Wednesday, December 31, 2008

One more for 2008







I wanted to share this great Seawolf story from Ron Otto in Richmond VA.

Here's Ron's story.

"I love watches also, “real watches” the automatics mostly .. anyway I’m a diver because of my dad and when he passed my mom gave me the watch because of the five children I was the only diver “also the youngest” but to get back to the watch and story. We were not rich by any stretch of the word and I remember when he bought it …a lot of money at that time. I was very young and the money could have been used for more useful things but he wanted a Zodiac Seawolf and he bought one, he wore that watch for many many years, more then thirty I would say, but it finally stopped. Well some years latter he took it to a jeweler /watch maker and it was cleaned and brought back to life ..again he wore it for years daily and each time he went diving the watch was with him , so heres the pictures of this well worn Seawolf it was loved and USED daily for years. The age of the watch was would be a guess ..but forty five would be my guess. Ron Otto Richmond VA

I wanted to thank Ron for sharing his story. I think the old watchmakers at Zodiac who helped create the Sea Wolf would surely smile if they knew how many of their creations still survive and tick on despite many years of tough, honest use like Ron's well loved Sea Wolf.

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