I was in the 3rd grade in 1952 and my dad gave me the watch.  He had lots of "war" souvenirs.  Sometime that year a new neighbor boy named Boyce came over to play.  I never knew a boy could be named "Boys".  Anyway he had an accent as he was not from this country.  The next day the watch turns up missing.  My mom calls up his mom and asks if Boyce has seen the watch?  Well, all hell breaks loose!  His grand mother ran over to my house and starts screaming that Boyce is NOT A THIEF! My mom is not militant so she apologized.  Boyce's family banned him from any contact with me.  I alway thought I was the innocent party but several days later the watch turned up.  Boyce never did.  Ouch!

The watch has disappeared many times over the years only to reappear by chance and is nicknamed a homing watch because it could not be permanently lost.

It weighs 4.4oz. which is a LOT heavier than many of the watches listed here.  It is not a woman's watch.  No man wants a watch this heavy thrown at them

Anyway I thought a little background of the item would make it more valuable to those people trying to avoid watch stores who have no background whatsoever on their goods.

The watch runs for while ater winding then stops.  Pick it up and it may start running again.

I was told by a jeweler it needs cleaning.