time passages
I’ve always liked nice
watches. Not hugely complex ones with
multi dials and bezels, but nice simple ones.
I’ve always marvelled at their precision engineering.
So, it’s no surprise then that I’ve
always had a nice watch. Nothing hugely
expensive, massive or ostentatious, but just a nice, well-made watch.
For my 40th birthday,
my family clubbed together and bought me a lovely Seiko Kinetic one. No battery.
No need to wind it. Its movement
was powered by my movement. The strap
and case were made of titanium with gold highlights. I adored it.
Still do.
I wore it everywhere and it’s
been to the top of mountains and the bottom of the sea with me, and it always
kept perfect time. Then, on 23rd
October 2014, after over 10 years of absolutely faultless precision service, it
stopped. No reason, just refused to
carry on working.
Bizarrely though, this
was the exact day I was diagnosed with my cancer. How spooky is that? Really, really spooky if you must know!
I made a decision to not get the
watch repaired. I wanted to keep it as a
stark reminder of that day – frozen in time quite literally. And so it remains, firmly stuck at 11.14am on
23rd October 2014.
I bought myself a replacement of
course. Another Seiko Kinetic one. I hope it never stops.
Spooky indeed! :-/
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