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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... |
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.
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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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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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29 July 2009, 11:24 PM | #5 |
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Pagol! Man, I haven't heard that name in a looooong time!
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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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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. |
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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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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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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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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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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30 July 2009, 12:42 AM | #13 |
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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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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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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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30 July 2009, 01:02 AM | #16 |
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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?
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30 July 2009, 01:02 AM | #17 |
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wow dave, you still have your casios? how cool is that.
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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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30 July 2009, 01:19 AM | #19 | |
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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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30 July 2009, 01:36 AM | #20 |
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30 July 2009, 01:43 AM | #21 |
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timex and rolex!
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30 July 2009, 01:54 AM | #22 |
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My first watch..my grandfather's Hamilton My second watch..my grandfather's pocket watch My first Rolex My latest Rolex and a few of his friends
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30 July 2009, 01:54 AM | #23 |
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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. Currently:
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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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30 July 2009, 01:58 AM | #25 | |
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30 July 2009, 02:01 AM | #26 |
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My AD was really cool. He provided that to all first time Rolex buyers.
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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. JJ
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30 July 2009, 06:12 AM | #28 |
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Ummmmm, Bob... do you have a glandular issue we should know about?
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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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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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