Hi, first post here but long time lurker. As the title says, what’s a sentimental timepiece to you?
For me it’s an old Seiko quartz from the 80s given to me by my father. It was a gift from his parents to him after he graduated high school. He’s since upgraded to a Rolex submariner and passed the Seiko onto me.
It’s a thin, small watch with only a case size of about 34 mm. Definitely an adjustment to the large men’s watches of today, but it quickly grew on me and became one of my most worn pieces. I like to wear it on days where I’m nervous, such as the an important presentation or the start to something new. I feel it brings me luck, in addition to being an elegant piece.
If anyone is curious, I’d happily include an image of it or it’s reference number.
What about you? Which one is special to you?
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This very scratched and battered Citizen Eco-drive. Graduation gift from my father nearly 20 years ago. Has been worn almost everyday, shower wearing it, treated badly, crashed mountain bikes, scuba dived, lived on 3 continent's etc. Sent it in twice for new batteries and that's it.
I'd love to get the crystal replaced with sapphire but citizen won't do it.
It's not expensive, but was a lot of money to my family when it was gifted to me. It'll always be a watch I wear a lot even though now I've the finances to get some very nice timepieces.
Love it! One of my first watches was a Titanium Eco drive. Still have it to this day. In fact I loved it so much, i recently had the opportunity to buy the exact same watch. Picked it up for my 2 year old son. Will gift it to him when he’s big enough to fit into it.
I honestly think that's what I'll do as well. My son is 4 right now. I'm also looking at more feminine eco drives for my 8 year old daughter - still needs to be tough as old boots though!
My first watch was a titanium eco drive! Gifted to me by my grandfather on my 10th birthday. Still have it and still wear it although not on the original rubber strap, it broke from overuse. That watch has gone to many, many places. The original solar battery is still going strong 15yrs later!
I'm sure your kid will love it