"Time doesn't wait - but love remembers."

My dad’s watch was never about fashion - it was about time. A simple mechanical piece with a quiet tick, purchased for him when my old brother was born. He polished it every Sunday, not just to care for the metal, but to honor the moments it marked.

Growing up, time with Dad felt brief - long hours at work, short weekends. But when he was with us, he was present. Washing the family car together, fixing bikes, taking family trips to the beach. The watch was always there, quietly ticking through those memories.

When I became a father, he gave it to me. Inside the case, he’d written: “Time doesn’t wait - but love remembers.” This was especially impactful as my older brother passed away just a few years earlier in a car accident and never had the joy of fatherhood.

Now I wear it every day. It reminds me that while time moves fast, the bond between fathers and sons - like a well-crafted timepiece - is built to last generations and when my son becomes a father, this watch will in turn become his!