This year, one 11-year-old boy isn’t asking for something shiny and new for Christmas. In fact, he is asking for quite the opposite: a bag of broken watches. “That was the top of the list. No. 1 on the list,” said Wilkes Muth’s mom, Kelly. However, Kelly says her son’s wish did not shock her. Kelly says from an early age, her son has always loved learning. She says playing with toys did not always mean just playing with them and putting them away. “It was picking something up and, you know, pulling it apart and putting it back together,” she said. Wilkes, who says he spends the majority of his time reading, just enjoys learning how things work. When his mom found an old watch in the attic, his interest in watches began. “I just got interested in all the ways that the gears move and how they use …