Watch, yes. Cell phone, absolutely no.
I have the watch I bought my dad for Christmas perhaps a decade ago. He wore it daily, but, gently, he was in his early 70s. It is a Zodiac Marine Life self winder, that needs to be serviced. It is a good quality Swiss watch, the ebauche is the same ETA 2824-2 used in the big money Swiss watches. It was a discontinued watch, and not very expensive. Since I won’t end up with a watch when I retire, I’ll have it serviced when I do and wear it when I accompany the missus on a date night, or, when I carry one of his old guns out in the field, instead of the Timex Indiglo that is usually on my wrist.
Dad would have liked that.
My son has the Zodiac Seawolf dad bought before his tour in south east Asia, and while it has been serviced and keeps good time, it looks like a Marine wore it for 60 years, cause, he did. My son wears it now, and has a cell phone in his pocket. His reason is the phone might not work, but, grampa’s watch always does.
Dad would have like that, too.
Best,
Ted
Nothing wrong with nostalgia. I'm very much a nostalgic person myself. But, my cell phone has never caused me to be late for an appointment, a meeting, church, a hunting trip, or any family or social event I needed to be on time for. Maybe I'm just lucky, but it's a long string of luck.
