Re: Captain John's Chronometer and Barometer

Posted by Jock on December 12, 2008 at 13:47:19 user Jock.

In Reply to: Re: Captain John's Chronometer and Barometer posted by LukeDolman on December 12, 2008 at 12:06:40:

Pocket watches may still have been popular in the thirties - after all waistcoats were still pretty standard clothing for adult
men - but we're talking the 1930s here, not the 1830s...

AR mixed in details from his own childhood with the 1930s, so it's not inconceivable that he could have kitted out the Ss,
As and Ds with a variety of timepieces. I rather see John with a pocket watch (perhaps formerly used by his father) while
Nancy would be wearing a smart wrist watch.

It's worth remembering that both wrist watches and pocket watches were relatively expensive items in 1929. £1 then had
the approximate purchasing power of £46 in 2008. Here's a little widget that some TarBoarders might find useful.