About a year after I graduated from Niagara, maybe a year and half I scoured eBay to find a pocket watch.  Going back a year before I graduated, my friend Kevin graduated from college and for his graduation I bought him a pocket watch.  He swore to return the favor when I graduated.  When it was obvious that it fell through, I began looking for my own.

After a few months searching I came across one that I really wanted.  It met my criteria.  I wanted a watch that older (not a new one), a watch that was wind up (no battery operation), and it had to have a cover that opened when the latch button was pushed.  It wasn’t easy to find.  A lot of pocket watches are battery operated, and a lot of older watches are freaking expensive.  But I found one.  In Ukraine.  The thing was, it was cheap too.  Relatively.  It cost around $40.00, around $50.00 with shipping.

It was an old Soviet era watch.  I can’t find a date on it, but it has a stamped Russian Empire small state seal on it.  I wore near every day.  I freaking loved it.  A lot.  And then, after years of use, including being repaired once (thank you Jenna), I lost it.  I couldn’t find it at all.  And few months after losing it, I moved.

Since moving I had written off the pocket watch as gone forever.  I’ve even looked at other watches, but I couldn’t find one of the same calibre, or even close to that price.  AND TODAY I FOUND IT.  In my old couch, way scrounched in back, in the crease under cushions and not visible even when cushions were removed.  I was extatic.  So I shall share some picturey goodness.