Foversta shares a deeply personal update with the WatchProSite community, revealing a recent health challenge and his path to recovery. His post underscores the resilience of the human spirit and the enduring power of passion, as he uses his watch collection to aid memory training and expresses gratitude for the overwhelming support from the watch world.
Dear all,
Maybe you noticed it but I have stopped my activity on PuristSPro since the beginning of the year. Actually, I faced a big health issue, a stroke, on the 4th of January and I'm still hospitalized even if could spend one night home yesterday. Thanks to the quick action of the emergencies, I think that I will not have any aftereffect. At least we didn't detect any for the time being. In order to train my memory, I posted on IG my collection of watches to check if I was remembering the details, the stories behind and so on. Everything seems ok and I think that I didn't lose anything about my knowledge of the watch industry. People, old souvenirs, recent events, the collections, the brands, the movements, the providers, the sub-contractors, everything is fine.
Obviously I missed the SIHH but it is not a big issue: I will organize myself with the brands and in Paris, it is not very complicated to see the watches. I don't know yet if I will go to Basel, it will depend on the rehabilitation I'm currently following. I hope to be able to do it.
I got a huge amount of messages of support from the brands, the collectors, the visitors of the SIHH, well all the actors of the industry and this support gave me a lot of help in this difficult period.
So I would like to thank a lot all those who wrote me!
I got a nice surprise yesterday coming from the Tag Heuer team... so even if I was not in Geneva, they gave me a very nice souvenir of the Geneva week thanks to this lovely cap!
For the time being, I can't post a lot since I only have my tablet in my room and not my computer. But I hope to resume my activity within a few weeks.
Thanks a lot for your support and please enjoy everyday our common passion! We never know what could be the future so... live the day!
Fx
