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... I appreciate the craftsmanship, the intrinsic beauty, the quality materials, the fact that a small and precise machine is working away faithfully and nearly silently on my wrist. ...
+1, as well as the ingenious engineering of a mechanical, self-winding movement with multiple complications and functions. It's interesting that the same observations apply to our Jaguars, except that most of those complications and functions are now electronic.
As you get older, your faithful timepiece will keep getting quieter until it is totally silent. After you get your hearing aids you'll realize just how loud that ticking has always been.