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I have a random Guess? branded Indiglo watch. It's worth nothing to you, but means the world to me because it got me into loving watches.
I remember going to the mall as a kid, and seeing this watch in a display case and wanting to be like my dad who loves Seiko watches. I remember this as one of my first watches to get, one of my earliest childhood memories, and I'll cherish it forever.
for me its a khaki field quartz model. honestly nothing special. but for me it represents entering a time in my life where i could actually afford to start treating myself to things that weren't complete necessities. it's travelled with me around the world and i still wear it daily. i don't think I will ever retire it... but I am starting to get eyes for something in the next tier.
I keep my grandfather’s old fossil in my drawer, untouched from when he passed. Even if it’s not a particularly glamorous—it’s scratched, the band is well worn, and needs a replacement battery—he’s responsible for getting me into watches so I’ll keep it for as long as I’m around.
My Dad died unexpectedly 3 years ago. About a year later I was helping my mom in my brothers old room and found my Dad’s old Seiko 5 automatic in a shoebox. The gold is worn, the crown is missing and it had been in a shoebox for at least 15 years. But this is the watch I remember my Dad wearing when I was little. I put it on just for kicks & forgot about it but a few hours later I glance down and it’s ticking away. As I’ve a horrible time getting around to replacing my watch batteries, I’ve commandeered my Dad’s old watch (with my brother’s blessing) and have been wearing it daily for the past 2 years. At some point I’ll get it serviced and replace the missing crown. Maybe actually get the band sized to fit my wrist 🤣. But it makes me happy to wear it.
Same. 34mm Seiko quartz from 1979 from my dad. Specifically, Seiko King Quartz 9923-8050. I don't wear it much because it's not that comfortable, i.e., the bracelet pulls hairs.
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.
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.
Movado watch that my wife got me 7 years ago
For those curious about the Seiko, this is it. Doesn’t have the original band as it was decaying by the time my dad gifted it to me. Ref is 8620-0029 (B2)
I wore my Seiko SKX007 (my first mechanical) in the delivery room when my son was born. I wore a Tissot dress watch (that my wife gave me for Valentine's Day when we were dating) in the delivery room when my daughter was born.
My kids will each get their respective "birthday" watches one day when they're old enough.
Neither of the watches were truly expensive -- I bought the Seiko for $120 and the Tissot -- while a gift -- was valued around $500CAD. But I'll never get rid of them.
I have 2. On the right is my grandfathers gold Eterna Matic, which was passed down to me, and on the left is a swiss army watch that a family friend passed down to me. I wear the one on the left everyday as it was his favourite watch at my age, and I wear the one on the right for special occasions 😁
My dad passed away 10 years ago from cancer. The day before he passed ,he decided no hospice but to die at home, he asked me to go in his drawer and grab a small box. He gave a watch his parents gave him on his 18th birthday, which would have been 1964. It's a 34mm gold mechanical timex. I still remember him in a low, graspy voice, "now don't go and try and sell this, or you're going to be very disappointed."
I'm not a fan of gold watches, but the rare time when I wear that watch (still works), I replaced my white gold wedding band with his gold wedding band to match.
My Grandfather's pocket watch that he had with him the whole time he was in Europe during WW2. I went from a small farm in Saskatchewan, to England, Italy (before D-Day), France, Germany, Scotland, England, and back home. It still works but doesn't keep time as well as it used to.
My mother died when I was 25, and my sister was 15, so she didn’t get to see a lot of the big landmarks of our lives. I have this cheap little novelty Elvis Presley watch that I remembered her wearing when I was a little kid, and I know she loved. I wear it to every thing that I think she would have been at as a way of keeping her there with me. I wore it at my wedding, and I let my sister wear at it her’s. It’ll be with me for a lot of other weddings, and births, and graduations too.
There’s a shitty Mvmt watch that my friend was wearing when he died that I will treasure above any other watch that I’ll ever own.
This was given to my great grandfather for his retirement from Nchanga mines, in South Africa. He was an engineer up until 1967.
This was was in my grandmothers possession until her dementia became apparent. We all loved her father, Pat.
This watch has been passed down to me recently, still in a beautiful condition. It has become the watch I wear most. My mother often says he would have gotten such a kick from me still wearing it.
An invaluable watch. Isn’t a fancy rolex or an expensive Patek, but it is our family.
I have a Waltham pocket watch from sometime in the 1930’s. Full set, meaning it includes the box and the card it came with. Open market, if I fix it up and get running again it may be $300-$700 tops. It’s the watch my grandmother gave my grandfather at their wedding. It’s worth everything to me. I plan to restore it and give it back to my mom.
I also have a Waltham watch from roughly that time period belonging to my great grandfather. It doesn’t work either, and though I am considering restoring it as well, I could never sell it. It’s an important piece of my family’s history.
I have an orient automatic 'FAG' (lol because of the start of the serial number and because I'm gay and it was a gift from my boyfriend). It is open heart and that fascinates me because I am naturally curious and hate the unknown. I have always strived to seek an answer to something. Because of that, my boyfriend bought me an orient automatic with an open heart for our third-year anniversary. The open heart allows me to peer inside the watch on my wrist so that I can see how such a contraption works, as opposed to a solid dial which leaves me guessing or having to take off a watch and peer into its transparent case back to get my answer. It isn't worth much to the average watch consumer, but I consider it my ultimate treasure and wear it every day. To me, it is invaluable because of what it stands for and because of the individual who gifted it to me.
The Baume & Mercier Riviera range has a special meaning to me because my mother owned one when I was a kid and I learned to read the time on it. I still own a Riviera (not the same of course) and have childhood memories that come each time I look at it.
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.
I have a vintage Seiko that was passed down to me by my grandma that she wore through med school.
My dad's everyday wear watch was a Victorinox Swiss Army field watch. I believe he got it from a vendor because it has a Kodak case back (he was a wedding photographer). I wore it pretty nonstop after he passed but it hasn't kept good time in a while. I have been meaning to bring it to a watch shop but haven't gotten around to it yet. I almost lost it in Puerto Rico last year and I didn't expect to be so sad about it. Luckily it turned up. https://www.ebay.com/itm/354844666649?chn=ps&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1pltljpAkRk62K5IDtAVq7w22&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=354844666649&targetid=1585159290651&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=9003433&poi=&campaignid=19894961968&mkgroupid=148855406073&rlsatarget=pla-1585159290651&abcId=9307911&merchantid=426104998&gclid=CjwKCAjw7c2pBhAZEiwA88pOF8uOIN3vgGBTMva8WtOKxJPm_YIepD-5d3dhVGMtotWzNjYFYChdMBoC9jwQAvD_BwE
