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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ownedbybear, post: 3302299, member: 29&quot;]It&#039;s an eight day winder. In theory, wind it once, it stays good that long. The dial shows how the spring is winding down. It was my grandfather&#039;s - I never knew him, really. He ran away to sea at 16, spent years on tea clippers, helped build the Canadian Pacific railway. The clock came back from the sea with him. </p><p><br /></p><p>He was then a fireman. First wife and most of their children died in the 1899 Russian flu pandemic. He came down to London, met and married my grandmother, and was a fireman in the London Blitz. A very accomplished musician, too. </p><p><br /></p><p>Pa treasured the clock, but it stopped working properly when I was very small. I think he&#039;d love to see it now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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