I was going through some things and found an old watch I haven’t used for a while.
You might find it interesting.
Closer. Note the appropriate roman numerals.
It wants a battery, but it remains amusing…. and exact twice a day!
UPDATE
I was out on errands and got a new battery put in. It runs just fine!
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Made in China?
dimsum: I don’t think so. It doesn’t say anything on the back. It was made for the Vatican Museum by Art Age.
Gosh, I want one! Where do I get it?
I got it in Rome many years ago. I suspect you are not going to find one.
I could probably be convinced eventually to part with it.
Fr. Z’s auctions?
Zbay?
That’s one way to clean out your house Father. :-)
Jack in KC
Must have been the Loma Prieta Earthquake in 1989 that put the kabosh on the watch.
“On October 17, 1989, at 5:04:15 pm (Pdt) a magnitude 7.1 earthquake severely shook the greater San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas”
http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-29/
Zbay? LOL!
AMG: I don’t get that… but… that’s okay.
The watch runs very well. I put a new battery in it today.
AMG:…. oooohhhh… I get it now.
I will see your St. Peter’s watch and raise you one Pope John Paul II bottle opener.
Get it now before the canonization raises the price.
Rob: Does your bottle opener also have a watch?
Fr. Z, Would you trade it for either my Chairman Mao or my Chinese numerals watches? :)
How about my official, autographed, Lester Maddox Wake Up America alarm clock?
dimsum: Would you trade it for either my Chairman Mao
How to put this delicately, so that I don’t have to throw myself out of the combox….
ummm….
NO!
Actually, folks, I remember involving this watch in Z-Chat once and a participant got very excited about it.
Maybe that Z-Bay idea isn’t so bad after all!
The JPII (1990 edition) bottle opener does not have a clock.
I should clarify that it is a “church key” bottle opener – and intended to open soda & beer bottles, not wine bottles.
A truly enterprising individual would release a JPII Santo Subito edition.
Perhaps the folks at Holy Whapping might be interested. (Hope you’re reading this, Matt.)