Missing my mom...feeling nostalgic...post your heirlooms.

There are many watches I admire and would be happy to own. There are some watches I've been privileged to acquire. There are also some I've owned, enjoyed, and passed on to new owners. But there is one watch that will always elude and haunt me because it doesn't exist. Neither of my parents had a watch of note, and certainly nothing passed to them from their parents. Sure they had wristwatches, but they were inexpensive and tossed out when broken or in disrepair.

I love hearing about pieces that belonged to relatives and were passed down. Maybe it's a WIS thing, but to me a watch being passed on is the perfect heirloom. Something about measuring time with the same piece your father/grandfather did has a beautiful and poetic irony to it.

My parents split when I was young, and although I keep in touch with my father, we've never been terribly close. We have some overlapping interest in motorsport which has luckily given us something to chat about as adults. I asked once if he still had the watch he wore in the service, but he had no clue. Told me he probably threw it away. He figured the same fate for his fathers watch. So unfortunately those ties were never made to even pass on.

The real loss I feel is not having any type of heirloom from my mom. I was very close with her and thought of her as a friend. I worked for her embroidery business for more than 14 years before she was diagnosed with cancer. She battled for 8 years before passing. I aspire to be half as strong, positive, and caring as she was. She will always be my beacon. Raised as one of 5 by her widowed mother, there was little to nothing passed on.

My mothers name was Constance, though she went by Connie. I always used to joke around at work calling her "Constellation" over the intercom. One day she asked me why I called her that, and I told her it was because she was the star of the show! She gave me a knuckle sammich and called me a smart ass. Since becoming a WIS, I found out that the Omega Constellation is referred to as the "Connie". One day, I hope to find a nice vintage Connie that can act as a fitting surrogate "heirloom" to my mother.

So, if you have them, post up your hand me downs!

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