tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post8633087046399252139..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Ingersoll in IslingtonCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-57742818303682262442015-06-26T11:38:55.617+01:002015-06-26T11:38:55.617+01:00How wonderful. I've not seen this building, an...How wonderful. I've not seen this building, and you have had me doing much pleasurable fiddling about on Google Earth to find it! I'll try and head north that way next time I visit my son in the more northerly reaches of Islington. Thank you. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-16921357564884364402015-06-24T23:36:59.713+01:002015-06-24T23:36:59.713+01:00Surprised to find that you can still buy an Ingers...Surprised to find that you can still buy an Ingersoll watch, though only a wristwatch and not the big 'Crown' pocket watch. Also, you can still get a mechanical one, though the cheaper models are quartz. The company is now Chinese-owned and the watches are made in China, but they still have that big curly name on the dial, as imperishable as the Coca-Cola logo.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.com