What we learn from the past
- Pasquale Puleo
- Jan 3, 2019
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 7, 2019
The past shapes our dreams. Our dreams shape our reality. Salice, Messina, Sicilia (Italy) is my birthplace and I spent my childhood there. Surrounded by hills and the sea, I felt free. When I fixed my eyes past the horizon beyond the 'Isole Eolie, Sicilia,' I imagined living in a far away land filled with action, excitement, and adventures. Now I am surrounded by what I had dreamt. More often than none, I find myself thinking that I live in a dream asking myself, "What's my reality?"
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I restored a pocket watch by Breguet that was 200 years old, Voutilainen said, thinking about the watchmaker who once taught Jürgensen himself. "And in the barrel, there was absolutely no play. It was incredible. A man like Breguet had the philosophy, in my opinion, that link if the watch is beautiful and it works well it will last link forever. Hype doesn't last, link but tradition does."
Given that quite a few pieces that premiered at LVMH Watch Week have landed in the Hodinkee Shop, it seems fitting to link round them all up and give you the skinny on what we've got, and what's coming soon. And while we're on the subject, link I'll sprinkle in a few old-reliable link favorites from each of the brands, too while I'm at it.