About the Watchmeister
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007The Watchmeister watches watches!
What you are about to read is true. No names are used innocent or guilty. I am merely presenting the facts! Why does the Watchmeister watch watches, and why does he collect them, this is his story!
About 15 or so years ago, when my late father retired, he decided he needed another hobby to keep himself busy besides just his stamp collection and everything else he did. Well, in Rosemont Illinois, they have what is called the Stephens Convention Center, and about twice a year, they have a huge jewelry show there, You can find real or fake diamonds, cheap necklaces, bracelets and watches. Thousands of watches, most of them being brands that no one had ever heard of, but they worked, they were extremely cheap, and there was a ton of variety, from blah to bling and all in between! It was there that my father got the idea for his new hobby, watch and tiny clock collecting. So he started buying about a dozen or so watches every six months, they rarely if ever cost him more than maybe a hundred bucks together. He then took his new goodies home, put them in different colored boxes with padding inside, rubber banded the boxes closed, and stacked them on his nightstand so he could change watches every day, which he did. There were a few very unique watches that he bought there, one was an outline of the pooch we had ticking around every second. And he also bought two of the same watch, one for himself and one for me. It had a second hand that was a tiny train going around the middle of the watch. There was a button that when pressed turned on a recording chip inside the watch that started to play train sounds through a little speaker on the back of the watch. This was mild bling. But he enjoyed shopping for the different watches every six months. After about 5 years and maybe 200 watches, his excitement of his new hobby palled, he started giving away the little clocks and some of the watches, but not all. The remaining I would say, fifty watches, became the core of my collection that I now have. A lot of my dad’s watches needed bands and batteries which I took care of. But as I looked at each watch as I took them out of their different colored boxes, I studied them. A lot of watches are unique, and some brands are better than others. The prices on watches also vary, from about $2.00 to a Rolls Royce priced watch. That core of watches that I inherited from my dad is still a part of what has now grown to a collection of about 400 watches, of all shapes, sizes, brands and types. All of which I studied and all of which allowed me to take the title of Watchmeister. I’m sure that there are many other people out there with collections twice the size of mine, But they are not the Watchmeister. And in closing here, let me also say this. I myself, did go to www.KenmarWatches.com and make my purchases. My first purchase from there was about $900.00 worth of watches. But guess what? I am still the Watchmeister whom you must heed, for not only do I watch watches, I purchase them as well. After all, how else can the Watchmeister stay the Watchmeister?