A love letter to my C11 msl
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A love letter to my C11 msl
Dear C11 msl,
You were my first significant watch buy. My first love. I was head over heels from the time I first saw you.
It was your style, your boldness and your uniqueness that captured my heart.
You arrived in my life at a point where I was being very psychiatric, and I truly needed your steadiness and regularity in my world.
I changed a lot over the years, but you changed little (apart from a new Gunny strap in amazon green....)
You were dependable to the second.
In my flightiness and fickleness I eventually lost sight of your good qualities. We didn't seem to fit together as we once had. My wrists got smaller, and you seemed bigger. Your size started blinding me to the best parts of our relationship. I stopped wearing you almost altogether.....
C11 msl, forgive me? I've learned that sticky patches in a relationship don't mean that the relationship is dead. That working through those patches can bring great rewards. Just at the point where I was about to end the relationship I've put you on for one more time only to see you through new eyes. I'd like you to stay.
With love
missF
PS You're not a one watch any more - OK??
You were my first significant watch buy. My first love. I was head over heels from the time I first saw you.
It was your style, your boldness and your uniqueness that captured my heart.
You arrived in my life at a point where I was being very psychiatric, and I truly needed your steadiness and regularity in my world.
I changed a lot over the years, but you changed little (apart from a new Gunny strap in amazon green....)
You were dependable to the second.
In my flightiness and fickleness I eventually lost sight of your good qualities. We didn't seem to fit together as we once had. My wrists got smaller, and you seemed bigger. Your size started blinding me to the best parts of our relationship. I stopped wearing you almost altogether.....
C11 msl, forgive me? I've learned that sticky patches in a relationship don't mean that the relationship is dead. That working through those patches can bring great rewards. Just at the point where I was about to end the relationship I've put you on for one more time only to see you through new eyes. I'd like you to stay.
With love
missF
PS You're not a one watch any more - OK??
watching you fail in your quest for a “one watch” has been great entertainment
Watchaholic
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Thomcat00
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Re: A love letter to my C11 msl
Ahhh what a lovely letter to a lovely watch
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Re: A love letter to my C11 msl
The C11 is a classic CW. I'm glad your love story continues. I'm a Micky Rooney of C11's - had 6 of them but it always ended in divorce
Patrick
C60 Pro 300, C60 Sunrise, C63 Sealander Lucerne blue LE, C65 Dartmouth, W11 Amelia (wife), C63 Sealander (son)
Some others + a few on the way
C60 Pro 300, C60 Sunrise, C63 Sealander Lucerne blue LE, C65 Dartmouth, W11 Amelia (wife), C63 Sealander (son)
Some others + a few on the way
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Re: A love letter to my C11 msl
Thegreyman wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:37 pm The C11 is a classic CW. I'm glad your love story continues. I'm a Micky Rooney of C11's - had 6 of them but it always ended in divorce
watching you fail in your quest for a “one watch” has been great entertainment
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Re: A love letter to my C11 msl
Looking forward to an update when C11 gives you a response!
Alex
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Re: A love letter to my C11 msl
The fact that I have 'other watches in the watch box' is obviously going to need a lot of sensitive discussion!
watching you fail in your quest for a “one watch” has been great entertainment
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Re: A love letter to my C11 msl
It’ll never write back. But at least it will always give her the time of day. *
*Sorry, I’ll get my coat.
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Re: A love letter to my C11 msl
Love it!
Alex
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Re: A love letter to my C11 msl
watching you fail in your quest for a “one watch” has been great entertainment
Watchaholic
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Thomcat00
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Re: A love letter to my C11 msl
Thanks KCMKansas City Milkman wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:20 pm And that is exactly why you are the Forum Poet Laureat
It's a well known therapeutic tool to write letters to people and things, even if you choose never to send them.
I actually found this silly exercise quite helpful! The C11 stays, and I've redefined the shape of my collection. C11 just needed to resume its rightful place in the lineup.
watching you fail in your quest for a “one watch” has been great entertainment
Watchaholic
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Thomcat00
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Re: A love letter to my C11 msl
You beat me to itKansas City Milkman wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:20 pm And that is exactly why you are the Forum Poet Laureat
What great prose which can reflect life, indeed relationships.
Re: A love letter to my C11 msl
I was also smitten on seeing a C11 for the first time; searched for and finally bought one.
Alas, being fickle the relationship didn’t last and it went the way of so many other watches
Alas, being fickle the relationship didn’t last and it went the way of so many other watches
Tim
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Re: A love letter to my C11 msl
Best laughs I have had in a month.
Thanks all.
Thanks all.
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Re: A love letter to my C11 msl
What a wonderful post! That might be the essence of everyone’s relationship with watches, I suppose. the C11, in all it’s variants, is a watch I’ve always loved but don’t think I could ever own. It’s a size and a style I just couldn’t pull off.
Brilliant!Thegreyman wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:37 pm I'm a Micky Rooney of C11's - had 6 of them but it always ended in divorce
Drew
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