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6 March 2012, 04:24 AM
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A milestone for my son!
A few days ago, as I went through my watch-cleaning routine (do not ask, you know what I mean ) my 9 year old son sat next to me and started asking questions about watches. He knows I am a WIS and he has several of his own.
We spoke a lot about automatic vs quartz watches, and he was specially interested in one: A Swatch Body & Soul that I had bought 12 years ago and was sitting in the safe (with box, papers and original purchase receipt). The conversation continued for over an hour. I later heard that he had told my wife that he wanted an automatic, transparent Swatch; so I decided to speed up the process and give him my Swatch. His face brightened up as he smiled and put his 'new' watch on. His promise: to take care of it and to WEAR IT. It is amazing how something so simple can make us feel SOOOOO great! Here is our wrist shot!  (Mods: sorry for mis-posting @ FS section).... |
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6 March 2012, 04:27 AM
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AMAZING story Gerardo! Hopefully I will have similar story to share one day! Thanks for sharing!
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6 March 2012, 04:28 AM
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Hopefully one day he will grow into that TT Sub
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6 March 2012, 04:28 AM
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Wonderful story! Thanks for sharing.
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6 March 2012, 04:29 AM
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Now THAT'S a special moment!
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6 March 2012, 04:30 AM
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Nice gift.
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6 March 2012, 04:41 AM
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Great story.
Dad can I borrow your Rolex today . . ;-) Probably your sons next question |
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6 March 2012, 04:41 AM
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...watching TV with his new watch...a future WIS!
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6 March 2012, 04:42 AM
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My son said something similar, "dad, when are you going to die so I can have your watches?"
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6 March 2012, 04:44 AM
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Cute story. Does that jersey say Messi at the back? IIRC, you guys went to the United-Barca match in DC last summer (I was there too).
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 As I mentioned before, he knows all my watches are his (except the ones 'mommy' has taken from me!). He loves 'complicated' watches. My DD....no interest. My Daytona he likes. Ditto for JLC
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6 March 2012, 04:53 AM
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Great Story!1 That's one of the precious moments of life!!
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6 March 2012, 04:59 AM
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This is a great story - can't wait to meet the rest of your family one of these days/years!
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6 March 2012, 05:00 AM
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Great story Gerardo, And a very special moment for a WIS dad
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6 March 2012, 05:02 AM
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6 March 2012, 05:07 AM
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Great story !
Little WIS grow up ... |
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6 March 2012, 05:08 AM
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Nice moment, great dad, lucky son.
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6 March 2012, 05:26 AM
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Great story. Nice to see the special bonds you have with your son.
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6 March 2012, 05:39 AM
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That's a nice special moment
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6 March 2012, 06:32 AM
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Very cool story - My first child, a son, is due in one month. I'll be interested to find out if he picks up any of my hobbies.
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6 March 2012, 06:33 AM
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That is really neat! My son is only 9 months old so I'm a bit away from that, but I still can't wait!
Here's to him wearing it in good health
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6 March 2012, 06:45 AM
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6 March 2012, 07:05 AM
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great story! my son is twelve and asked me recently "so what's the big deal about rolex?"...hahaha....
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6 March 2012, 07:21 AM
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6 March 2012, 07:27 AM
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Great story Gerardo!! Thanks for sharing with us!
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6 March 2012, 07:32 AM
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That's the real life!
And the SWATCH is a great watch for sure. Thanks for sharing Gerardo Tom |
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6 March 2012, 07:36 AM
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Nice story Gerardo, WIS in the making indeed!
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6 March 2012, 08:56 AM
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Great story Gerardo!
Congrats to your son on his new acquisition! 
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