Trench watch find
Picked this beauty up a couple of weeks ago for a bargain in an antiques shop. It‘s a silver Stauffer, Son and Co. trench watch from about 1914/1915 according to the silver marks on the inside of the watch, and is ticking along well given its age. I managed to use this website to get as much as I could about it https://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/stauffer.php#StaufferRam . Thankfully it doesn’t seem to have any radioactive paint on it, so I should be safe.
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You would be safe even if it had radium paint on it. It might still set a Geiger counter off if it had ever been painted.
Very nice pick-up. I will bet that it sat for 70 years in a fairly dry environment. I have had that website bookmarked for a while. Boettcher has done research that very few seem inclined to do.
How does it look with a blue suit? (The Official Running Gag of WC)
Cool find and a great looking watch
You would be safe even if it had radium paint on it. It might still set a Geiger counter off if it had ever been painted.
Very nice pick-up. I will bet that it sat for 70 years in a fairly dry environment. I have had that website bookmarked for a while. Boettcher has done research that very few seem inclined to do.
How does it look with a blue suit? (The Official Running Gag of WC)
I feel attacked.
I feel attacked.
Not at all. Here is the source of the running joke. He posted several of these, all asking the same question. Your post was just coincidence.
Not at all. Here is the source of the running joke. He posted several of these, all asking the same question. Your post was just coincidence.
I need to get in on this now.
I need to get in on this now.
And this. And that is how a running joke is born.