A Watch is Never Just a Watch (the tale of a Tank Cartier)
You can get watches for a couple of dollars at your local low-end department store. You can buy knock-off watches from street vendors. All in all, you might save money and fool some people – but an inferior timepiece is never worth it in the end. I’ve tried it and I can attest that there is no satisfaction.
When I buy a watch, I want it to last. I want a timepiece for my wrist that is equivalent to the mantel clock I have that belonged to my great-grandparents. Why? It keeps more perfect time than any other clock I own and it is at least 80 years old. You can safely call that a quality mantle clock.
I recently cleaned out my jewelry box and got rid of the junk I had in my watch drawer. Some of it still looked relatively attractive, but not a one worked correctly. And, I can guarantee you that none of them were even close to being 80 years old. Then, I looked at one of the boxes of jewelry I received at my wedding and never paid attention to until now. Inside was one of a pair of Cartier watches we had been given by a distant relative on my ex-husband’s side of the family.
My first thought was that should give the watch back, since it was obviously a pricey gift. But then, I started browsing the watches on the The Watchery website and came across a tank cartier that pretty much reached through the monitor and put its pretty little claws in my heart. It reminded me of how much of an heirloom these watches are and that the best thing to do is put the wedding watch aside to give to my daughter once she is old enough to appreciate it.
I am sure it will still be keeping perfect time.
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