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Old 29 July 2009, 09:41 PM   #1
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Your first ever watch and your current?

Thought it would be fun to see the first ever watch you owned and your current (or favored) watch. I am in the mobile phone industry and am often asked what my first ever phone was so thought it would be fun this way around as it really brings up some classics!

My first was the Casio Data Bank when I was 9/10 years old (unfortunately I cannot find the original 1980's black on black strap but this is close enough for you guys to know) followed by my current sub purchased when I was 27 - there have been a lot of different ones in the lifeline though!

I do also have a recolection of a silver casio that had a digital circular pulse display when on stop watch but that is a very distant memory.

So over to you guys...
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Old 29 July 2009, 10:34 PM   #2
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My first watch was a Bulova divers, a present from my mom and dad when I was about 8 or 9, since that was almost 50 years ago i do not much remember what it looked like.
My latest purchase is this Breitling superquartz:



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Old 29 July 2009, 11:13 PM   #3
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Mine was a Pagol Automatic (Swiss watch with a coconut tree as logo) in 1965, bought used, for one dollar. Latest, SS Daytona.
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Old 29 July 2009, 11:22 PM   #4
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My first watch was either a Cadet or a Kadet, back when I was six. It was a Swiss manual wind with a metallic green dial, on a bracelet (I think it was Oyster-style but it could well have been Jubilee), fairly similar to a Lady Datejust.

Hardly anything's changed - my watch is now just automatic, with a black dial:

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Old 29 July 2009, 11:24 PM   #5
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Mine was a Pagol Automatic (Swiss watch with a coconut tree as logo) in 1965, bought used, for one dollar. Latest, SS Daytona.
Pagol! Man, I haven't heard that name in a looooong time!
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Old 29 July 2009, 11:29 PM   #6
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my first watch was casio... and my last watch is the deepsea...
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Old 29 July 2009, 11:30 PM   #7
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I had a $45 Lorus that my father bought me at Hudson Trail Outfitters. It came with a rubber divey sort of strap, but I found an old fliplock oyster bracelet (not Rolex) in a box of watch parts. I wore it though senior year of high school and then US Army Basic Training. It was a solid watch. After Basic I got my Seiko 7a28. I then gave away the Lorus.

A year or so ago I bought this one on ebay. I wish it kept time.
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Old 29 July 2009, 11:31 PM   #8
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my first was a Seiko and my last a Breitling
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Old 29 July 2009, 11:32 PM   #9
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Timex Triathlon watch. I used to love that thing

It was a great watch
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Old 29 July 2009, 11:45 PM   #10
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casio calculator watch. to a 16610 not a bad upgrade.
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Old 29 July 2009, 11:53 PM   #11
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wow, i cant remember my first watch, but the ones i remember the brand and model are this



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Old 29 July 2009, 11:53 PM   #12
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My first, the old faithful Seiko A359-5000 must be like 30 years old now :-) and my DJ 15 Years old :-), Looks like my DJ needs a bit of a clean
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Old 30 July 2009, 12:42 AM   #13
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wow, i cant remember my first watch, but the ones i remember the brand and model are this



Wow - that casio what a classic! I had one of those too. They has a really poor backlight that light up half the watch from the left hand side! My Casio data was stolen from my locker in a public pool. Luckily no such misfortune with the Sub.
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Old 30 July 2009, 12:48 AM   #14
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my first watch is a casio with the calculator. that was the bomb in the old days =) current one is a tt daytona.
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Old 30 July 2009, 12:56 AM   #15
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I still have most of the old watches through the years, here are a couple of the Casio's I do have a few more around, might have to dig them out
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Old 30 July 2009, 01:02 AM   #16
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I still have most of the old watches through the years, here are a couple of the Casio's I do have a few more around, might have to dig them out
The casio alarm chrono rules! So many memories coming back now. Didn't the display go silver if you held it an the right angle under water?
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Old 30 July 2009, 01:02 AM   #17
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I still have most of the old watches through the years, here are a couple of the Casio's I do have a few more around, might have to dig them out
wow dave, you still have your casios? how cool is that.
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Old 30 July 2009, 01:06 AM   #18
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I was gifted several Elgin watches, one each, from both of my grandfathers along with each of their Elgin pocket watches. I still have them in my vault and they all need some work to bring them back to life. My first new watch was given to me by my Uncle opon my Confirmation. It was a stainless steel Timex if I remember correctly. It ultimately got wet and ruined and is long gone. I suspect my grandfather's watches got me interested in "nice" watches because I remember old Rolex ads in National Geographic magazines and ultimately learning more about them. At about 49 years of age I finally got my TT DJ that I had pined for all those years.
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Old 30 July 2009, 01:19 AM   #19
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The casio alarm chrono rules! So many memories coming back now. Didn't the display go silver if you held it an the right angle under water?
They did turn a sliver under water :-)

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wow dave, you still have your casios? how cool is that.
I have more around here somewhere, I think packed up still after the move just over 3 years ago I have also some old Pulsar LED watches too, I've been a watch nut since I was a kid haven't changed much, just a much more expensive taste.

I have to find my first casio, F-100 & F-200, man they were the bees knees back in its day :-)

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Old 30 July 2009, 01:36 AM   #20
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Old 30 July 2009, 01:43 AM   #21
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timex and rolex!
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Old 30 July 2009, 01:54 AM   #22
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My first watch..my grandfather's Hamilton

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My first watch was so long ago, I don't even have a picture of it. It was a Casio though, and it looks something along the lines of this, except it was RED:



My first real watch that didn't resemble a toy and could actually be called a watch was the G-Shock AW-510 like this one (but with a black dial):



Then came a lot of others in the middle.

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Old 30 July 2009, 01:56 AM   #24
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my first watch is a gucci my last was daytona wg white dial on black strap . just got it yesterday
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Old 30 July 2009, 01:58 AM   #25
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My first watch..my grandfather's Hamilton

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My second watch..my grandfather's pocket watch

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My latest Rolex and a few of his friends
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Old 30 July 2009, 02:01 AM   #26
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Bit upset my sub didn't come with that cushion!?
My AD was really cool. He provided that to all first time Rolex buyers.
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Old 30 July 2009, 04:23 AM   #27
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Very first watch? 1958 when my dad gave me a West End Watch Co. watch.

Last addition was in Dec. 08 when I got my Blue Sub.

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Old 30 July 2009, 06:14 AM   #29
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My 1st watch was a casio & my last purchase was a Rolex Cellini.
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Old 30 July 2009, 07:12 AM   #30
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my 1st watch is an ALBA... Can't remember the model..
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