doug sinclair
12-02-2002, 07:14 AM
Group,
I was doing some reorganizing in my shop recently, and had occasion to sort through some watch repair tools that I inherited from my late father which were useless the day he bought them, and of course remain useless today. These are tools that often happened at an earlier stage in the evolution of tool design that seemed brilliant when they hit the market, soon to be engulfed by newer, better designed tools that were destined to be successful because they did the job better. Sort of a "survival of the fittest", in the tool world, you might say. Unfortunately, I have no means of posting pictures of these items, but perhaps some of you who can post pictures have tools that fit the above description that you would like to show, and can give some background on.
Regards,
Doug S.
I was doing some reorganizing in my shop recently, and had occasion to sort through some watch repair tools that I inherited from my late father which were useless the day he bought them, and of course remain useless today. These are tools that often happened at an earlier stage in the evolution of tool design that seemed brilliant when they hit the market, soon to be engulfed by newer, better designed tools that were destined to be successful because they did the job better. Sort of a "survival of the fittest", in the tool world, you might say. Unfortunately, I have no means of posting pictures of these items, but perhaps some of you who can post pictures have tools that fit the above description that you would like to show, and can give some background on.
Regards,
Doug S.