Omega

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 laugh..   I am with my sister ...   On my wrist was my BPW ( Black plastic watch ) .  If I remember correctly it was a Casio that also told the temp !!  Very cool...






Does anyone else remember what you wore before becoming a WIS ?


Good Hunting

Bill Sohne

Here it is.

    

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

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 late 80s. Expandable steel bracelet. White dial. Linear indices. Threw it away when I smashed the crystal accidentally in early-mid 2000s. Made me realise I needed a daily watch and a sports watch, so...

4. Moved to Swatch. Still got them...

Regards, Richard.

. . . photo taken Christmas day, 2009. Nostalgically, Art

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



Filip

. . . 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 wool pants . . . AND I STILL HATE WOOL!! They . . .

. . . can keep it ;-) . . .

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

F

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

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 because I was fascinated by this luminous round object whose hands moved without moving that I couldn't even read!

" Hey, I have a watch, I'm a big boy, now ".

I knew I would get several, I never thought I would be so " watch nut ".

Best,

Nicolas

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

Cheers
HJ

... 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 "playing" with that watch very often ... after that it was all SEIKO quartz until i decided not to wear watches for some 15 years ... untill i got stuck here some years ago ... .

All i need now is some serious funding ...

Filip

.. probably at the age of 7.
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 today I dream of this watch with the white dial (probably why I love white dials...;-))
But to be honest, I don't recall the brand, but it was expensive....

Cheers
Hans This message has been edited by hans_jorgen_1968 on 2010-06-14 14:25:25

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

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