Again with apologies in advance to the younger readership out there, I was talking with a former colleague (who now works in DC) about the rapid changes we have seen in China over the past 10 years. He then reminisced about how things were in the 70s (he is a bit older than me). And we talked for hours about the viability of modern day ping-pong diplomacy with other countries. Needless to say we did not come to any solid - or rational conclusions! Following the conversation, my mind wandered to watches. Now of course there are a BUNCH of Chinese watches out there today (and regrettably several "undercover" Chinese watches as well).
I wanted to go back far enough to get a sense of what they were really like before we got to where we are now. So over to Ebay and approximately 10 days later this arrived. Still in her original packaging from I presume the 1970s here is a quick photo of her.
There is more to follow, but my plan is a very basic service from Ali, open her up and photograph her, put her on the timer for a more scientific result, and then the 15 day review. I am aiming for January for this, so stay tuned.
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