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've had various lower tier wat he's throughout the years. I have 2 that are still around despite being not my absolute favorite styles or Automatic watches. The first is a fossil that my wife bought me for our first anniversary. We were 22 years old, I was still just an E4 in the Army and money was always tight, but she knew I loved watches and got me what she could. It will never leave my collection. My second one that stays is the first nicerwatch I bought myself, over 500, and that was a lot for me back in , an ESQ with diamonds inlaid at the 12,3,6, and 9. It's the only one that held up super nicely over the years. Now I typically wear my Longines or my Hamilton open heart jazzmaster.