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...........what is a watch with a soul............
Often we say that a particular watch has a soul while another, no matter how elegant, expensive or complicated just does not seem to possess that quality.
In my opinion a new watch no matter how accomplished, and others may disagree, may by association with its great pedigree, may have a great heritage, but it cannot have the soul of a watch that has seen the passage of time. That has ticked away the seconds and hours and days of a life that has seen the birth of a child or that of a nation, the travels to different parts of the world, the achievements of a life and the sorrows that it has lived through, the dreams achieved and those dashed. Such a watch acquires a soul by living through the rigors of life.
The beat up old Omega that Mr. E. Hemingway wore while writing his novels in Spain and Cuba and that was then passed down to his family has a soul that a new, shiny watch from the same maker just cannot muster. Likewise the early Rolex oyster worn by the young lady Mercedes Gleitz who crossed the English channel in 1927 has more soul than the much more robust and capable Submariner that can be purchased today by you and me. My Sub however does have the pride of heritage.
The now beat up Seiko that my father gave me new upon my entering post graduate school and which saw me through the rigors of education, the travels to every continent of the world, the watch that was on my wrist when I met my lovely wife and the watch that was telling me the time when landed my first real job and bought my first new car, has acquired a soul. I can look at its scarred case and live through the times of my life. It has far more soul then the shiny new Patek that I purchased a couple of weeks ago. The Patek has great heritage but the soul it should acquire in due time.
Heritage and pedigree are what a watchmaker gives each of its watches and then we, the owners give our watches a soul.
Best Regards to all.
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...........what is a watch with a soul............
