Hi, My name is Jamie.

I just became a member today after I was looking for more info on my English grandfather's watch (who passed away a few years ago at the ripe old age of 99 and 363 days!! 2 days short of his 100th birthday). He lived in London and we think he bought it in the 1950s or 1960s.

A few years ago I had it restored at a watch repair company about an hour outside of Amsterdam in Netherlands (they are famous for restoring the Rolex eaten by a cow and found 50 years later, see the story here: https://dutchreview.com/news/rolex-eaten-by-cow-returned-after-50-years/).

I never thought anything more about it and enjoyed the watch and made me think of my grandfather when wearing it. Recently I thought I would try to find out more about the watch and the history and to my great surprise and joy, the watch repairer in Holland actually has a youtube channel with more than 55,000 followers, and actually made a video of my grandfather's watch when he was restoring/disassembling it, giving you a rare look inside the watch. I have copied the link for below you as I can imagine as a Zodiac enthusiast you would perhaps enjoy it too.

I also added a couple of photos. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgvxjGv7HE8

If anybody can share more info (Butch has helped me already - Thanks Butch!!) I would love to hear more info on the watch.

Kind regards,
Jamie