in this random rambling thread we post random pictures

[Sally PB]

I want a wind up watch. Oh, no probably not. I'd bang it into something because I never wear jewelry and am a klutz.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have a old perpetual watch small gold was my Ma's .
I wear a cheap walmart watch.

 

[pertnear09]

it's a self-winding mechanism. The movement of your hand and wrist provide the motion to keep the spring wound (vs a mainspring in a manual watch, or a battery)

I had one in the early 70's I guess it was. Worked fine best I remember.

 

[pertnear09]

That's bad if they are cockle burrs like we had in MO. Those are so hard to control in bean fields. Or are you describing Nut Grass?

Stickers about the size of a pea, maybe a little bigger, five or six on a stem.

 

[Nomadicus]

Stickers about the size of a pea, maybe a little bigger, five or six on a stem.

We had lots of something like you describe in TN in the garden. They would stick to shoe laces as well as socks and pants legs. Hated them with a passion.

 

[ChicksnMore]

it's a self-winding mechanism. The movement of your hand and wrist provide the motion to keep the spring wound (vs a mainspring in a manual watch, or a battery)

I told my daughter about those kind of watches. They're what everyone wore once upon a time. She got the idea of trying to build a kinetic phone charger from it...so she could charge her phone during camping trips . But, she had fun trying to figure out how to make it work and won awards at that years science fair with her ideas. Fun memories

 

[cavemanrich]

 

[Beaker99]

 

[CapricornFarm]

I told my daughter about those kind of watches. They're what everyone wore once upon a time. She got the idea of trying to build a kinetic phone charger from it...so she could charge her phone during camping trips . But, she had fun trying to figure out how to make it work and won awards at that years science fair with her ideas. Fun memories

They have solar phone chargers.

 

[Red Mangrove]

Not mine. One day though