your first watch

hen · May 31, 2023

I searched but could find a tread on this topic.
This is mine, I think is was a Timex automatic. I remember being a bit disappointed, since all the grown ups said Timex was no good. But I loved the bund strap. It later was damaged when I was a goalie and did a save with my left hand. The rotor weight fell off, and the watchmaker deemed it irreparable. This was back in the early 70`s.

Edit: This sould have been posted in the open discussion tread, sorry

Watch my Whisky · May 31, 2023

Patek Philippe Nautilus

Rogerg · May 31, 2023

Mine was a Wittnauer auto but can't remember the model.

MRC · May 31, 2023

Don't remember the first, nor the second, nor even the third. But as an active teenager I destroyed each of them in a few months. Then my father who had been buying them said "Enough. Your next watch will be one you have bought with your own money." My own money for the next few years was spent on repairing bicycles I had crashed and any spare went on upgrading the bikes' components, so no watches.

He relented when it was came to my 21st birthday and paid for a Heuer Carrera which took all the abuse I gave it for over 50 years and I still wear, but not everyday any longer.

DrmexicoII · May 31, 2023

I'm pretty sure my first watches were hand me downs from grandpas that were probably swapping to quartz. Wish I'd kept them but probably didn't survive the life of an 8-10 year old. The first watches I remember choosing were an ana / digi casio with bars across the crystal (the first g shock??) and a casio calculator watch I wore for years.

Aroxx · May 31, 2023

I remember having a digital watch on a black/green velcro strap. But I still have what I consider my first watch. Got it in Lucerne on my first trip to Europe at about 12 years old. As a kid I fell and broke the bracelet. I brought it back to the same exact shop years later and they replaced the bracelet for free. I never do wear it anymore.

Annapolis · May 31, 2023

Ironman. I still occasionally cruise eBay listings, thinking I might rekindle the magic.

Aroxx · May 31, 2023

Annapolis
Ironman. I still occasionally cruise eBay listings, thinking I might rekindle the magic.

You won’t. The memories are always better.

redpcar · May 31, 2023

hen
I searched but could find a tread on this topic.
This is mine, I think is was a Timex automatic. I remember being a bit disappointed, since all the grown ups said Timex was no good. But I loved the bund strap. It later was damaged when I was a goalie and did a save with my left hand. The rotor weight fell off, and the watchmaker deemed it irreparable. This was back in the early 70`s.

Edit: This sould have been posted in the open discussion tread, sorry

Me too. Mid '70s. Spent $35 and got a Timex automatic. The gold flying saucer. Put it on the groovy strap like yours. Western Kansas so Timex was the best anyone ever had. Dropped it once. Rotor came off. Still worked but became a manual rattling Timex. I remember thinking: What about those commercials? Takes a licking and keeps on ticking.

YandB · May 31, 2023

This is the first watch I purchased with a months worth of wages when I was a teenager. I still have it and is one of my most important watches in my collection. This thing has been around the world with me, my first job interviews etc etc.

ctpete · May 31, 2023

I grew up in Hartford, Connecticut. In about 1966, when I was nine, I found a Benrus in the street on Albany Avenue. I wore it for several years. I remember replacing the leather strap at one point with a Spidel bracelet. It was my first watch repair. Used my pocket knife to get the spring pins off.

All the girls in the neighborhood were quite impressed!

Walrus · May 31, 2023

This is my first watch and for the big bucks I paid I’m upset the chrono hand doesn’t reset perfectly. Seems a 1/4 of a millimeter off, I’m just not sure whose QC I should be mad at.

Walrus · May 31, 2023

Lume shot on my first watch definitely calling my AD

Canuck · May 31, 2023

There was a thread created some time ago on basically the same topic. The title is “What was Your School Watch”. The title apparently didn’t come up on a on a search because of the difference in title not containing the word FIRST. Here is a link to that thread.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/what-was-your-school-watch.129594/page-2#post-1778333

McKnife · May 31, 2023

Timex Ironman

Did everything I could think of with that watch. Senti many hours in class playing with the reflection of the sun on it or just timing random stuff with the chrono function.

Still have it! Needs a battery but I'm pretty sure it would still be good to go.

wagudc · May 31, 2023

I think mine was a knock off of a Casio F91w.

WatchTimes · Jun 1, 2023

hen · Jun 2, 2023

Canuck
There was a thread created some time ago on basically the same topic. The title is “What was Your School Watch”. The title apparently didn’t come up on a on a search because of the difference in title not containing the word FIRST. Here is a link to that thread.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/what-was-your-school-watch.129594/page-2#post-1778333

Thanks for the link Canuck. I expected more Casio`s but, lots of cool watches.

chronolux · Jun 4, 2023

Mine was a Daniel Wellington watch. I bought it in 2016. I dropped it many years ago and now it doesn't work. But it fun while a wore it. I still have it sitting somewhere in a random drawer.

Marsimaxam · Jun 4, 2023

Timex on a Spindel elastic band in stainless steel
My Dad bought it for me when I was in elementary school... 6th grade.

Not the actual watch... but, it was similar.

your first watch

hen

Watch my Whisky

Rogerg

MRC

DrmexicoII

Aroxx

Annapolis

Aroxx

redpcar

YandB

ctpete

Walrus

Walrus

Canuck

McKnife

wagudc

WatchTimes

hen

chronolux

Marsimaxam

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