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?
I just recently got very into watches, and when I saw the purple dial Seiko Rowing Blazers collab I had to have it. I was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (29yo) which has a purple cancer ribbon, so I wear the watch on Thursdays to treatment. Might wear this watch every Thurs after I beat it too.
My good friend, 32, just beat pancreatic cancer. You’ve got this.
He's pretty lucky even by cancer patient standards, pancreatic cancer is exceptionally NASTY
Oh I’m aware. They caught it on an unrelated scan, so he didn’t even have symptoms yet. Unbelievably lucky
That's some insane luck right there. Usually if you start showing symptoms of pancreatic cancer it's probably not ending well.
Showing symptoms is usually stage 4
Yup