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Found this at a flea mall does anyone know if there is a history to this watch? (alien.top)
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[–] Gratuitous_Pineapple@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

There are various versions of these waving watches. It's usually a cheap and rather ropey manual wind movement, with the arm stuck on the pallet fork so it waves - doesn't do much for accuracy, but that's not really what they're about. The Mao one can still be found on AliX for about £10-15 I think.

Here are a few more from my collection - in addition to Mao I've got Queen Elizabeth II (definitely my favourite) and George W Bush, along with some other stupid novelty watches.