Graham CHRONOFIGHTER R.A.C. BLACK SPEED

Hello all - a lurker has joined. Learned much here, thanks.I have had my SMP 2254.50 for 8 months now and I love it - can't imagine a time when it will not be on my wrist. A couple of things I've learnt are:- I am lucky - if I keep the watch on my wrist 24 hours a day, it will keep astoundingly good time - losing a fraction of a second per day mostly. Interestingly, if I take it off at night it gains about a second or two per night. This means I can regulate it easily and precisely. I dread havi........

There was a time when watchmaking was an important and very large business here in America. These factories were tremendous and they employed thousands of skilled and non-skilled workers. I was stunned by just how big and ornate some of them actually were when I saw them, so I thought I would post a few pics of them here. Feel free to add to these if you can - The first is the Waltham plant - This is the Elgin factory - And the sad remains of one of the two old Benrus plants - I'm not sure, but ........