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My father's watches
My father keeps all of his watches in a drawer. Each and every one of them is unique, and none repeats or look alike. Every watch he owns has its box; it doesn’t matter if the boxes are big or small, he has them all. Every week he unlocks his drawer, and stares at them. After 10 minutes of watching, he decides which one he is going to wear for that week. The watch that he decides to wear will not be used again until he has worn the rest. For every celebration like his birthday, father’s day, and Christmas, we always know that the perfect gift for him will be another watch for his collection. Every trip to the US, the visit to the watch shop is mandatory; it doesn’t matter what we need to do, he’ll always pay a visit to the store, at least for a while. He likes to admire all types of watches: black, silver, thin, big, small. One of his favorite watches, which he uses in special events, is the one my grandfather gave him after he graduated college. It doesn’t matter if the house is on fire, or a tornado swings by, the first thing that my father would do is to take out and keep safe the watches, of course including us too. Every watch has its history, and every time someone asks him where he bought them or complements one of them, he starts telling the story of how he got it, what he went thorough with it, who gave them to him, or what happened when wearing the watch. Some of the watches he owns come from past generations; he has one that was given by his grandfather, his uncle, etc. making him have a sentimental value for them. When traveling, depending on how many weeks of vacations we’re going, he takes the amount of watches that he will be using so that every week he has a different one; it doesn’t matter if the trip if short or long distance, he never forgets about them. The most amazing thing to me is how dedicated he has been in collecting watches since being a kid, and that he uses every single one that he has. My father loves clockwork, the way they look, how they work, how precise they can be, and how a set of small parts can make them work.
