If you're willing to ship to Canada I'll take 'em (plus extra shipping of course). My old university rommate is now neighbours with an old retired German watchmaker, he could fix those right up!
Quote from: Suveges on February 22, 2012, 11:15:20 PMIf you're willing to ship to Canada I'll take 'em (plus extra shipping of course). My old university rommate is now neighbours with an old retired German watchmaker, he could fix those right up!I prefer not to ship outside the US. Is anyone willing to help out?
Quote from: captain spaulding on February 22, 2012, 11:22:00 PMQuote from: Suveges on February 22, 2012, 11:15:20 PMIf you're willing to ship to Canada I'll take 'em (plus extra shipping of course). My old university rommate is now neighbours with an old retired German watchmaker, he could fix those right up!I prefer not to ship outside the US. Is anyone willing to help out?If you ship to me, I'll ship to him.... Def
How about this? I'll paypal you 60 USD, you ship the cheapest way possible for you. If they get here, they get here if they don't, they don't.I'm not so much interested in the watches themselves as I am in watching Hans (the retired German watchmaker) do his thing. Let me digress into a story:My wife and I visited my old roommate and his family earlier this year. Him and I went over to the neighbours place to invite them to the BBQ we were having. They accepted and a few german beers later we were talking about watches (my old roommate is a big watch fan too). So old roommate has this super old Elgin pocket watch from his grandpa. Hans says "no problem, i fix". Down to his basement we go where he has this huge workbench with all this old watchmaking stuff and a ton of old parts. This guy doesn't really work on anything after 1960. Opened 'er up, replaced all the hands and gears, put it back together, good as new. It was a joy to watch. After he told me "you bring old pocket watch, I show you how to fix".So, for my 60 bux that's way better than a dinner or a few movies, I get to see an old master at his craft and I may learn something.