TimeX, the watch that last forever! In 1985 a old meat shop in Glendale
Calif. closed down and they tore down the building. As they jackhammered the
cement slab and moved it for hauling away, they picket up one section and a
1940's Timx watch was there, for 40+ years tons of cement had stood on top
of it. The guy who found it, wond it up and it starting working right away.

It's now in the Timex corp. HQ display, they bought it from the guy got
$5,000.

I used to dream of owning one of those scopes back in the 60's/70's.


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"Chris L Peterson" wrote in message
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On 8 Feb 2006 18:42:51 -0800, "Mean Mr Mustard"
wrote:

I would! They are magical ...

In the same way that a Rolex won't keep better time than a Timex, a
Questar won't give better performance than any number of $300
telescopes.

Personally, I'll pass on the Questar (and the Rolex).

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