The novelty of it in your hand. What a cool thing. You said to yourself, "Wow this looks real"
Depending on how long ago this was, it probably looked nothing like the real deal.
I got my first TT Submariner, at a Christmas party in 1993 in Virginia at a refinery I worked at.
It was a quartz. I remember honestly thinking this is really awesome.
I wore it daily for a long time, until the gold plating started to rub off and it looked really crappy.
I still have that one somewhere around here in a box.
And the quality in the past 17yrs of this hobby surely has improved several 100%.
Since then, I wanted better and better and better and better.
Anyone else remember their first?
Cheers.