Pelle_thorstenson
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Do you have a watch from the year you were born?
For a long time I was very happy when I looked at my wrist and the watch from the year I was born. However, learning from people that know more about horology than I do it seems pretty clear that watches made before let say the year 2000 the degree of certainty is not very high regarding the year it was acctually assembled. Back in those days the manufacturer did not focus on this and it took many more years before focus was fixed on this.
Experts say that despite what it says regarding year in The Extract document it can just as well be +/- 1 or 2 years. If this is true the feeling for me is somewhat lost when I wear my watch that in the Extract says "my year" but the odds is pretty high that it was made another year.
On the other hand knowing what we know today it is a nice feeling owning a watch that is more recent and that was made the same year as a grandchild was born. For me the plan is of course to pass it on one day Would be interesting to hear our community's thoughts on this topic. Thanks Pelle
Do you have a watch from the year you were born?
For a long time I was very happy when I looked at my wrist and the watch from the year I was born. However, learning from people that know more about horology than I do it seems pretty clear that watches made before let say the year 2000 the degree of cer...
Not FROM the year I was born, but two that came out the year I was born.
Rolex Explorer and Glycine Airman.
My left wrist is conveniently . . .
. . . bare and ready for Black Connie. 👶🏻 ...
The American who bought the Connie over twenty years ago . . .
. . . from a German seller ordered an extract indicating the date it was delivered to the West German Omega agent. It was ten days before I was born. Incidentally, HSTE's Railmaster 2914-1 was issued right around the same time. Best, Art
In the light of this
would you put in an effort to obtain a G-P with an Extract that says the year you were born? (Me for one has kind of lost that desire)
Probably not, it is not that important to me. I just got somewhat
lucky in getting the one I have.
Bulova used date codes
And this His Excellency has a code of L8–1958, my birth year–with one of the last of the Bulova movements made in New York, the caliber 10BP. —Rick ...
Your watch looks great
Does this give you comfort that it is acctually from the year you were born?
Not that much…
But after building a collection of over 50 watches, the curatorial requirements can get pretty narrow —Rick
Not for the year i was born but one that i gifted myself when my daughter was born.
For me this is more important than my birthdate. ...
A wonderful question for this community.
What a great topic. There is something deeply personal about owning a watch from the year you were born. It connects you to a moment in time in a way that nothing else quite can. The replies here show just how creative our members get in finding that conn...