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#31 |
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Real Name: Graham
Location: UK
Watch: Daytonas and Subs
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What a great thread.
About 43 years ago, my mam bought me a digital Seiko. I think I was 14. I'm sure that it was about £70 at the time. It was only years later that I understood what a stretch this must have been for a single parent who at one stage took a second job to pay the rent and put food on the table. I still have this watch and it still works and keeps good time. I started work in 1979 and one of the first things I bought myself was another Seiko. It's "gold" with a digital readout at the bottom and and an analogy second time zone function at the top. I still have the watch but it is starting to have problems with the digital display. Unfortunately Seiko in the UK cannot repair it now. I wore these watches for many years until I got married. My wife and I decided to buy a pair of watches to celebrate the occasion and I got a TAG 2000 chronograph. I worn this watch for years with one of the Seikos being used when the TAG was serviced. I still have this watch and it still keeps good time. It is still worn regularly. My mam died in 2009 and I decided to buy a nice watch with some money she left me. I went in to look at an Apollo 11 40th anniversary Speedmaster but could not make up my mind about it. Whilst I was there I was offered a Submariner to try on, (remember when that could happen!) and I ended up buying that and not taking it off for over a year! I've bought a few watches since, and I still look at Apollo 11 40th anniversary Speedmasters. With the exception of a moon watch which I just did not get on with, I keep watches I buy and I have good memories of them all, but I would sacrifice them all before I would get rid of my original Seiko. Every time I look at that first Seiko I remember my mam and the effort she made to buy me it. I will never forget my mam and I will never get rid of the watch she bought me. |
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#32 |
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Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: istanbul
Posts: 167
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My father bought me casio protrek 2008, i was in active duty in afganistan.
İ received with postal. İ was combat search and rescue at Turkish army. We saved a lot of lives back than british and us soldiers, they dont attac us. İ still got a blood stain on the sensor hole. Also i traveled the world with my wife on motorcycle with this watch on. Hope rolex will see some good things. |
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#33 |
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Join Date: Aug 2019
Real Name: Ian
Location: Hamburg
Watch: Sub 14060
Posts: 1,143
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That's the solid gold, beautiful 1973 Omega Genève Automatic I inherited from my father. I wore it daily for 20 years, apart from the many times Omega had to repair it because I´d banged or dropped it...I´m a clumsy guy, and the Omega is rather delicate. That's what pushed into buying my 14060 new, a really tough watch. I still have my dad´s Omega, and would NEVER sell it! In fact, I've been wearing it around my apartment during Germany´s lockdown (while my Sub sulks!
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#34 |
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Join Date: May 2012
Real Name: Rob
Location: Virginia
Watch: Sub/Polar/OP/BB
Posts: 4,590
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Thanks for the post, OP. I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your parents to such a terrible illness. You went with a solid choice, it's a beautiful watch and you will likely never have to worry about being on the hype train. I'm glad that you have a piece that gives you happiness and reminds you of your mother.
I picked up a 14060M to mark a career milestone, as well as my first Rolex. I wanted a polar, but I held out to see what the new model would look like and was disappointed when I saw it. The 5 digit was the girl that got away and took me years to acquire one. Both models have an emotional attachment to me, that I make sure to build memories with. I'm not emotional with my other pieces, for the most part. Those two are my "never sell" pieces. I agree, a lot of people on here as of late are more transactional with this hobby. It's disappointing to me. Then again, it takes all kinds to make a world. |
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#35 |
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Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: on the road
Watch: ing shameless
Posts: 569
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My most sentimental piece is my sub date. Wore it to my first Ironman. All 140.6 miles. AD came through with getting it for me days before I left for Lake Placid. It's a very special watch. My daily beater, and each ding is a tattoo reminding me of a memory. Ironically, the first ding wasn't from the Ironman but was from my *tattoo* artist trying it on and going a little too crazy with it... memory of him :)
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#36 |
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Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: NYC/Toronto/CLT
Watch: LF Sport & Tissot
Posts: 182
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My most sentimental watch is my Tissot Visodate - it was my first real watch and a treasured gift from my parents. Never leaving the collection and it's on my wrist plenty as a dressier watch. Secondly, I also have a cheap quartz (Solo) - but it is a gift from my grandmother from way back when I was a child and I shall always keep it as well.
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Location: texas
Watch: 126610 LV
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#38 |
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Join Date: Nov 2017
Real Name: Jesus
Location: Texas
Watch: 116234
Posts: 8,721
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My condolences for the loss of your parents OP. Thanks for sharing a beautiful story. It’s funny how to some a Rolex is just a watch or just an investment, and to some it is a lot more than that.
I feel I will really enjoy this thread. |
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