{"id":984,"date":"2014-03-29T13:40:07","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T18:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fiveforks.com\/jeb\/?p=984"},"modified":"2014-03-30T17:51:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T22:51:11","slug":"in-memory-of-geo-e-toale-xmas-1915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/2014\/03\/in-memory-of-geo-e-toale-xmas-1915\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memory of Geo. E. Toale, Xmas &#8211; 1915"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cleaning up some basement boxes, I found this pocketwatch that I recall Barbadee giving me when I was young. I would carry the watch around and use it sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>I wound it up, and it is ticking and keeping time, here some 99 years later from the 1915 inscription.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-984 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/2014\/03\/in-memory-of-geo-e-toale-xmas-1915\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-front\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-front-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-front-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-front-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-front-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-front.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/2014\/03\/in-memory-of-geo-e-toale-xmas-1915\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-back-geo-e-toale\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-back-geo-e-toale-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-back-geo-e-toale-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-back-geo-e-toale-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-back-geo-e-toale-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-back-geo-e-toale.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/2014\/03\/in-memory-of-geo-e-toale-xmas-1915\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-inside-back\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-inside-back-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-inside-back-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-inside-back-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-inside-back-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-inside-back.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/2014\/03\/in-memory-of-geo-e-toale-xmas-1915\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-mechanicals\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-mechanicals-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-mechanicals-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-mechanicals-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-mechanicals-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/files\/2014\/03\/rode-1915-pocketwatch-mechanicals.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The watchmaker is Rode Watch Co. You can see the F\/S adjustment. It is set a bit to the slow side. There is a &#8220;Swiss&#8221; stamp on the edge of the mechanicals (not pictured.) The back interior case reads:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ILLINOIS<br \/>\nW.C. CC.<br \/>\nELGIN<br \/>\nSTERLING<br \/>\n7713912<\/p>\n<p>To the right of Illinois is a smaller number: 734301 (from what I can tell.)<\/p>\n<p>At the bottom there appears to be a mark of some kind like a signature.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/90478831?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff&amp;autoplay=1&amp;loop=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cleaning up some basement boxes, I found this pocketwatch that I recall Barbadee giving me when I was young. I would carry the watch around and use it sometimes. I wound it up, and it is ticking and keeping time, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/2014\/03\/in-memory-of-geo-e-toale-xmas-1915\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=984"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":997,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984\/revisions\/997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}