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citizenrich

have any of your progeny expressed a serious and sincere interest in your watch collecting habit?

I've a 19 year old who appears to have a genuine interest in mechanical watches which makes pop very happy.

He seems to have take a particular liking to big old tool watches like Seiko divers and Swiss made supercompressors.

How about you? Any budding watch enthusiasts living under your roof?

ConElPueblo

This one is interested in testing just what "Double Security" entails...

Mad Dog

No.

Our youngest...

Canuck

Over the years, I have given our son a Rolex Air-King Date which I promptly re-possessed after he wrecked it. When he was younger, I gave him junkers I’d repaired, all of which he promptly wrecked. Over the last ten years or so, I have given him a Tudor gold shell automatic, a Seiko mechanical diver, a generic Seiko quartz which kept leaking, and a Bulova mechanical diver (60s vintage). He has liberated the odd mechanical watch out of my huge stash, but I never see those on his wrist. But most often when we see him, he’s wearing a Timex of some sort that he has bought, himself. So I’d say he’s not interested in watches. When I kick the bucket, he has told me he will be donating my marine chronometers to our local maritime museum! I get the feeling he will liquidate my collection of 120 + watches, and buy a car! If I ever receive advance notice that my days are numbered, I liquidate the whole collection, and by a gold urn to keep my ashes in.

larryganz

My 20 year old son is very interested in watches, since he was in 1st grade and would wear a 45mm Coleman digital multifunction quartz on his tiny little wrist, then a timex, and then a Casio. His current collection includes a Series 1 Apple Watch PVD Black, a radio controlled Casio Pro-Trek, a Luminox diver and a Luminox dressy looking watch, a birth year Omega SMP Bond quartz diver, and a 2 year old Omega X-33 Skywalker.

Mtnmansa

Yes, lucky to have 2 boys, 10 and 13 and HUGE thanks to OB Fashion Valley San Diego, held a Fathers Day event that gave me the opportunity to expose them on a WHOLE different level.

repoman

Only my youngest of 3 has shown interest, but I did buy my oldest a TinTin as a college graduation gift.

citizenrich

have any of your progeny expressed a serious and sincere interest in your watch collecting habit?

I've a 19 year old who appears to have a genuine interest in mechanical watches which makes pop very happy.
He seems to have take a particular liking to big old tool watches like Seiko divers and Swiss made supercompressors.
How about you? Any budding watch enthusiasts living under your roof?