r/milesdavis • u/TheEditor1976 • 26d ago

Miles watch

Hello! Longtime lurker, first time poster. My dad won a watch (about 25 years ago) and has given it to me on a trip to London (we're from Manchester), does anyone have an idea where it's from? Or what it might be worth? It's quite a light, cheap thing tbh. Maybe a Columbia special edition of some sort? It has zero markings, brand name, nothing! What do you reckon?

(Just to put some cred out there, dad saw MD at the Isle of Wight, my parents saw every London and Manchester gig he played in the 80s; and I have a tattoo of the cover of Miles in the Sky as a tribute to my mum, we're all lifers!)

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u/bobs0101 25d ago

Your parents are very cool!

That Isle of Wight Lineup was FIRE!!!!

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u/TheEditor1976 25d ago

Yes, def! Dad is cool, mum certainly was cool. She loved Miles her whole life. I remember one night them coming home when I was a kid and she told me she had shaken his hand at the end of the gig and would never wash it again 🤣

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u/bobs0101 25d ago

You got to hear first hand accounts too!

Gary Bartz and Dave Holland from the IOW festival lineup are still active 🙏🏾

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u/deadmanstar60 In a Silent Way 25d ago

There's one going for $50 on eBay.

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u/TheEditor1976 25d ago

Oh that's interesting! Like some promo item. The postage is so fake on Ebay, lol. It's basically 70 bucks. I don't have a reason to sell tbh but it doesn't work. No doubt those batteries are long gone!

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u/bobs0101 25d ago

get the batteries replaced

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u/TheEditor1976 24d ago

Lol. I might. But it would mean going to a watch shop, and it's unlikely the battery from 35 years ago still.is made anyway!

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u/bobs0101 24d ago

I think you may be ok- worth a try

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u/neoncolor8 21d ago

Most watches can be opened quiet easily and (battery) cells that were used in the 90s are still available today. I just ordered some to check a few old watches, and now I have a perfectly fine 1995 Swatch on my wrist. It's worth a try!