Over the years I have had the opportunity to work on some very interesting watches. Everything from a turn of the century Hamilton pocket watch to a $20,000 Rolex. I have also had the opportunity to work with some very interesting customers. Everyone from doctors, lawyers, teachers, Navy Seals, judges, airline pilots, stock car racers, NFL agents, journalists, banking executives, carpenters, plumbers, college professors etc.
I would like to make a new addition to my web site with some of the interesting watches worn my my customers. I would like to post pictures of customers and their watches on my web site. If you want to give a brief history of the watch (how long you have had it, interesting stories associated with it) I would love to post those stories on my web site. Just send me a picture of you and your watch and I will post to my site.
This is a picture of Philip Sauerlender using the Hamilton Electric Railway Special that I repaired for him. He is checking the departure time of a York Railway streetcar at the Rockhill Trolley Museum in Rockhill Furnace, PA. Nice to see this great watch “back on the job again”!!
Here is a link to the trolley museum:
http://www.rockhilltrolley.org/
Send the info and picture to my email address: watchdoctorpa@gmail.com
Mark Sirianni Watch Repair
25 Fraley St.
Kane, PA. 16735
814-837-9435 work
814-558-4818 cell
web Site ; http://www.watchdoctor.biz
11 Comments
Dan Roman
Mark,
I believe the reflection in the trolley car windows is that of the East Broad Top Railroad’s station in Orbisonia, PA.
Johnny
Awesome!!!! Love the realistic approach to times gone by, even down to the old pocket watch.
Jeff Chandler
Love the post and all the guys here at Joe Gibbs Racing appreciate the quality service. Thanks so much.
Mark Morgan
Great this will get very interesting thank you Mark
LAMARR C EDWARDS
Looking forward to it !
Tom Bailey
Thanks Mark. I’ve worn my Rolex d j daily since 1987- minus 4 service times. I am looking forward to reading these although mine would not be so interesting. Other than I’ve done lots of traveling over those years. Good idea!!
Tom
David Capstick
Strange things sometimes happen to watches. A local lady brought me two Hamilton 18 size, 17 jewel pocket watches for repair. One was in decent shape the other was really damaged. Seems back in 1923 the watch owner was crushed/killed in a mining disaster and this was his pocket watch he carried in his coverall chest pocket. The lady also had the newspaper clipping about the mine collapse. This was was her husband’s father’s watch. The son was three years old at the time his father was killed. No one had touched the watch since 1923 and she wanted to pass the two watches on to her great grand sons. I repaired both watches but gave her back the damaged dial, hands and the larger parts of the broken crystal taped together. This was the most interesting watch I have ever worked on…Kinda creepy knowing what caused the damage to this nice Hamilton pocket watch.
Valerie Robbins-Rice
What a super idea! Those stories will interest many more people than watch collectors, I’m sure! Thanks for doing this! (We just thought of Philip Sauerlender last evening when the Antique Road Show happened to feature a very unusual railroader’s watch…the stories make them more valuable!)
Rachel
Love this! And now we have another great place to visit, we love trains 🙂
Richard Martin
This is a great idea, I look forward to reading the stories and seeing the pictures.
Michael
Mark, allow me to say “Happy New Year” to you! I don’t post comments but I enjoy your blog a lot.