My Watch Story: Restoring My Grandfather's Seamaster by Martijn Roes

“My Watch Story" is a video series starring HODINKEE readers and their most prized watches. For more stories from other collectors and to learn how to submit your own go to: https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/my-watch-story-september-16 While Martijn, who is from Leiden, the Netherlands, most often wears a Rolex Submariner, he says the watch that means the most to him is this Omega Seamaster Calendar. It belonged to his grandfather, who he spent a lot of time with as a child. A few decades later, his mother found it, non-working, in a box of his grandfather's belongings – and eventually, Martijn found a watchmaker in his hometown who could restore it.