crystalcranium Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Mine was this beauty my wife gave me about 12 years ago. A Seiko alarm chrono...I thought I had arrived. I liked watches but this one opened the flood gates. Before I knew it, I had a half dozen. Photo borrowed from the bay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris5264 Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 There were really two,,,,a tag 2000 series quartz which I picked up and then almost the next day got into the bond seamaster which I had for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 My dad owns plenty of nice gens (Rolex, IWC) and he gave me a Longines automatic watch for my 7th birthday. I've been a watch nut ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M5Man Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Watch that started my obsession was a buddies gen Breitling Montbrilliant. Shortly after I bought a gen 18k/SS Breitling Cosmonaute. It's been all downhill since...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Watch that started my obsession was a buddies gen Breitling Montbrilliant. Shortly after I bought a gen 18k/SS Breitling Cosmonaute. It's been all downhill since...... For me, it was a gold Pulsar digital in the 70s. However, since then, it was a SS Daytona that got me into reps. Yes, I know, I've still not got one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M5kirk Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Bought one of these my freshman year of college at a JCPenney because I needed a "dressy" watch for a Fall Formal Dance... never looked back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devedander Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 (edited) Casio Databank I was probably 13 or 14... had lots of watches before, but just basic digital ones... this one was uber cool what with the keyboard, phonebook etc... The first non digital watch I liked was a Citizen Chronograph... I still like it a lot... Edited November 29, 2006 by Devedander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docblackrock Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 My father was a fine art dealer but he had a private passion for watches and clocks - I remember him bringing me home a '74 Omega Speedy when I was a wee boy, telling me it had been worn by an astronaut and that was me hooked for life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvt Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Probably some Mickey Mouse watch (seriously) that then led to interests in lots of others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoman Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 I think that casio calc watch that was above, or maybe the G Shock one. i only ever perused the 500- and under watches until i got into reps What started my crazyness for high end watches/ reps was my dads breitling chronomat - photoed in my collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r11co Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 SS black dial Daytona. El Primero vintage (not unlike the frankenUbiTona). My dad used to make a bit of pocket money getting on the AD list for them in the UK and then selling them to footballers and other posers in Italy. I would get to wear them for a few seconds before they were passed to their new owners.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadog13 Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 i remember doing window shopping since i was a little boy (maybe 7 years old)...my attention was towards digital watches...more functions it had...more attractive it was...got my first mech watch at the age of 10-12 years...my dad had his Patek and i got it at the age of 18...today have 27 years...and around 20 watches...and keep on collecting...these days I do not look anymore at digi watches...considering just mech ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronus Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Towards reps it was a girl... and it was the ubiquitous RlX ... I realised soon after that people rarely look at or notice what watch I wear and moved away from that brand to others I like, such as Omega, Breitling, AP, Panerai, IWC etc and the obsession continues apace. I still don't have that girl, but a whole stack of watches that have emptied my bank account of all my 2 year's worth of savings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eunomians Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 When I strapped on grandpa's 1675 onto my wrist when he gave it to me in '93. After going through 100+ watches since then, it still the best damn watch I have ever owned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slay Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 something like that was my first watch. the first mechanical watch was a lange & söhne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalcranium Posted November 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Bought one of these my freshman year of college at a JCPenney because I needed a "dressy" watch for a Fall Formal Dance... never looked back. Love that bracelet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Richard Tracy Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 First. Grandfather's Gold Railroad pocket watch..... Never owned it,..but it fascinated me.. 2. Bulova automatic,.. from a pawn shop when about 11,... kept it until I gave it to my first girlfriend..at 14 3. Citizen Blue Green face date 1977... Loved the color of that face... 4. Seiko Digital, Gold,.. had it for years. 5. Citizen Diver,.. used it through my Navy Seal days.. From then a progression of Milguass, Seamaster ect.... Then Reps caught my attention and the rest is history.. as they say... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Vintage Seiko Diver. Love at first sight! It was the most money I had ever paid for a watch at that time but I had to have it. It had to be in the mid 80's I guess when I got it. I still have it and it's in mint condition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebakanezzar Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Ti / Rose Gold Omega SMP Chrono Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hambone Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 The Rolex Sea Dweller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulV Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 44 years ago i had my first watch. it didn't start any kind of collection, but i still have it. (working condition, see pic) A "Gold" Chinese 40$ RLX Sub was the beginning of my addiction. Then i bought a Sub ETA 2836-2, a TT Navitimer 28800 and waiting for the Omega Chrono which is almost 3 weeks in custom hold. I don't count on it anymore.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaca22 Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 (edited) llll Edited November 12, 2007 by vaca22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalcranium Posted November 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Without really realizing it, I've been wearing some kind of watch since I was about 4 or 5. It was a Mickey Mouse watch with a red plastic strap. For my first communion I received a very slim Seiko of some kind, but didn't wear it too regularly. Since then I have had all type of wacky watches...digital Armitrons, Casio Data Banks, a ton of Fossils, Pulsars, Lotuses, Russian mechanical pieces that I still regularly wear...everything. I know instantly when I forget to wear one because I almost feel naked witout one. I've maybe forgotten to wear a watch 3 times in the last 15 years. The first watch I truly coveted was the Rolex Submariner. I promised myself one day I would buy one, I always thought it looked fantastic as either a sporty or dressy piece. Now I've been reading that Rolex has increased the prices of their watches effective 10/2006, so with a Submariner Date costing $5k now, the Submariner no longer seems desireable to me. THANKS TTK! LOL But ever since then, I've taken a much different approach in appreciating, understanding and liking watches. For the price, I'd like to pick up a gen Omega Seamaster (chronograph or regular, that is my dilema), but the Submariner is the watch that started it all. The SMP Chrono was my holy grail. I saw it on a billboard advertisement 10 years ago, fell in love, and had to have one. Got it for my anniversary last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdorman Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 I have always had a passing interest in watches. I remember as a kid my grandfather wore a Rolex Presidential... I can still picture it to this day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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