Iapproach watches like women. At first I see the shape and the beauty, and then I try to enter the ... ” here the handsome white-haired septuagenarian pauses for thought, “ ... couloir”.

“Then I try to enter the heart and soul and mind. After that a man can become a fiancé and a husband. I have had so many marriages in jewels and watches ... but I have been married for 47 years to the same wife.”