There’s a powerful thread uniting these stories and these men—whether they’re alive or dead, wealthy and famous or clock-punching everyday guys. Watches are objects that start conversations among men who notice them. I began to realize that the watches worn on the wrists of the men I knew often had great emotional significance, or represented some deep connection—the watch had been given to them by a relative, it marked a major life event, or maybe it allowed them to be the version of themselves they most wanted to be.
