Quote Originally Posted by Dreadbelly View Post
I thought I'd ask. Since most of us seem to like quality and old timey stuff.

I can not wear a wrist watch. I seem to sweat pure acid, and I generate weird electrical fields which cause any electrical timepiece I wear to become highly inaccurate and haywire.

So, I was thinking about a mechanical pocketwatch. You know, the kind you wind up. Been looking online, don't know what I should get. A lot of pocket watches don't even say if they are mechanical or not.

I'd like something I can clip on to my sporran ring and slip in to my sporran. Something nice, but plain. Well, I guess plain. Scenic pictures of trains or deer on a watch don't do it for me.

I know somebody here is bound to know about this stuff.


I have a few pocket watches at home, 3 of them need taken apart and cleaned as I had found them at my grandparents house. The other one I bought 4 years ago at a local jewlery store and it lasted me 3 years and then for some odd reason the hands twisted on it and the winding gear stripped out or something of that odd nature. I'm currently haveing it repared due to warenty of usability. The other three are going to cost $125 each to have rebuilt but only one is really worth it... it's big and heavy... kind of a railroad watch, and it's the one I'm spending the money on.

I recomend a good quality wind up pocket watch because it will be one that will last you forever. I'll find out what brand the newer one I have is and let you know.