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KEN KRAMER'S ABOUT SAN DIEGO: Otay Watch Company & Mystery At San Diego State

By Jennifer Robinson / Web Producer
Published May 20, 2020 at 9:59 AM PDT
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Host Ken Kramer

On this episode of KEN KRAMER'S ABOUT SAN DIEGO, we take a look back at the Otay Watch Company; we remember a pioneering doctor in Alpine; and open the door to a campus mystery at San Diego State.

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If you have one of these, lucky you! The Otay Watch Company made more or less precision pocket time pieces at a factory in Otay Mesa 100 years ago. We go back for a look on KEN KRAMER'S ABOUT SAN DIEGO!

Plus, get an update on several stories About San Diego, along with viewer curiosities and and memories of our county in the old days.

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Remember Blue Chip Stamps? They were popular trading stamps offered by San Diego merchants in the 1960s and 70s.

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Jennifer Robinson
Jen is a web producer at KPBS, responsible for program promotion, online membership-related activities, and is the editor of the KPBS community calendar. Jen has worked at KPBS since 2000. She is originally from Las Vegas and attended UNLV.
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