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Q: How did you get into watch collecting?
I already loved watches when I was in primary school. But I often broke the springs when winding them up. At school we discussed whether quartz or automatic watches are superior. We made fun of the first guys with Casio Calculator and G-Shock cuckoo clocks on a wristband. But when Swatches conquered the classrooms they drove me deeper in the rabbit hole. I hated them so much! The ultra noisy "I'm here! I'm here! I'm here!" ticking made me nuts. I asked classmates to put them deep into their bags, especially during tests. I wished so often to just smash them on the floor and stamp on the plastics. There must be something better. I wanted to have something silent, not mechanical. It was the time of Tissot Stone Watches but the one that caught me was a Tissot Woodwatch. For many years it was my first go to watch. And for as many years I lived without the "slavery" of watches at all. Only the heritage pieces like my Woodwatch and my grandfather's automatic watch outlived this time deep in a drawer. Few years ago I restarted. Nothing fancy. More functional than blinky, more solar than automatic.
Q: What was the first watch you ever owned?
I don't remember the watch brand. It was a dark blue mechanical one in primary school. I broke the spring by winding it by hand. Indeed I broke the spring of at least one more. The first watch that I can remember clearly on my wrist is a Casio 110 QS-37 later in my school life. One day the display died and it was not the battery. Both my grandfathers had quite similar automatic watches. I lost one of these in the school bus and was devasted. The other has the same problem that the spring bars don't sit firm enough. I almost lost the second one too. The one I still have is a Condor.
Q: What is one piece of advice you have for someone just getting into watches?
I have a lot of knives, but only one in my pocket and one in my bag. I have a lot of fountain pens, but I have only two or three in my EDC. I have some 30 inks, but I write with only two. I have some razors, but in the end I switch between two. I have a dozen of fragrances, but at best I rotate through four of them. Guess what: Thirty, fourty, one hundred watches, it doesn't matter. In the end there will one or maybe three watches that ride your wrist most of the time. Keep your feet on the ground, don't buy too many too fast.
Q: What brands have been getting your attention lately?
Nautische Instrumente Mühle Glashütte.
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