my pocket watch story ,ended up sad, pops gave the watch to me on his death bed, says as long as u have this watch i will always be with u hunting , fast forward, beautiful watch it was, real gold ,diamond jeweled engraved with three bucks on it, well for many years it was my hunting companion,and was not used for any other purpose, well fergot to take it off my hunting suit, wife had a brain storm , wash the suit it stinks, well watch was non the less junk after a spin wash tumble dry,she knew what heart break this was and set out [unknown to me ]to get it fixed , story she tells no one would touch it, she finally seeks out German watch guy,he tells wife do u know what u have here, she replys nope, he goes on with a story , that still gets me upset, it was priceless, well old cooter fixes it up , she surprises me with it right before a hunt,i have no werds when i see that watch again more brilliant then ever before. this is the first hunt with my son, we do a three day hunt , had great time but no harvest, last day i decide to try a spot we had not used before, no luck, time to go , pack up my stuff and day bag , decide to leave it behind a tree to hike back and get the truck, , on my way back im coming up to the tree. theres a black chevy doing a u turn right at the spot, im going cant be , they take off , i stop my stuffs GONE wasnt 5 min since i left it . well watch was in day bag , didnt wanna make same mistake as before when i left it my hunt suit, well gave chase plate number is 1146 eu , couldnt catch the basturd, plus i had my brand new truck im crashing thru trees with, cost me a bundle to get that fixed,long story short , called state police no help there, did the pawn shop thing fer years , put signs up in the woods hopeing the locals wood pick something up and gimmie a call , i did bump into the truck parked on a 2 track some years later ,and had my nine off saftey and ready to fill that truck with lead,i stopped my self, i miss that watch ,and all the memories it had , i still look for it , been like 15 years ,pops is still there with me on every hunt ,my only hope is that he forgives me , ps speak n spell is broke