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The same watch 20 years later
When I was in high school, my father bought me this watch. I grew up pretty poor, so it was truly an extravagance. When I went off to college, my friends and I drove out to this waterfall and jumped off the rocks into the pool below. We kept daring one another to jump from higher and higher up. I got up the courage to jump from 30 feet up, but as I hit the water, I felt a tug on my wrist, and when I surfaced, I noticed that my watch band had broken, and I'd lost the watch my father had gotten for me.
It's been 20 years now. My father passed away not long after that, and I miss him every day. Imagine my surprise when I saw that Victorinox sells this watch again. As soon as I saw it, I bought another one. Every time I look down at my wrist, I am reminded of my father, who worked long, hard hours, doing manual labor, slaving away for a pittance, and how he'd secretly saved up some hard earned dollars to buy his son a nice watch. Every time I look down at my wrist, I also think of my own children now, and hope that one day I can be to them as good a father as mine was to me.
April 2016 · Clothing Shoes and Jewelry · verified purchase