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ejay2.0
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I posted about this watch ages ago but thought it was worth revisiting.
It’s an old Omega Geneve that turned up in a box of old junk at my mum’s house. It had probably been packed away for over 30 years and was pretty banged up and wasn’t running anymore so I took it to @ejay2.0 who sent it to Omega for a full service. It came back a couple of weeks ago and I think it’s simply beautiful.
I wore it for a few days, but it turns out that there was some confusion about who originally owned the watch. Since it was discovered at my mum’s house I assumed that it belonged to her father, however it now turns out that it belonged to my dad’s dad. My dad doesn’t know about our rediscovery and he idolised his father so I think I’m going to keep the watch pristine and give it back to him. He’ll be 70 in a little over a year, and I think it’ll make a lovely gift.