Many years ago I was given a Waltham pocket watch. Quite soon after I received it the watch succumbed to the clumsy attention of one of my young sons and stopped working. It remained at the back of a drawer for decades until, very recently, when I came across it again. I decided to find out more about the watch and discovered it was made in the U.S.A., probably in the 1940s, was bought by the U.K. government for military use, and engraved on its well-worn back I found a War Department/Ministry of Defence arrow head. I opened it up "messed about with it" and it started working! Moreover, as long as I wind it daily it keeps working!
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10
