Is it me or is there is something about watches? Maybe being physically attached to you for years, 'being there' for the highlights and tragedies, can a favourite watch become more than a timepiece?
I reckon so, I'm not as intimately connected to my old watch as the Butch's father was in Pulp Fiction but it's close. I bought my old Seiko 5 automatic in the late 70's and have worn it as my daily ever since yep 35 + years! It saw my first job interview, was there when I was nearly killed in a bike smash, wedding, kids birth, best holidays, family funerals and more. Dress watches have come and gone but the dammed thing kept going. But now it's starting to lose a bit too much time, like me it's getting knackered and will be retired to occasional use.
So what to repalce it with, another Seiko of course! and can't wait for it to arrive, this time a Titanium case & bracelet, Kinetic movement and sapphire glass, the sad thing is if it runs like the old one it will probably outlast me! :lol:
"he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide somethin'. His ass. Five long years, he wore this watch up his ass. Then he died of dysentery, he gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.
I reckon so, I'm not as intimately connected to my old watch as the Butch's father was in Pulp Fiction but it's close. I bought my old Seiko 5 automatic in the late 70's and have worn it as my daily ever since yep 35 + years! It saw my first job interview, was there when I was nearly killed in a bike smash, wedding, kids birth, best holidays, family funerals and more. Dress watches have come and gone but the dammed thing kept going. But now it's starting to lose a bit too much time, like me it's getting knackered and will be retired to occasional use.
So what to repalce it with, another Seiko of course! and can't wait for it to arrive, this time a Titanium case & bracelet, Kinetic movement and sapphire glass, the sad thing is if it runs like the old one it will probably outlast me! :lol:
"he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide somethin'. His ass. Five long years, he wore this watch up his ass. Then he died of dysentery, he gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.
