My old schoolboy watch

[atimegoneby]

I was sorting through some old boxes in the garage the other day and came across this ! 

my mum bought it for me when I was about 11 or 12 years old, I gave it a few winds and it's still working so I thought I'd post it.  

[Daveb]

Good old Timex.

[Davey57]

I like it! It's in great condition.
I notice it is showing 5 minutes after "hometime". We would have been playing football by then.
:-)

[MilTimeCan]

It just warms my heart to see these, I have a Timex (the small boy type case) which I received as a Christmas present as well.

Every so often, I give it a few turns just to see the magic again. 

Thanks for posting this.

 

Edited October 16, 2016 by MilTimeCan

[SSTEEL]

My first watch has long gone, lost it during a brawl with three idiots, bullies back in the day.  I have been looking for a nice birth year watch though, and Timex is a good contender.

[ricardopalamino]

Very nice and clean . Waterproof ,...pre 70's ?

[atimegoneby]

21 hours ago, ricardopalamino said:

Very nice and clean . Waterproof ,...pre 70's ?

I think around 1970     

[Marc]

1 hour ago, atimegoneby said:

I think around 1970     

From the number at the bottom of the dial it has  Cal.24 movement and was made in 1969. This is the 4 digit number to the right of the 6 index. I believe the number to the left is a catalogue number.

[ricardopalamino]

23 minutes ago, Marc said:

From the number at the bottom of the dial it has  Cal.24 movement and was made in 1969. This is the 4 digit number to the right of the 6 index. I believe the number to the left is a catalogue number.

Correct Marc ,... I haven't worked on a Timex for a while and forgot that you could get the production year and caliber from the dial .

 

[atimegoneby]

On ‎17‎/‎10‎/‎2016 at 11:49 PM, Marc said:

From the number at the bottom of the dial it has  Cal.24 movement and was made in 1969. This is the 4 digit number to the right of the 6 index. I believe the number to the left is a catalogue number.

Thanks for the info Marc it certainly brought back some memories when I came across it,

I can still remember my mum handing it to me outside the jewellers shop.