Son’s First Watch

mzinski

Our son is 7. Until recently he didn’t care what was on my wrist or what Watch I was tinkering on but recently he started showing an interest. Fascinated by watching me assemble a movement or set hands I decided it was time to get him his own watch. The enthusiast in me wanted to start big - mechanical, stainless steel, etc, etc. But I got control of myself and realized this is HIS watch and should suit his tastes. So together we browsed IG, eBay, and Pinterest to get a sense of what he liked. It’s amazing how much his preferences varied from my own. He wanted rectangular, digital, gold or polish stainless, and a blue light.
After learning his tastes, the hunt was on. I ended up stumbling into this one in a pawn shop in Bozeman, MT. $10. Can’t go wrong with that.
Well here it is, a Casio Chrono! He’s so pleased to have his own watch. It’s great to see his enthusiasm.

larryganz

Nice! My son picked out his own watch too, when he was around 8 years old. It was a huge Timex digital and he loved it. A couple of years later we took it to Maui in Hawaii (2008) and did some Snuba diving (like scuba but tied to a tank floating 20 feet above us) and the bezel fell off in water too deep to find (like 30 feet).

We may still have the watch somewhere, but it took him a while to find one he appreciated as much (blue and black Casio Protrek). Now he has a Casio solar atomic radio Protrek, birth year Omega Bond quartz 2541.80, Omega X-33 Skywalker, a Luminox Colormark diver, and a Luminox field watch. His 1998 birth year 3572.50 is in the safe, waiting for college graduation.

This is the best pic I could find (pic of me and my son in Hawaii).

Took this pic of my wife and 3 kids on that dive - only he and I wore watches (His timex, and me with an old Seiko SKX009).