OK- Gonna be a bit of a longer post. First off, huge "THANK YOU" to
@ORD_Buckeye for his letting me brainstorm and sending me the right direction.
First, I reached out to Elwood to ask about a watch recommendation for a gift. He suggested a number of options, including
this great Baltic one that I ended up purchasing.
So at this point, my ADD is fixated on watches. And, thanks to the interwebs, all of the advertising that shows up on every site I visit is for timepieces. So, even though I've not worn a watch since high school... I'm shopping for a watch.
Doing a little research and such, I discovered that my grandfather had an
Elgin Ordnance that he wore on an Army issue canvas strap. But when my dad sent it to me, it was actually one
that had a black dial (and the crystal was cracked, it didn't run, etc. etc. etc.). So much for fixing and wearing this... it went into my keepsake box.
But I liked the look of the black dial, so ORD pointed me towards
the Flieger ("flier") style, and made a couple of suggestions (including a great Seiko and a popular Hamilton).
At some point, though, he encouraged me to take a look at the watches being put out by Marc at Long Island Watches; speaking highly of their business model, their customer service, and even some of the "in house" things they were doing (it's
what he posted earlier).
So, yup-
that's what I ended up getting... not a huge cash outlay, sapphire crystal, screw down crown and hacking for the second hand, and just the right size. Here's a video that Mark put out with the details. (and I'll finish this story in the next post).
