Every mechanical watch carries a quiet metaphor the industry trots out each February: the balance wheel oscillates, the mainspring unwinds, and somewhere inside that architecture of steel and brass, a tiny heart beats. The Valentine's Day limited edition is, by its nature, a commercial exercise.
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Every mechanical watch carries a quiet metaphor the industry trots out each February: the balance wheel oscillates, the mainspring unwinds, and somewhere inside that architecture of steel and brass, a tiny heart beats. The Valentine's Day limited edition is, by its nature, a commercial exercise.
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Watch Collecting Lifestyle extends its deepest condolences to the Seddiqi family and their extended community across the watch industry. Abdulmagied Ahmed Seddiqi, co-owner of Seddiqi Holding and a figure whose influence on luxury watch retail in the Middle East is difficult to overstate, has passed away.
