BULOVA ACCUTRON
As advertised in the Aberdeen Evening Express, 19 December 1967
Tag: watches
Sweet Home of Catterline
The Dundee Courier, 21st April 1882: George Adam, aged 20 years, son of George Adam senior: 15th December 1860: the marriage in Catterline Parish church of George Adam to Jane … Continue reading Sweet Home of Catterline
So the advert says!
As advertised in one of yesterday’s papers. Wow, this is some watch! 138 million lives later and we can all FACT-check this marketing claim!
Time passes. Listen
Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas, a play for voices: “Time passes. Listen. Time passes. Come closer now.” On this page you will find films about time passing made by … Continue reading Time passes. Listen
Puir Ticky, ye hae ticket lang
This lovely poem ticks [still loud] alangside my hairt beat! T. A. Johnston include this poem in ‘A Very Parochial Anthology’. The watch in the background wis Rabbie Burn’s vairy … Continue reading Puir Ticky, ye hae ticket lang
‘Watchy Gordon’
I have always been fascinated with our ability [evolved] to keep ‘track of time’.
Lost my watch
I lost my watch on the day of my retirement from the NHS. My daughter Rachel gave me her old watch. The watch that I now wear. Lost my watch: … Continue reading Lost my watch
‘The best collector of clocks’
Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan (1803 –1888), known as Octavius Morgan, was a British politician, historian and antiquary. He was a significant benefactor to the British Museum. Following the death his … Continue reading ‘The best collector of clocks’