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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A Michael Kors fashion watch. My then-girlfriend now-wife gave it to me for my birthday years ago. At the time we were dead broke, living in a studio apartment in the city, both trying to figure our lives out. She knew I was into watches (but didn’t have any yet) and she didn’t know a single thing about them but saw this while out shopping and thought it would look nice on me. At the time this cost a lot of money to us, I still have no idea how she was able to afford it. I wear it every time we dress up even with some much nicer “real” watches in my collection now.