Horological Meandering

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... 

However, I did not start studying watches until the internet made it possible to do so.

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

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... 

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... 

yes, totally agree, the internet open our border greater and change our world so fast,

. . . 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 . . .

wow, you could make a fortune Art

. . . yup, my affection for Omega began at an early age ;-) . . .

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.

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... 

.. 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... 

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... 

I looked at my late grandfather winding his pocket watch every morning with such poise-----pure ritual--- just 5 years old----

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... 

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 ...  

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