• Manufacturer: Longines, Made in Switzerland
• Style: Early 1950's manual
• Price Paid: £100, Antique Shop in Prague

We had been discussing the 'What I Wore Today' drawings posted a couple of days ago by various people  (you can see them on Liberty London Girl's site) when Kiz rather hopefully asked if I had a watch collection. I wish. I've only ever had one watch at a time during my adult life, but with the exception of one disgraceful episode involving a Storm, they have always been from Longines.

The first was my father's, a gift from the Press Association for decades of service, which I wore throughout my twenties, regularly having to replace the oft-shattered crystal. The second I bought for myself, the most expensive thing of that decade by way of clothing, in my thirties; a new, stainless steel thing of beauty. And now this one, a classic vintage timepiece with 50 years of tarnish and bloom on it's silver face, suitably paired with a good quality lizard strap.