What Watch Started Your Descent into WIS-dom?

[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by CFR

The original Omega Co-Axial Deville in rose gold.

Nice. I stuck to the more affordable, but owned several Devilles. Great brand!

Kat


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[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by nyc2la

Seeing my dad’s 16660 on his wrist every day to do everything. He got it new in 1983, and it’s still perfect in every way, worn with tons of battle scars and tons of memories and stories behind it.

Such a nice Seadweller, and still sought after. Too big for this girl, though.

Kat


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[Watch-Geek]

My WIS-dom started when I was like 10 year old, with THIS.
I didn't own it until recently, but it was my first GRAIL I dreamed of getting and remember thinking about it for years, using every opportunity I had to go and look at it in the store window, figuring out how it works and fantasizing about wearing it.
It was waaaaay out of mine or my parents budget as it costed their monthly salary, and times war tough, so it was just a dream. I guess my watch collecting is also partly a compensation for those times.


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[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by Watch-Geek

My WIS-dom started when I was like 10 year old, with THIS.
I didn't own it until recently, but it was my first GRAIL I dreamed of getting and remember thinking about it for years, using every opportunity I had to go and look at it in the store window, figuring out how it works and fantasizing about wearing it.
It was waaaaay out of mine or my parents budget as it costed their monthly salary, and times war tough, so it was just a dream. I guess my watch collecting is also partly a compensation for those times.


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That’s a cool Casio! I want one of those squarish metal ones. They are all just plain cool….

Kat


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[rootbeer7]

My first weekend job was working in a high end video and hi-fi store. The customers were a mix of well-healed City and professionals, gangsters and most importantly a few ex-professional divers; one of whom was a man mountain with long hair, beard and a solid gold Rolex Submariner with a blue dial, I’m assuming a 1680/8 or 16808. To this day, my grail would be one of those.

[nighthawk77]

I can’t remember exactly where my fascination began. I had many Casio’s or other digital watches as a kid and eventually moved to some fashion branded quartz models as a teen.

Must be around 10/11 years ago when I was looking for something a bit more robust and settled on a diver for its waterproofness. Unaware of the peril lurking ahead, I naively searched the internet for a what I thought would be a quick review of best dive watch. This led me to the Seiko SKX009 and the rest is history as they say.

[Nathan_Barnes]

Perhaps cliche, but the Omega 2541 from Goldeneye. I have the midsize 2551.80. PXL_20220419_153614386.jpg

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[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by nighthawk77

I can’t remember exactly where my fascination began. I had many Casio’s or other digital watches as a kid and eventually moved to some fashion branded quartz models as a teen.

Must be around 10/11 years ago when I was looking for something a bit more robust and settled on a diver for its waterproofness. Unaware of the peril lurking ahead, I naively searched the internet for a what I thought would be a quick review of best dive watch. This led me to the Seiko SKX009 and the rest is history as they say.

Love the SKX009! Still have mine!

Kat


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[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by Nathan_Barnes

Perhaps cliche, but the Omega 2541 from Goldeneye. I have the midsize 2551.80. Attachment 1413177

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That was my first Omega. Saw it and needed it. I wish I still had that one…

Kat


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[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by rootbeer7

My first weekend job was working in a high end video and hi-fi store. The customers were a mix of well-healed City and professionals, gangsters and most importantly a few ex-professional divers; one of whom was a man mountain with long hair, beard and a solid gold Rolex Submariner with a blue dial, I’m assuming a 1680/8 or 16808. To this day, my grail would be one of those.

So, I’m guessing you wear a Rootbeer?

Kat


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[ap1]

A brietling blackbird chronomat in college

[john333]

Tag formula 1 chronograph with a white dial. I don’t have any pictures of mine as I gifted to my father years ago. Here is an image I found of the exact same model.




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[AEC]

That would be the Aqua Terra my wife chose for me on Christmas of 2006

[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by john333

Tag formula 1 chronograph with a white dial. I don’t have any pictures of mine as I gifted to my father years ago. Here is an image I found of the exact same model.




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I gave a very similar model to my son-in-law, Tony, for Christmas, one year. Sadly, we lost Tony, to the war in Afghanistan. I’ll never forget how pleased and surprised he was, when I gave him that Tag. Then he said, “But how will I get it fitted?” I answered, “Come here”. I got my tools out, measured it to his wrist, and it was ready for him to wear, in 5 minutes. He was incredulous that I could do that. It is one of my fondest memories, regarding our relationship. RIP, Son!

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[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by AEC

That would be the Aqua Terra my wife chose for me on Christmas of 2006

I had a blue teak dial one. Lovely watches!

Kat


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[AF_Rob]

This one, the Oris TT1 diver. Thankfully, I still have it. I think it was about 2008 or 09.




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[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by ap1

A brietling blackbird chronomat in college

Love Breitling. My son-in-law wears a bright yellow dial version, that I helped my daughter authenticate, before she purchased it.

Kat


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[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by AF_Rob

This one, the Oris TT1 diver. Thankfully, I still have it. I think it was about 2008 or 09.




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Now, that’s a brand I have not tried. I may have to change that. My pal, JTL31, has one that looks very cool.

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[rootbeer7]

Originally Posted by KatGirl

So, I’m guessing you wear a Rootbeer?

Kat


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I did when I joined here 10 years ago!!

[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by rootbeer7

I did when I joined here 10 years ago!!

One of my favorites!

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[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by Krash

Believe it or not, it’s a watch I never had. A long long time ago, my girlfriend (now my wife) went on our first vacation together. We were both in our twenties and this was when money started to roll in for both of us.

We were in south Florida. We were walking through shops and I saw a Breitling Navitimer in the display case. That’s what started it off for me. It is sort of ironic I never bought one of those.


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Interesting how we all bought other really nice Swiss brands, before Rolex. Love Breitling. I had an Aerospace, which was very cool.

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[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by jb335

Well as a kid in the 80s, I recall being obsessed with Swatches and that was my first watch passion. As a grown adult able to buy a grown-man watch it was the classic Submariner. Sub Date was my first luxury Swiss watch purchase even though I’m currently in a “kill Mommy” stage and am down to one Sub and never wear it.


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For me, it was Fossil, who now own Glycine.

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[Schmed]

First job out of college. In some mall in San Diego. Always wanted a dive watch with the Pepsi bezel. Paid $350 (?) for this one in 1990. Still have it.

[brandrea]

Tag was where I got my start as well

[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by brandrea

Tag was where I got my start as well

Still like Tag!

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[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by Schmed

First job out of college. In some mall in San Diego. Always wanted a dive watch with the Pepsi bezel. Paid $350 (?) for this one in 1990. Still have it.

Seiko rules! Great alternative for a lot of folks.

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[Peter Toronto]

For me it was this one. My older brother of 16 years bought it for himself when he graduated from university in the early 1970s. Every evening it would sit on his nightstand. I always admired it, but I was too afraid to touch it. He told me I could look at it and put it on as long as I was careful and put it back in its place afterwards. When he died, his oldest son got it, as he should have, but I searched for one and found one for myself.




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[AEC]

Originally Posted by KatGirl

I had a blue teak dial one. Lovely watches!

Kat


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We upgraded to that one in 2015, and it's what I wear now

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by KatGirl

Still like Tag!

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Same, I’ll always have a soft spot for Tag


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[APhound]

Panerai got me.
Was in Maui w my family when I was about 18. Went into a Rolex dealer w my dad and they had a counter if Panerai and I fell in love. It was the 292 (ceramic radiomir) that I was most attracted to but surprisingly have never bought one.
My first nice watch was a Panerai 111 about a year later.


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