"Every time I wear it, I think of her and hear her lovely laugh"

Not my father's, more my grandma's - after her funeral, I had a long way to travel back home on my own, so I went for a mooch in the local town, where I happened upon a watch shop I hadn't realised was there.

In the window was a Breitling Aerospace I'd always dreamed of, ever since taking an intensive motorcycle course where my room mate wore one. I popped in and tried it on - perfect! It was the previous version that I preferred, and as 'new old stock' carried a hefty discount... I bought it there and then.

A couple of months later my father called and told me my Grandma had left me some money in her will. The amount? Exactly what I'd paid for the watch! So now every time I wear it, I think of her and hear her lovely laugh.