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2 January 2020, 02:22 AM | #61 |
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The mid 60s Hamilton Thin-o-Matic I inherited from my Dad was my first decent watch and it was the piece that got me on the trail toward Rolex. I still wear it occasionally though it has a Buren micro-motor movement which is hard to get parts for.
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2 January 2020, 02:25 AM | #62 |
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That’s easy, it’s my Omega Speedmaster. I bought it with my own money while in high school.
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2 January 2020, 02:54 AM | #63 |
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An Omega Seamaster, an 18th birthday present. I ruined it swimming off Valencia in Spain. I´d reset the time at Barcelona airport, and had forgotten to screw the crown back in Lesson learned the hard way! A cheap Citizen followed. I then inherited my father's lovely 1973 solid gold Omega Genève Automatic, which I wore everyday for years until I bought my 14060 new in 1996, since then my everyday watch. But the Omega still runs and keeps good time, ca. +10 secs per day!
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2 January 2020, 03:11 AM | #64 |
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My Swiss watches before Rolex:
2001 - Longings La Grand Classic 2007 - Omega Seamaster Professional 300 2017 - Tag Heuer Carrera Caliber 5 |
2 January 2020, 03:31 AM | #65 |
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Swiss Army GMT. Moved up to Omega, then IWC before gaining enough appreciation of Rolex to buy one.
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2 January 2020, 03:33 AM | #66 |
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Cartier.
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2 January 2020, 03:49 AM | #67 |
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only 2 watch before buying a Rolex Submariner 14060
1985/95's 1995/2005's |
2 January 2020, 03:53 AM | #68 |
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Hadn't worn a watch in 10 years. Bought a Rolex.
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2 January 2020, 03:58 AM | #69 |
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2 January 2020, 04:01 AM | #70 |
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i wore a swiss army renegade for about ten years.
i then bought a breitling chrono avenger which i wore daily for about seven years. i then added an omega seamaster planet ocean, which i wore daily for about five years. then things went downhill. i added a linde werdelin oktopus, then a 116710BLNR. since then... rolex has gotten a bit of my money.
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2 January 2020, 04:33 AM | #71 |
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My first “nice” watch was a Citizen Nighthawk purchased somewhere around 07/08. Wore that until the Apple Watch series came out. I have gone through 3 Apple watches. Now the Rolex Explorer is in the wrist. I still miss some of the convinces of the Apple Watch but there are so many more positives to the Explorer that I can’t see myself buying another piece of wearable tech. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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2 January 2020, 04:42 AM | #72 |
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First mechanical watch before Rolex was a Nomos.
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2 January 2020, 04:50 AM | #73 |
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My first watch was some type of a Gruen that I got at 10 or 11. After I “proved” I could responsibly wear a watch I was given my grandfathers Doxa at around age 13. It is still one of my favorite watches. I believe it was from the 1940’s. It is fully manual wind and keeps reasonably accurate time. The band recently broke and I am going to put it on a leather strap. Fortunately I don’t live in California so it might even be an alligator strap lol.
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2 January 2020, 04:54 AM | #74 |
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No photos but Gucci watch with diamond dial at numbers haha
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2 January 2020, 05:08 AM | #75 |
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First watch and first Rolex
45mm, back before I understood what was considered a large watch
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Current: NOS 14060m , 216570 Polar Previous: 116710BLNR, 114060, 2x NOS 14060m |
2 January 2020, 06:37 AM | #76 |
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First expensive-ish watch for me was in 2002, Omega SMP..
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2 January 2020, 07:04 AM | #77 |
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Tag, Bell Ross....then Panerai which I still enjoy. Now blended Rolex and Panerai.
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2 January 2020, 07:04 AM | #78 |
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I am not going to post a DW, but how on earth can that Seiko be a perpeptual calendar
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2 January 2020, 08:02 AM | #79 |
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A few digital Casio pieces as a teenager, then a quartz Rotary watch was my first “proper” watch. My first mechanical piece was a 2013 Omega Seamaster before moving onto Rolex.
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2 January 2020, 08:14 AM | #80 |
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Tag Heuer 2000, purchased in 2002. I turned $50 dollars into $950 on online Black Jack. I always wanted a Tag up until that point. Still love it today. The bracelet reminds me of the President and is super comfy. Rattly like a 5 digit Rolex. It's been used and abused and had held up well.
Some of the ink in the dial has worn off (sadly from when I took it for a service) but it actually made the dial cleaner). Sent from my SM-G925V using Tapatalk |
2 January 2020, 08:48 AM | #81 |
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Before my first Rolex, a 114060 it went something like this..
- Timex Indiglo - ESQ two tone quartz - Swiss Legend Worldtimer Auto - Tag Heuer Carrera Day-Date |
2 January 2020, 10:04 AM | #82 |
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For me, Chronosport UDT, G-Shock, and Omega Seamaster. When I got to Wall Street I noticed all the big dogs wore gold Rolex watches. So all the wannabe big dogs wore 'em too. But so many of those guys wore their Rolex watches with such disdain it really turned me off to the brand. Like bracelets, they wore them with an inch of slack between the clasp and wrist, and many never bothered to set the time or date. The watch was merely a golden bobble. I got a blue dial Omega Seamaster whose color perfectly matched my firm's floor coats.
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2 January 2020, 10:22 AM | #83 |
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This was a high school graduation present which I wore daily for about 15 years. Lots of memories - through college, getting married, for the birth of two kids. Still wear it occasionally.
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2 January 2020, 10:24 AM | #84 |
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2 January 2020, 11:02 AM | #86 | |
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2 January 2020, 12:02 PM | #87 |
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I was ALWAYS into Rolex. I just could not afford one.
I started with a Seiko Monster, next Omega PO, ...Breitling, more Seiko and eventually could afford to enter the world of Rolex. |
2 January 2020, 12:05 PM | #88 |
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Tag > Omega > Rolex...that’s been my progression.
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2 January 2020, 12:07 PM | #89 |
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I think my very first watch I got was a timex ironman.
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“o-matic” is a sort of quintessential description for the period. |
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