You got a pocket watch. I got a new wrist watch. It's a Minuteman. I ordered it online, and it was delivered today. The head of the company personally mailed it from Illinois with his name, not the company's name, on the return address.

It's a watch for those who are strong enough to open the bottles and jars that I can't open. Now that I've got it on my wrist, I'm still as limp-wristed as I ever was. But my wrists, like most of me, are thick, and the watches designed for limp-wristed adults are too tight for me to wear. So the Minuteman actually fits.

It's the model that has Arabic numerals that civilians like me can understand. There are Minuteman models that say 00 where my watch says 12, and you are welcome to 'em.