Michael Schumacher's personal watch collection to go under the hammer

My father has TBD. It definitely can make a big difference in someone's personality and behavior, and the brain is not something that heals in the same way as the rest of us.

What happened to Schumacher is unfortunate, but probably good for the family to do this.

So, so sad - myself and my twin brother were real Schumacher fanatics in the day. I still earnestly hope that his 7 world championship record won’t be surpassed.

I honestly know next to nothing about this situation, and my statement is made from at least some personal perspective. We can heal brain damage and continue living, but it often has dramatic impact on our personality, reasoning, and co-ordination (to say the least). Michael has been completely out of the public eye, and I don't think he's ever capable of being who he was again. Whatever his life is like now, he doesn't need any of the things he once "needed" as part of his appearance to the public eye. I can't know if he still wants some of those things or not, but, he was a legend in his time. It's possible this will help allow the public to continue to remember him as he was in his racing days- with those items retaining sentimental/monetary value into the future that is higher than if they were auctioned off years from now after his death (while presumably he stays outside of the public eye and possibly becomes more forgotten).

I'll also say it's possible this will allow the family some closure. Michael isn't dead, but the person who he was is dead. I can't say what the family is going through or has gone through specifically, but if this allows them to additionally recognize that and get some closure, that may be very positive.

When I originally posted that incomplete thought, I wasn't thinking about the money side of what they are selling. taking care of someone as they age with traumatic brain damage can become incredibly expensive in some cases, but the family is loaded and likely care is not an issue. I may be projecting from my own experience, but the Schumacher family has likely been going through something very complicated. Not only did they lose Michael Schumacher, but they got someone different back instead. It makes it very difficult if not impossible to mourn the person you lost, and that's not something realized until much later.

I just read that these 8 watches are part of a “very large” collection of watches, and that watches that Michael wore often and have high emotional value are not up for auction. If this is true then the move makes perfect sense to me, even for a very rich family like them.

We discussed this a few days ago with one of my former interns, a very smart young woman who grew up in the Alps with skis tethered to her feet, and who insists on being a freelancer so she can be a ski instructor half of the year.

Her take was very simple: «he wasn’t wearing a helmet». End of story.

Wow- if so that is quite sad and unfortunate.
I stand corrected then.

Out of morbid curiosity, I googled around and couldn't find any definitive info about whether the GoPro and/or GoPro mount compromised the helmet. I wonder if there was a settlement or some such that hushed up the final findings.

It doesn't surprise me that an afterthought appendage stuck on a helmet could cause problems in an accident, not just with the helmet itself but with awkward twisting of the neck on impact until it shears off.
In this day and age there is no reason a tiny camera could not be properly smoothly integrated into the design of the helmet with a wireless connection to a phone or some such, power could be by small flat rechargeable batteries also smoothly fitted within the helmet.

I've seen a lot of helmets that to me look like they could make neck injuries worse by their design when the impact is to the side of the head.