Omega - The first watch I can remember...

The first watch I can remember...

The first watch I can remember was an OMEGA (believe it or not...!) Geneve automatic, goldplated which I received at a gift at ten...

It was much too early for such a valuable watch and I did not care much about it - so it was beaten up soon.

After some years my mother gave it to my uncle as a gift as I did not use the watch any more.

Some watches followed and I can remembers a Citizen automatic and a Heli Raymond..., nothing serious...

I started collecting seriously with some NOS Eterna automatics which I was lucky enough to buy at reasonable prices from a watchmaker´s widow...

After my uncle had died I remembered the Omega and for some nostalgic feeling I bought it back for a bargain due to it´s poor condition (I had already started collecting watches at that time and with Omega as a special theme).

The condition of the watch is awful:

The winding unit had been removed (fortunately I got it as it was kept in a box in a drawer) and it has to be wound manually but it still keeps reasonably time.

The gold plating has worn off, the dial has marks and it looks pretty beaten.

I am not sure if I should restore the watch as it shows so much of it´s history... it is my first watch!

kind regards

Erich

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HI Everyone... Do you remember a time that you were not thinking about watches ? Before you became a Watch Idiot Savant or a WIS ? My nephew was looks at some old photos.. My brother's wedding album. He took a photo and sent it to my cel phone! I had a la...

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By: hoipolloi : June 13th, 2010-20:25

Here it is. It was on my wrist for quite a while, 1987, Vietnam, somewhere in the countryside....

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By: RJW : June 13th, 2010-23:05

1. In the 70s the first watch I remember was the Omega deville my father gave me. I still have it. 2. Around 1980 I progressed to a Casio with alarm (Wow!!!) and calendar and light. Went in the trash bin when I moved up to... 3. A Citizen quartz around la...

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By: Dr No : June 14th, 2010-06:25

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By: bimbeano : June 14th, 2010-14:09

... you actually got your first watch while you were watching Apollo 8 circling the moon !!! And they wore Speedies ! Filip

We were in Hong Kong, Bim . . .

By: Dr No : June 14th, 2010-20:29

. . . and I don't recall a television set in the hotel room. I distinctly recall being fitted for a woolen suit, the ultimate insult for an eleven year old. The watch was meant both to complete the outfit and to make up for the awful experience of wearing...

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By: bimbeano : June 14th, 2010-22:39

... the one in the middle .... ? F

Mmm, no, but . . .

By: Dr No : June 15th, 2010-08:59

. . . there is a resemblance, isn't there? . . .

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By: amanico : June 14th, 2010-06:39

I was attracted, fascinated by watches since my tenderest chilhood. It all began with a Timex my Godfather ( the real one, MINE, not the Mafia one, eeeh? ) gave my for my 6th or 7th Xmas. I spent so many sleepless nights just because I was proud, just bec...

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By: hans_jorgen_1968 : June 14th, 2010-13:07

..like you Nic, one have to start early..;-) Cheers HJ

LOL, Hans, but it seems you're true! :)

By: amanico : June 15th, 2010-22:29

There was no before ....

By: bimbeano : June 14th, 2010-14:08

... at the age of 7 i got my first watch ... a "Kelton" diver with blue dial and bezel, my brother got a black one .... i was so jealous because i really would like to have had the black one (i'm still crazy about black dialled watches) . I remember "play...

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By: hans_jorgen_1968 : June 14th, 2010-14:23

.. probably at the age of 8. And at the same time I fell in love with a chronograph at the local optomometrist.. a watch he didn't sell for many years or never.? The shop closed when I was 14 and actually I believe the owner kept it for himself.. still to...

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By: mac_omega : June 15th, 2010-08:47

The first watch I can remember was an OMEGA (believe it or not...!) Geneve automatic, goldplated which I received at a gift at ten... It was much too early for such a valuable watch and I did not care much about it - so it was beaten up soon. After some y...

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By: SamJH : June 19th, 2010-09:39

But mostly bought cheap and threw them away once showing wear . . . the oldest survivor from 1983, a Certina quartz This Seiko was a daily wearer for a number of years, acquired in about 1989...