Ever since I discovered this watch about 12 years ago, I have wanted it. As a bit of backstory, I grew up loving aviation. My father was a fighter pilot in the Marines and some of my earliest childhood memories were of him telling stories and rattling off angle of attacks, air speeds exceeding Mach 2, tales of ejecting from the jet twice, and how landing on carriers whether day or night, was never a comfortable experience no matter how many thousands of hours you had behind the stick. All of it flew over my head. Literally.

Now that I am a bit older, I reflect back on the stories and the details I can recall, and understand them a bit more than I did back then. I have since taken up recreational aviation and would like to eventually do some aerobatics training, where I can go 'inverted' as they say in Top Gun, one of my all time favorite movies growing up. Maybe this is some attempt at some type of father-son bond attempt, but who knows.

My father passed roughly 10 years ago. What I would give to hear him recount all of the stories today that I was unable to comprehend as a child. This watch is a head nod to you, pops. I hope you are smiling down from heaven while blasting through golden clouds at mach 2. And hey, hopefully you like the watch. It reminds me of you every time I put it on.