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Unread 10-02-2013, 01:51 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair View Post
Yup..Ya gotta love those old timepieces. A real thing of beauty! I used a pocket watch when I was 16. I was an underground hardrock miner. Drilling and blasting. We carried ours in a small can you had to unscrew to get at the watch. Pretty sure from what I remember it was part of a dustmask? It was hard duty at 2000 feet underground...
I was an air leg miner too! That is some hard graft!!
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