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?
https://preview.redd.it/nhymyb1g6evb1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c3ea09872c1e206139185147b415ef137b06843
My dad got this from his work for 25 years of service. It's not fancy and it is wayyy too small on me but his hard work sent my dumb ass to a good private high school and paid for my college education and he is proud of the things he did in his career.
I had a great childhood thanks to him and mom busting their asses, even though we were clearly middle class I got a lot of opportunities thanks to everything they did for me.
I hope I'm paying it forward to my children as well, I know that's what my folks would want me to do, and this watch represents a little bit of white collar for the blue collars among us.