[He's seeing the memory now from Hermann's point of view instead of his own, and the wonder is no longer directed at Hermann's wrist in the same way ('it's perfect, I knew I wanted you to have it the moment I saw it; I couldn't get it out of my head; it made me think of you' becomes 'it's perfect, Newton got this for me; it will make me think of you, always') and Newt is both Hermann and watching the scene, marveling at the watch, at Hermann's expression, no longer as caught up in his own wonder and thrill and nervous energy--
And instead is drowning in Hermann's. Hermann manages so subdue his energy better than Newt ever could and kisses him, the Newton from memory, and then Newton is rambling as Newt remembers himself doing, trying to explain the watch, failing to express everything he is feeling in that moment, everything he has been feeling since the moment he knew that watch had to be Hermann's, and it finally culminates in the single important sentiment:]
Happy anniversary. [He thought the phrase was special then, but in Hermann's mind, now, the depth and breadth of that word: anniversary is so much bigger than the vastness it had felt like in Newt's own heart.]
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And instead is drowning in Hermann's. Hermann manages so subdue his energy better than Newt ever could and kisses him, the Newton from memory, and then Newton is rambling as Newt remembers himself doing, trying to explain the watch, failing to express everything he is feeling in that moment, everything he has been feeling since the moment he knew that watch had to be Hermann's, and it finally culminates in the single important sentiment:]
Happy anniversary. [He thought the phrase was special then, but in Hermann's mind, now, the depth and breadth of that word: anniversary is so much bigger than the vastness it had felt like in Newt's own heart.]