Welcome to episode 11 of #humanfriday. Today we meet Gerry de Bell gerrydebell from Loon op Zand in the Netherlands – the lucky winner of a ReSec Classic watch in the Chronoswiss Holiday Season raffle. “I could not believe it when I received the email and then the phone call from Lucerne saying that I was a winner of this wonderful watch!” When I get hold of Mr de Bell over the phone he laughingly tells me he remained sceptic until the package arrived just before Christmas. Gerry is no stranger to Chronoswiss. A decade ago he was shown an Opus Chronograph, which blew him away. So, it was a skeletonised Opus Chronograph that triggered your interest in watches? “Yes when you see the whole movement inside, how everything is moving – this made me curious how a watch is working. I work as an engineer, for somebody interested in mechanics, it was fascinating.” How did this experience change you? “I had some digital watches, but since that day I only wear mechanical automatic watches. I ...