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My Husband's Vintage Rolex Was Lost Within 24 Hours
Robb Report • • business
Key Points:
- The author reflects on her husband's intense and obsessive approach to interests, particularly his journey into watch collecting, which has brought both joy and challenges to their marriage.
- Early on, her husband lost a TAG Heuer gifted by his parents, and later became fixated on tracking sleep with an Apple Watch during the pandemic, which caused anxiety.
- For their wedding, the author gifted him a vintage Patek Philippe, which he wore ceremoniously but was kept safely stored afterward; she later bought him a vintage Rolex as an anniversary gift.
- The Rolex was lost within 24 hours, prompting a frantic search and an M.T.A. report, only to be found three months later inside her husband's squash shoe, revealing the couple's shared responsibility in the mishap.
- Despite the ups and downs, the husband recently acquired two new watches, signaling that their shared journey with watch collecting—and marriage—is ongoing.
