Do you have your first watch still?

[Dayve]

I am not a huge collector of watches, but I do love to look at them and wear them. I only buy automatic watches now, and out looking for my first purchase of a higher end watch........I do have an Oris with a Jazz player on the back, but that is about it for "high end" stuff. This Kreiger was my first watch as an adult, and still love it. It is a Quartz. Had to buy a new strap for it this year, but the original strap looked identical to this one. Do you still have your first watch, one you bought yourself as an adult?

[Dsmith1974]

No as I started on Tags and Omegas but traded them all in. I currently have my first Rolex, a Milgauss Z Blue, but I’m not sentimental about it and could see me part exchanging it for a Saxonia Thin in the future.


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[Walter Wharton]

Hi members
I still have the first watch l owned an Avia divers type watch from around 1970s l tried to upload a photo but was unable to reported to support
Regards
Walter


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[pj1369]

I still have my first Panerai 112


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[Goin2drt]

Yes. First watch I got was a Seiko diver for Christmas from my Dad. Still have it.

Also when we graduated college And went to celebrate I gave my wife a VCR box with a brick in it for weight and an engagement ring in the middle, she gave me a golf Gucci watch. Still have that.

[Pongster]

First watch ever, no. Given by my uncle. A timex. Must have been lost in my childhood home.

First mechanical watch, yes. Given by my dad. A sandoz.

First watch as a “serious” collector, yes. Given by my wife. A rolex.

[ts3]

First watch I paid for myself, yes. IWC Mark XV on bracelet from 2000/01. At this point my cheapest watch but still my most worn piece and beater.

[1William]

Long gone.

[Slimpee]

First watch ever, no.

But the first watch I bought that has any meaning is a quartz, tonneau-shaped Armitron. I bought it because I needed an analog watch for the LSAT (for one-Americans, the LSAT is the law school entrance exam). I bought the Armitron because I thought it was cool-looking. Granted, the tonneau shape made it non-ideal for quick time-reading but it did the job. And, frankly, it is a good-looking watch. I’ll post a pic sometime.

That watch got me through the LSAT, law school, and the bar exam.

I’m a sentimental person so I still have the watch. I don’t wear it often but it still keeps great time and I get compliments on it when I do!

[enjoythemusic]

1980s Swatch with all the SoBe Miami Clubbing glowing bits i purchased from Burdines. Ahhhh yes, the 80s in Miami

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[vtsakiris]

Hahaha, blast from the past...
I have both my first and my second one!!!

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by enjoythemusic

1980s Swatch with all the SoBe Miami Clubbing glowing bits i purchased from Burdines. Ahhhh yes, the 80s in Miami

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That’s awesome

OP, I wish I still had mine ... a Timex with some sort of calculator function. Long gone

[Dayve]

Yeah, I had some Swatches when I was younger. As a lifeguard, we worn them on our ankle sometimes, so no tan lines on our arms, ah to be young and goofy again!

[nicky77]

Yes, I have my first watch that I got in high school, and I still wear it sometimes. I also have my first luxury watch.

[Pw92676]

Originally Posted by vtsakiris

Hahaha, blast from the past...
I have both my first and my second one!!!

I wish I did. My first watch was a green watch that looked like this but was not a Tag, got in in 3rd or 4th grade. The following year I had a Casio. Remember them both fondly, wish I had them.

[FTX I]

First quartz watch I bought as a teenager and first swiss I bought when I was around twenty.

[scarlet knight]

When I graduated high school, my parents let me pick out a watch. I selected a bright orange LeCoultre dive watch. I will dig it out of my drawer and post a picture.

[tudorbaja27]

Yup. Never parting with my Black Bay Red. Love at first sight.

[EEpro]

Yep! 20 years old and keeps 0.7 spd since last service in 2011.

[77T]

My first is now 55 y.o.
On its 2nd bracelet as the original perished beyond repair...




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[Walter Wharton]

Yes l wish l could post a picture but I am not very good at this technology



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[spoilsofwar01]

Not my first watch but an very early survivor, the others 1 x Timex 2 x Sekonda
I seem to remember the Timex just stopped working and the Sekonda's were not water proof and rusted out.

I found the Casio TS-100 World Time thermometer watch whilst walking through the park, It lived in a draw for over 10 years until I rediscovered it with power in the battery,I needed a watch an so its been a daily wear to work watch for the last 20+ years and although its beaten up it hasn't failed me yet

[Walter Wharton]

And my oldest

Dated 1918 Zentra with a Zenith movement


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[sunset117]

Yes my first was the bond omega, got it for high school grad and have kept it since. Don’t really wear it much but given it’s a fairly “cheap” watch relative to others I have, I have no desire to sell. Rather keep bc my parents gifted it. Sentimental. I’m not a big watch trader; I know most do it, but I don’t know enough people and would never do it via internet so for me it’s either keep it, or trade it and I don’t want to trade it to a dealer cuz I’ll get 1/10 of the value lol