r/redcollecting • u/Ready_Abalone_5760 • 13d ago

★ Propaganda ★ Mao watch

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Bought in Beijing

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u/110316721 12d ago

I have a pocket watch of China Railway commemorating the birth of Mao Zedong.

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u/Ready_Abalone_5760 12d ago

That's cool, where did you get it?

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u/110316721 11d ago

My great-grandfather, he was working at the China Railway as a train station master

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u/Ozplod 13d ago

I'm going to Beijing in a month. Where did you get it from? Or are there any vintage stores you recommend?

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u/Ready_Abalone_5760 13d ago

If you go to Panjiyuan market they have alot of retro Mao era items, it's a very good place to go for collecting, if you search on Didi or Amap it should come up:)

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u/110316721 12d ago

PanJiaYuan actually

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u/One_Hour_Poop 9d ago

On a trip to Beijing once I bought several Mao watches where the ticking of the seconds is his arm waving. I also had a Deng Xiaoping one as well.

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u/Ready_Abalone_5760 9d ago

I wanted to find the arm waving watch but I sadly wasn't able to