timepiece - by anniething & anniewhere
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on inheriting urgency & the myth of control
There’s nothing more performative than a watch on a girl who can’t tell time. And yet I persist, slogging through the morning rush of Chinatown, on the prowl for a vintage gold watch. The shop is empty save for the balding Asian man at the counter, who makes an S-shaped arch over miniature screwdrivers. Fumbling together crinkled dollar bills, I gather the courage to practice my creaky Mandarin—barely managing the word for “watch” before he cuts me off in English. I’m no stranger to American watch stores, once dragged from one Watches of Switzerland to another by an ex-boyfriend in pursuit…
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