I think you’re misunderstanding my sentiment.
Products are at the end of the day emotional items. We buy through emotion and emotion is dictated by feelings of desire, or pride or nostalgia or such like.
I feel no such positive feelings for watches worn by nazis, but I do have positive feelings for the brand Longines and the craftmanship of these early pieces. On that merit alone the watch is magnificent mechanically and is a good enough reason to desire it. I can easily appreciate that, however for me these watches are tainted by the atrocities of nazi Germany and the ideologies that the soldiers were indoctrinated to believe in.
There are always two sides to conflict, and we often forget that there are good people on both sides of war; but I think a watch worn by a nazi is beyond the line that I would feel comfortable. Perhaps my emotions are somewhat spiritual - I wore my 6B/159 with pride because it could very well have been worn by an airman that contributed to ridding this world of evil.
In comparison a watch worn by a nazi would do quite the opposite and represents a time in history that I do not want to forget, but rather would prefer it kept in a museum rather than on my own wrist.
Everyone has our own passions and beliefs and opinions and I respect yours absolutely for that is your prerogative. I do think many people will agree with my sentiment but likewise there are surely some who see this item for what it is on face value an important part of watch history!
The watch is attractive and logically it makes a lot of sense to buy it. I guess this is an argument between the logical and emotional brain, and whether for better or worse I am too much of a romantic to look beyond my emotions.
Thank you for sparking an interesting conversation ☺️
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