Zoe discovered a new experience. She kinda liked it but also wasn’t too sure about it. That ear though!
And yes, she’s strapped in and at the limit of her free length in that position.
2026-07-09
Taught my jeweler something…
I like delving into various topics and/or hobbies, learning about them, becoming an 80% expert, then moving on to something else. I’m enjoying that process with watches currently. One thing you have to do with a mechanical watch is “regulate” it. This is the act of checking how well it keeps time and tweaking a tiny lever inside, much like you do a pendulum grandfather clock. You can check it each day, jot it down on a piece of paper then average it. Or you can use a fancy instrument that measures it accurately in a minute or two. The instrument is expensive, but the jotting it down process takes days and several trips. I found some apps that use your phone microphone to give you a relative idea how well it’s doing in about a minute. I showed it to my jeweler and we used it to get mine regulated to within less than three seconds in only a few tries during one visit. For a mechanical watch anything better that +/- 5 seconds per day is considered properly regulated.
The only catch is you need to be somewhere quiet and free from vibration. What I found works best is inside a car in a quiet part of town away from busy streets. Interesting.
Speaking of memories and heirloom pieces…
I’m THRILLED to have had the chance to get these rings cleaned up and sized properly! They look SO good and remind me of my dad’s and mom’s whenever I wear them. I like to rotate around all three depending on where I’m going and what I’m doing on my current adventure and which side of the family or my career path it relates to the most 🤪
Taking in my memory shelf and whole watch collection…
It means a lot to me to have these pieces that represent four generations of wearing coming down both sides of my family (Julie’s and mine). Two grandfathers, two dad’s, several of mine, and even ones worn by my boys. The other random relatives, gifts, memories, stickers, names… I’m really blessed in the relationships and time I’ve had with my relatives (ancestors, kids, and nephews)❣️My wife too! She supports, and even encourages my hobbies, collections, relationship time with my kids and relatives, and the many things we enjoy doing together. A lot of that is represented here too!
I love you all!
It’s funny to see and think about all the brand history of the watches too. Boutique Swiss, Timex, Seiko, Casio, Citizen, Apple, Garmin, etc. Ultimately I’d like to add a nice clone Rolex. Currently playing around reading up on that subculture, hahahaha.
We had a visiting black cat…
We got to watch Shadow while John and Savannah made a trip to Boston. It was fun having her back in the house again. She warmed up to us again after a day or two. Zoe REALLY thought Shadow should play with her!!
2026-07-08
We made it back to the new fish store
It was closed early for Father’s Day the first time we stopped, so we came back and enjoyed browsing.
I found another Swiss watch!
Imagine my surprise when I was going through the old stuff of Julie’s grandparents in our hutch that we got from their North Carolina house… I was looking at her granddaddy’s old watches and found THIS among the other Timex pieces. He even had a couple spare straps and one of them fit. I cleaned it up, wound it, and sure enough, it runs. Another one to have serviced. I’m amassing quite the collection from my ancestors! :) ❤️
John’s birthday/Christmas present…
…and our little project. We’re gonna see if we can get a seaworthy Cowan Lake fishing boat put together from this? Another case of being too much like my dad…
Getting Steve’s watch fixed back up
I managed to open it up, clean it out, straighten the dial face, tighten the bracelet back up, and size it so I can wear it again. It runs, has limited power reserve since the capacitor needs replaced. I am thinking about having my jeweler refurb my heirlooms one at a time. :)
2026-07-07
Found this in Steve’s drafting tools
It’s an old slide rule used to calculate the factors in an equation for selecting air and hydraulic cylinders. Pretty cool.
Happy to have found my dad’s last watch again
I had bought it for him. He was wearing it during his last days. Andy had inherited it. In going through some stuff he’d left at our house, I ran across it and added it back into my collection. I changed the battery, and even found the original bracelet links for it fits nicely. Just a simple Timex :) ❤️ That’s what he always wore.
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