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On Saturday, the Stroppy One took my antique mini pocket watch pendant to the Ballard Time Shop for repairs. (I was busy babysitting Princess Tickybox, which was fun but exhausting. Toddlers really like to take their clothes off and run around the house, go figure.)
I just heard back from the Time Shop: $300 to repair and clean the watch, and they can't actually guarantee that the watch would work even after those repairs. I can't afford that right now (not to mention that I don't know if I would ever want to spend that sort of money without being sure the repairs would do what they were supposed to and MAKE THE WATCH RUN CORRECTLY), so the pendant becomes a strictly decorative family heirloom, and will be stored in a box with some other items I have from my grandmother.
I guess that my new eBay & Etsy search term is now going to be "pocket watch". I really liked having a watch pendant, and need to find a replacement.
I just heard back from the Time Shop: $300 to repair and clean the watch, and they can't actually guarantee that the watch would work even after those repairs. I can't afford that right now (not to mention that I don't know if I would ever want to spend that sort of money without being sure the repairs would do what they were supposed to and MAKE THE WATCH RUN CORRECTLY), so the pendant becomes a strictly decorative family heirloom, and will be stored in a box with some other items I have from my grandmother.
I guess that my new eBay & Etsy search term is now going to be "pocket watch". I really liked having a watch pendant, and need to find a replacement.
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