I found this great story (review)

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I don't know if it would be appropriate to mention the brands so I removed them. I'm sure a google search would yield the review. I found it while looking for a beater and I couldn't help but realize most of us have a wonderful story to tell about one of our time pieces.

Please share your own!

Story by “Justaguy”

"....a short and sweet story about this model of ***** watch. In February of 1978 I was in a specialized unit of the Air Force and had just arrived at Clark Air Force Base in the Phillipeans. I needed a good watch as my old ***** had just broken.

I went to the BX and bought this watch for $110. Most expensive watch I had ever owned but I needed a good one and figured this was it. I wore that watch on my left wrist every day, all day for 22 and a half years!

There is no embellishment here. I sent it in every 5 years or so for a cleaning and adjustment and that's it! How many bands did I replace? I couldn't tell you how many bands and band pins I replaced on that watch. It went with me everywhere through my youth to middle age.

It is truly like an old friend - the things we had done and the things we had seen - death, destruction, sea depths, high altitude, girlfriends, wives, marriages, divorces, child birth, child graduation. Incredible! The day the jeweler told me it was wore-out and could no longer keep good time was the day I put it in my safety deposit box.

---I bought the same model watch the next day. It has been on my wrist, ticking away, since June, 2000 - just as faithful as my old friend who now lies resting after a long and storied career."