Horological Meandering

My Baume & Mercier Linea Although I haven\'t worn him in a long time (more then 20 years i think😬) I sure as hell never get rid of him 🙏🏻 . Do you still own your first watch ? Wish you a great week ahead 🤗 ...  

. . . which was a Christmas gift back in '68. Unfortunately, I haven't worn it in many years as it's in dire need a watchmaker's attention. It's the project at the bottom of the priority list. Some day . . . ...  

My B&M also needs a bit of extra love (new battery😉) will try to do that asap 🙏🏻

The one gifted by my Godfather, a timex, for my 7th Xmas, which drove me to watch madness, totally. And my first real watch, bought in 1997, a GMT MASTER 16700. Sadly, I don't own them... Really sad. Best, Nicolas

Did you sold them or was it because of the burglary you had many years ago if i remember well ?

...was a Leroy 18 jewels, a gift received when I had 8 yo. Unfortunately I lost the watch.

Hope you still got great memories about the watch 🙏🏻

I no longer have my first watch but I have the first watch my spouse gave me as a gift in 1978. As fate would have it, during the quartz craze she gifted me a mechanical watch that is in need of a new bracelet and servicing. Thanks for reminding me.

Thats a great gift to treasure imho 😉

My first watch was a Newmark gifted to me aged 7. It drowned in a communal bath when I was a border at school. My second was an Ingersoll at age about 9 that went for repair and never came back, in spite of my frequent visits to the workshop. That was whe...  

Great to see you still kept your ,,first,, watch

I lost my first watch ever. I was a kid, so losing stuff is normal. But i had watches as a kid. Presents from grand mother, birthday presents, and i bought watches. In the old days when i was a kid i wear Casio quarts watches with a button which could be ...  

A graduation gift that I specifically asked for, INSTEAD of a similarly priced Rolex. ARGH!!!! —Rick ...  

Great looking Hamliton 👌🏻

It was in the early to mid seventies when I was still a young boy in elementary school.. no more than 7 years old. I spent the earlier part of my childhood with my grandfather acting as my de facto dad which was weird because my parents and siblings just ... 

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