OdinLoki
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Gramp's old watch
I first became interested in mechanical watches when I played with my late grandfather's non-functioning manually wound watch movement that had popped out of its case. I don't recall what brand it was (as I was ~8 years old) but I remember be very taken by the spinning balance wheel. It would stop after a minute - still, my interest was piqued. It seemed like magic that a spring & balance wheel could tell time at all.
By my teens, I had set my eyes on an Omega Seamaster - victim of ads, perhaps 
I bought my first mechanical Seiko in my early twenties and then finally a Speedmaster a few years later. Perhaps Gramps might be smiling down at my latest addition - a hand-wound JLC Reverso GMT.
Since when is your passion into horology
Gents, it would be interesting to hear our story why, when and how the passion in horology start affecting our life. I have been observing for the past 10 years, the rise of mechanical watch making also began during 2000 era, this can be seen by a numerou...
I have been wearing exclusively mechanical watches since about 1992.
However, I did not start studying watches until the internet made it possible to do so.
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My first mechanical watch was a Seiko Kinetic in the year 1993-4, i think... Still did not pay too much attention to that... once I saw the Lange 1, it was love and thats how the horology bug has bitten me, and I never looked back since... Cheers, GG
i didnt know anything about watches
But when I saw the JLC ultra thin.. I just knew I have to have it. prior to my purchase, I wasn't wearing a watch and I know nothing about them. Currently I'm putting my time AND money into other avenues I think is much more viable than "investing" in hor...
The Internet has been important ...
I had an interest in mechanical things, including watches, that went back to my childhood. I had a couple of general books on the history of watchmaking on the bookshelf since the early 1990's, but it wasn't until I discovered watch magazines 10 years ago...
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yes, totally agree, the internet open our border greater and change our world so fast,
Since childhood . . .
. . . and I can pinpoint the actual moment, when I first caught glimpse of a complicated watch - probably a triple-date with moonphase, possibly an Omega - on a relative's dresser. I would've been six at the time . . .
High school
Is when I first started to recognize a nice watch. Something I picked up from my father. Was not until college that I saved up for my first "real" watch (omega speed master). Not until the past few years did I start studying watches.
I got interested in watches...
After my wife bought me a mechanical watch for our anniversary. It was my first mechanical watch, it has a window on the dail where you can see the movement. It was so beautiful I started researching on the Internet. I saw and read about a lot of beautifu...
As a child...
.. I have always been fascinated by watches. I remember one of my first "proper" watches was the Mickey Mouse with the arms as hour/minute hands (It was a knock-off, NOT a Gerald Genta!). I had a few Casio/Citizen digital watches during my school years, a...
Gramp's old watch
I first became interested in mechanical watches when I played with my late grandfather's non-functioning manually wound watch movement that had popped out of its case. I don't recall what brand it was (as I was ~8 years old) but I remember be very taken b...
Since
I looked at my late grandfather winding his pocket watch every morning with such poise-----pure ritual--- just 5 years old----
Since i receive my first automatic chronograph as a birthday gift...
I enjoy window shopping high end watches and not until internet made it possible to learn from and to discuss with watch lovers worldwide, i become a watch nut who is aware of all novelties and variants from all major brands. recently, i started buying an...
.since needing a stopwatch for university
I've admired the Submariner since I was about 12 yrs old seeing their adverts in National Geographic but the thing that really got me interested was my requirement for a stopwatch at university. I recall seeing an old neglected chronograph in my father's ...
