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When I began noticing ads for watches in magazines and wanting them. When I noticed school friends wearing nice watches. When I realized that I was going to work my a$$ off to earn the money to buy the nicest watch within reason that I could afford. When I traveled by bus just before Christmas to the watch store in the nearest city with a huge wad of cash burning a hole in my pocket. When the salesman told me the watch I wanted in the window cost a lot of money. When I took it home and unwrapped it and unpacked it on the bed and put it on. That Tissot PR516 with the "Gruyere" steel bracelet lasted 10 years until it made it's bid for freedom from my wrist whilst biking, only to lose its life under the wheels of an 18-wheeler truck...And that gave me a chance to move on to other and better watches.
I just realised it now
when my savings account is so low there's no way it can satisfy my lust for a new moonphase chronograph. I'll just have to recycle my inventory, or plain go cold turkey. Ugh-h-h-h.
when I was buying watches that cost more than my car
of course in the beginning my car was only 800 dollars so that made it pretty easy LOL
When I realized that other than my family and friends...........
watches gave me the most pleasure in my life..............Sad but true....... As for when???????? about 20 years ago...... M.
when my father pass away...
I was thirteen ... my mother's budhist and after his death she wanted to give all his possesions to the monks at the temple..( didn't understand at the time). I stole my father's Seiko from the pile the to be given away .... I remeber how heavy it was and...
I realized I am a nut when....
after I realized just how valuable "TIME" really is. Once that moment in "time" has passed it can never be replaced. I try to make each moment in "TIME" as precious as possible. You see I justed proved it -- am a "certified nut" whom happens to love watch...
when i have a small room
to warehouse all the watches and its accompanying boxes and need a excel spreadsheet to keep track.
Well, let me think!
I don't think I've come to that point just yet. (wink, wink) Of course, if I WASN'T one, I guess I'd be using the internet for other things than participating in this forum! LOL Aloha, Bob
well...
Actually, it probably hit me after I bought my 3rd Patek and kept moving up the limit - I realized I could be driving a turbo porsche for what I had invested in my collection. But then the car would just depreciate over time, and so I keep on buying. Love...
When it took more time to pick out a watch to wear than
it did for me to pick out what clothing to wear and after winding and setting all of them only to find that I was late for work again. And, if I was going out of town for a few days.....nothing short of agony. But now, I consider myself to be in recovery,...
I totally relate, Whit!
I'l bet my dressing time has doubled since I got the watch bug. When I started matching the watch, cufflinks, belt buckle and pen......I even bought a rose gold wedding band to rotate with my platinum - I had to admit I had fallen off the deep end! Now, m...
One sunny day...
My wife and I were walking in the city and saw a nice Aston Martin. I commented that this might be a nice acquisition but then she pointed out that between the maintenance, storage costs, and general overhead, it would be preferable if I just spent the fu...
8 years old
at around 7 or 8. i had just received my first timex (in 1978) and couldn't take my eyes off the dial. i was actually thrown out of my class for staring at my watch!!
When i was a toddler...
aged about 18 months old, my parents were at a loss to know how to entertain me. I diodn't really like toys. I did love clocks. In fact, whnever i saw one i would scream "Tic Toc" at the top of my voice in excitement. One day they took me to London Zoo. A...
probably around 15....
hmmm probably around 15. i saved all my baby-sitting money (babysat the two boys down the block) to purchase a Tag Heuer 2000. Rarely went out to parties with my friends, just saved the money in a blue Fossil (watch again!!) tin. From there, I just went u...
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When I began noticing ads for watches in magazines and wanting them. When I noticed school friends wearing nice watches. When I realized that I was going to work my a$$ off to earn the money to buy the nicest watch within reason that I could afford. When ...