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No more watches. No more golf clubs. Here is a retirement gift that gives them something they haven't had in decades: a real problem to solve, entirely on their own time.

When you hand someone a lock and a key, their brain immediately runs a script. In the world of mechanical puzzles, that automatic script is your worst enemy.

Think about the gifts you remember most. Chances are, most of them had nothing to do with a screen. Here is why screen-free gifts stick when everything else is forgotten.

We spend so much time on screens. Not because we want to, but because that is where everything happens. A puzzle lock is the opposite of that. Here is why it makes such a good gift.