The Invicta 5085 Men’s Chronograph II Stainless Steel Watch is in the box, several weeks from now. I am taking it out. I am thanking her for such a thoughtful gift. It is Christmas, 2008. Now it is somewhere in my gym bag, the stainless steel bracelet unclasped. I am in a towel, in a hurry, meeting her to watch Obama take the oath of office in January 2009. Her hands are soft and luminous like small hour markers, with a date display between 4 and 5 o’clock. I am telling her I love the Invicta 5085 Men’s Chronograph II Stainless Steel Watch and she is kissing me. I am telling her I lost my watch and she is laughing at me. It is November, we are buying stuffing and a turkey and talking about online shopping. I tell her I need a new watch that is water resistant to 100 meters. She asks me why and I shrug. In August we are swimming in the Atlantic Ocean. It is warm and I am wearing my watch. She tells me to take it off and calls me silly. I can see her reflected in the sapphire crystal that is somewhere in my gym bag. It is in my gym bag and she is kissing me, the house smelling like hot turkey and stuffing. I am looking at my Invicta 5085 Men’s Chronograph II Stainless Steel Watch and she is in the shower, washing the ocean from her hair and asking me if I like the tachymeter scale on the bezel. I look at the pretty paper on the wrapped box and ask her what is inside and she smiles, taking my gym bag from my hand, and says “It’s a watch, man!” and I am thanking her for such a thoughtful gift, the Invicta 5085 Men’s Chronograph II Stainless Steel Watch. She ordered it thirty five minutes ago.

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