This thread brings to mind one of the ultimate tinkerers, Henry Ford. His Mom died while he was still pretty small so he was quite young when she caught him rebuilding a watch during Church. She took him outside and tanned his hide. Even after getting a whipping he was excited because he managed to make the watch run again.

At the Henry Ford museum, that watch is on display in a line of his early mechanical accomplishments in chronological order.

I wonder how many 11 or 12 year olds at any point in history could slip a watch apart and back together. I'm sure back in the day, there were some, but not many.

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