Montblanc

They say in life, when faced with hard decisions, we flip a coin.

I like  MB  as they have a consistent history of excellent fountain pens, whereas would've preferred it if they kept Minerva as a brand instead of relabelling it as a MB. Small things perhaps, compared to what this brand is positioning to achieve, with their exciting pieces, and will be a matter of time when it gains more market recognition and credence. 

The watch needs a story - perhaps in the similar mood to the story Annapurna by Maurice Herzog, when the field surgeon Oudot amputates his frost-bitten fingers during the descent from Annapurna. 

Something like:

Frost bite had started to waste my fingers. I can't remember how long it has been. Annapurna had almost killed my spirit too. I wasted into a weak pitiful self, being carried by the Sherpas back. On and off, I would ask Oudot for the time and day, I wanted to go back home, the comforts of my home. All our field watches were breached by moisture, with exception to Oudots trusty tool of a pulsometer watch - I would never understand how these complicated watches work.

 It would be another 7 days before we reach the dingy hospital in Pokhara.Time was not on our side. Oudot told me he could take a chance to spare me the agony of cutting off my fingers - by letting time tell it's severity. I wished I could have worn thicker gloves that wouldn't get wet, maybe I'd kept my fingers.

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