{"id":10957,"date":"2017-08-24T06:49:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T13:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=10957"},"modified":"2017-08-05T10:49:23","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T17:49:23","slug":"a-new-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=10957","title":{"rendered":"A New Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=10958#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10958\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10958\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=10958\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3530.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1501329284&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3530\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3530.jpg?fit=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10958\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3530.jpg?resize=437%2C583\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3530.jpg?w=3024&amp;ssl=1 3024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3530.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3530.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3530.jpg?resize=250%2C333&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3530.jpg?resize=675%2C900&amp;ssl=1 675w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3530.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3530.jpg?w=2100&amp;ssl=1 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I was about 40 my wife took me out to buy a new watch. This was before smart phones made them obsolete. We had had a good year so I was looking at Omegas and Seikos. <!--more-->She showed me one she liked the look of and I said \u201cit\u2019s nice but I want to have a secondhand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She replied: &#8220;It does have a second hand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>and that&#8217;s when I knew I needed reading glasses.<\/p>\n<p>Decline is inevitable. Embrace it or hate it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was about 40 my wife took me out to buy a new watch. This was before smart phones made them obsolete. 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