Arthur realized he hadn't thought that far. He began to learn that a watch wasn't a single purchase, but a choice of three distinct paths.
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Next came the Case and Crystal. Arthur reached for a rugged diver’s watch with a thick steel body. "That is 316L stainless steel," the man explained. "It can survive a shipwreck. And the glass? That’s Sapphire crystal. You could try to scratch it with a kitchen knife and the knife would give up first." Arthur looked at his own thin wrists. The 44mm diver looked like an anchor on him. He learned the golden rule: the lugs of the watch should never overhang the edges of the wrist. Arthur realized he hadn't thought that far