My husband bought me the most beautiful Tissot watch, oval with a faceted face when I had our first son.
Previously, I'd never worn a wrist watch, as being a Nursery Nurse/Nanny, I had a fob.
But that Tissot didn't like me and would not keep time.
The horologist tested it - it kept perfect time for him.
He suggested I had 'too much electricity' and although I didn't understand, I had to stop wearing it.
Bought myself a cheap Timex and that did the same, so it was me not the watches.
My Mum collected clocks in a small way and her favourite was a beautiful Marine clock with a mahogany surround.
She also loved a chiming Grandmother clock and a domed torsion pendulum Year Clock which I bought her.
In the sitting room she had a little Cuckoo Clock bought in Oberammergau.
When she came to New Zealand, the first place she wanted to visit was the Clock Museum in Whangarei.
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