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Originally Posted by genejockey View Post
Oh, and speaking of gasoline, the Army's 1945 Technical Manual on watch repair suggests gasoline as a solvent for cleaning watches! I imagine during WWII, gasoline was easier to come by than watch cleaning solutions!
The illustration probably shows a cigarette dangling from a lip too
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