How My Grandfather's Watch Gave Me the Life I Always Wanted An entrepreneur received a watch from his grandfather, which inspired him to open up an ecommerce store.

My grandfather was an entrepreneur. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, and he made his own money -- starting, believe it or not, a cigarette lighter company in the '60s. He was a cool guy -- someone who lived a glamorous lifestyle (or at least what the Rochester, N.Y.-raised, 13-year-old version of me thought was glamorous). He was my hero.

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He had this watch, an Omega Speedmaster, that I loved. It had a chronograph and what's known as a triple date complication: the day of the week, the month and the date. And it didn't look like the usual watch. It was blue and white and gray. Anytime I went down to visit him, I'd ask him about it. He'd even let me wear it from time to time.