1917. Long hammer spur that tends to bite my hand on cycling, flat backstrap to the grip, walnut grips with battered grip screws. Dinky little sights. The only new bit in it is the firing pin retaining plate, replacing the original which had broken in half but was still holding the firing pin in place (this small part is just ahead of the hammer, which falls upon it and the tail-end of the firing pin. The broken plate was chewing the hammer up, giving it entirely too much character. The chewed hammer is still soldiering on; the piece is not a collectors' item but a shooter, as it has been reblued and the stamp that should be there on the forward frame reading "Property of U.S. Army" has been ground and polished away. Still got a lot of shots left in the old girl, though. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

08-25-2007, 10:04 AM	#73
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	UG - I'd be interested in seeing a picture of that. I also have an M1911, but I don't know when it was made. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

08-25-2007, 10:20 AM	#74
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	HLJ, look here. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-25-2007, 10:44 AM	#75
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Thanks Bruce. I'm sitting in the Honda dealership, waiting for my car to be serviced, and I forgot both my humongous watch and my M1911. Fortunately I brought my computer and the dealer has 802.11g. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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