Horological Meandering

Gilapedro
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A watch can be priceless

Thank you for sharing the nice story.

I bought a Rolex SD when my son was born.  The Explorer 1 that I wore for years was sent in for routine service and that triggered the itch to add a SD. The idea of getting a watch for the birth of my son didn't cross my mind when I was looking for the SD during my wife's pregnancy. For months I couldn't find a SD in Hong Kong and eventually my buddy found one in Singapore. He travelled from our hometown to Singapore, picked up the watch at the airport, and delivered to me in HK. My boy was less than 2 weeks old when it arrived.  

The SD has been on my wrist since then and I couldn't get the Explorer 1 off my wife's wrist. Over the past nine years, a number of  watches were added to the collection. Ironically, all of them have a story behind....which I shall save for other treads. This SD is significant to me as it relates so closely to my son. So often I recalled the emotional moments when I carried the two new borns in my arms. Up till now, it still warms my heart when i spend time with my son with the SD on my wrist, in the ocean, in the pool, in the garden, in the car...

I bought a JLC Reverso GT earlier this year. My son commented it was a very beautiful watch, but he likes the SD. I didn't expect a reason from a 9-yr old boy.

During my last home visit earlier this year, I took out all the old watches that I'd kept in the family house. Among them was the Roskopf pocket watch my grandfather passed down to my father and eventually to me. It belonged to my grandfather's buddy who has used the watch for a long time before giving to my grandfather about 80 yrs ago.

I was sharing the stories of these watches with my father as I drooled on each of them. He went back to his room and returned with all his old watches that I knew so well. We spent a very meaningful afternoon walking down the memory lane.  Many names of his old friends popped up in our conversation as most of these watches have a story too.

When we acquire a watch, I guess we believe the price worth the pleasure of owning it. But very often, a watch becomes priceless when one relates it to time and events.

Pete