GROWING UP WITH IMAGES OF JACQUES COUSTEAU, JOHNNY QUEST, AND JAMES BOND GOING ON DIVING JAUNTS OF THE MOST ADVENTUROUS KIND, FILLED MY MIND WITH IMAGES OF DARK UNDERSEA CAVES, BLACK SKIN DIVING SUITS WITH AQUALUNG IN TOW, DEPTH GAUGES STRAPPED TO THE WRIST ALONG SIDE THE TRUSTED DIVER'S WATCH. IN THOSE SHOWS HOW I WAITED FOR A MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS OF THE CLOSEUP OF THE WATCH, IT WAS SUCH A TEASE, AS BACK IN THE SIXTIES THERE WAS NO WAY TO PAUSE AND REPLAY A SHOW, SO YOUR IMAGINATION WOULD HAVE TO RECALL WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU SAW OVER AND OVER IN YOUR MIND TIL IT CAME ON THE TUBE AGAIN. AND SO I BEGAN TO IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF WATCH I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND THOUGHT ABOUT THAT FOR SOME TIME, AND AFTER NEARLY A QUARTER CENTURY IN THE WATCH BUSINESS, AND AFTER DESIGNING WATCHES FOR OTHER COMPANIES, AND PRIVATE LABEL COMMISSIONS WHICH I STILL DO OCCASIONALLY, A SMALL GROUP OF FRIENDS AND I STARTED ENZO MECHANA, AND THE REALIZATION OF OUR PASSION TO CREATE TIMEPIECES THAT ARE HONEST STRAIGHT FORWARD MACHINES THAT ARE LITERALLY BOMBPROOF, TO TAKE YOU THROUGH ALL YOUR ADVENTURES AND KEEP ON TICKING .