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 took off my watch near my dad one day and it had a display case back and he thought it was just incredible to see. He reminisced about messing around with watches in the '60s and how he thought it was the coolest thing in the world to watch the movement run.
My dad was pretty hard on stuff like watches, so I didn't want to get him anything crazy, but I just got him a Seiko 5 a couple days later because I thought he'd get a kick out of it. He did. He was pumped.
I lost my dad a few years ago. My mom gave me a bunch of his stuff. The watch was among his effects I was given. I'm not much for sentimentality about random stuff, but that $30 watch will be with me until the end.