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albertopveiga
·Hi Everybody,
I'm really glad that I found this forum! I just wanted to give you a short introduction about myself:
I always have liked watches in general but, honestly, I didn't really get interested until my workplace banned smartwatches from the workplace, so I couldn't wear my AppleWatch anymore (please don't roast me for this...😀). I had a few Quartz watches somewhere (a couple of Lotus, one Festina, a Seiko...) all with dead batteries; so I thought: "Maybe I could try and find a cheap automatic watch to wear at work and forget about batteries". After some research (again, don't roast me for that...😀) I bought an Invicta ProDiver with an NH35 movement. A kind of Submariner knock-off that blew me out of my shoes when I received it. I was fascinated by the movement and the looks of it. (I know... I know...)
After that, I bought a series of watches that I liked, (Tissot Gentleman and PRX, Seiko 5, and others). I liked all of those, but I was blown away when I inherited an old Cauny Prima from my grandfather. Nothing fancy, but I loved the amount of personality of that piece. I had it re-plated, as the gold plating was very damaged, and it's gorgeous... this sparked my interest for vintage watches but I'm still scared to pull the trigger due to my lack of knowledge.
Just to finalise the post, I will be attending this weekend https://rikketik.nl/?lang=en and I may look around for some Omega Geneve or Constellation, although, to be honest I don't feel still very confident... so any advice is welcome!
Sorry for the long introduction, and I hope to learn a lot from all of you!!
Thank you!
I'm really glad that I found this forum! I just wanted to give you a short introduction about myself:
I always have liked watches in general but, honestly, I didn't really get interested until my workplace banned smartwatches from the workplace, so I couldn't wear my AppleWatch anymore (please don't roast me for this...😀). I had a few Quartz watches somewhere (a couple of Lotus, one Festina, a Seiko...) all with dead batteries; so I thought: "Maybe I could try and find a cheap automatic watch to wear at work and forget about batteries". After some research (again, don't roast me for that...😀) I bought an Invicta ProDiver with an NH35 movement. A kind of Submariner knock-off that blew me out of my shoes when I received it. I was fascinated by the movement and the looks of it. (I know... I know...)
After that, I bought a series of watches that I liked, (Tissot Gentleman and PRX, Seiko 5, and others). I liked all of those, but I was blown away when I inherited an old Cauny Prima from my grandfather. Nothing fancy, but I loved the amount of personality of that piece. I had it re-plated, as the gold plating was very damaged, and it's gorgeous... this sparked my interest for vintage watches but I'm still scared to pull the trigger due to my lack of knowledge.
Just to finalise the post, I will be attending this weekend https://rikketik.nl/?lang=en and I may look around for some Omega Geneve or Constellation, although, to be honest I don't feel still very confident... so any advice is welcome!
Sorry for the long introduction, and I hope to learn a lot from all of you!!
Thank you!
