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In 1996, I started making real money for the first time.

I bought a watch and a pair of sunglasses I saw in the glass-case at a store with a dead brand. Soon afterwards, the sunglasses were knocked off my face by a wave as I waded out into the Myrtle Beach surf. The watch I just found again, ten years later and right towards the back of a sock drawer.

I bought a fresh battery and a new leather band for it. Good as new.

Now I can't say exactly why I stopped wearing it and that bothers me. Did the battery wear out? Did the ring that holds the strap to my wrist snap? Or did I just take it off one day and never put it back on again? Not that it really matters.

It's such a great watch.