Jonathan Dillon April 13, 1861 Fort Sumpter was attacked by the rebels on the above date J Dillon April 13, 1861 Washington and thank God we have a government Jonth Dillon.

Watchmakers do this thing? when they service your watch, they scratch whatever the fuck they feel like in the case back. Or they used to. I don't know anyone who does anymore. But fuckin' hell back in the day you were lucky if they restrained themselves to the year and their initials.

I became known for not throwing away ladies' watches. That got me bags and bags and bags of ladies' watches. I probably have fifty? Seventy? And I've taken a half-dozen apart in an attempt to fix them and get them back together (I have failed each time; working on a pocket watch is one thing, working on a wristwatch is quite another, but working on a ladies' watch is something that every watchmaker I know except two refuse to do).

And this one?

Angie wore it for more than 20 years. I know 'cuz there's more than 20 years between the service marks. She had it overhauled at least three times. It was never worth more than a couple hundred bucks. And that right there was where I decided the proletariat needed watches too - something they could keep, something worth hanging on to.

That, and the bracelet I restored on something worthless that belonged to someone's grandmother.

That and the 1972 Lorus I painstakingly refurbished because someone's dad wore it for 35 years.

That's a Rolex Prince, by the way. They're Collector favorites because they're one of the few examples of Rolex stepping outside of their box (recently, anyway).