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Weekly Contest #369
My grandfather taught me that a mechanical watch must be wound every day, even when you aren't wearing it, and if you leave it alone long enough, it stops. For the first time in a decade, I wound his watch.Click. Click. Click.The hands began to move. A red star sat on the dial, the Yugoslav emblem, on the scratched glass, its army green strap faded from years of use. The crown turned easily beneath my fingers at first, then resisted as the mechanism tightened. The Florida sun reflected off the lens in a circle on the ceiling. I noted the scr...
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