things of another time ~ humphrey family heirlooms

finally! Here are more of my grandfather's & great grandfather's pocket watches back from the repair shop. I love them all. They are all so different! The two gold ones were my great grandfather's that he gave to my grandfather just before he died. The silver Waltham I found in a kitchen drawer when cleaning out my grandfather's house (sadly I will never know the story of it's history). Of course there is still my favorite the radium painted pocket watch that I have blogged about in the past.

There is still one in the repair shop that my brother inherited. It's the oldest. My grandfather would slowly pull it out of the secretary he built (page 13), carefully take it out of it's glass dome & tell me it's story.....every time I visited! So I know it well and will share it when it is repaired!

{view them all on flickr}

Things of Another Time

train tracks crossed on the way to the beach, seaside train on the drive up to the tide pools, my grandfather's pocket watches.

My are my father's beautiful pocket watches that belonged to his father and grandfather. I am absolutely in love with them! They fill that void of a missing jewelry heirloom in my life! The Apollo pocket watch on the right was my grandfather's and the numbers and dials are painted in radium, which I find fascinating. The one on the left is a 14t gold filled Waltham watch that was my great grandfather's. There are two more in the shop and I can't wait to see how they turn out!