My Journey (in watches n other things)

Well where to begin. Ok a young sprog in the 70s who's dad had one of these (or something very much like it)

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I loved listening to this, the purr of the movement and the brand has always stuck with me. Now my first watch was one of these

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The good old timex. And the seed was sown.

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Then came the digital age,had some similar to this, and of course these

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Great watches, but plastic straps= itch monsters and as much as I'd love to re visit my youth with one of these can't get over the memories of red raw wrists (dusty environments on the farm and later at work). Just found these lurking in a box

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The rotary was my 18th birthday present and the other, well it was a watch I must have thought cool 😎 😅, but you know being young (amazing what you find in that old box at the back of the wardrobe).

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Rock on a few years (and some terrible watches) and first the left one then the right one (recently resurrected as dailies).

And that's where it might have stopped. I've always loved watches,admired them on thewrists of others,gazed longingly through the windows of those high end shops, but life, mortgages and the always something more important stopped the tik tik tik in my head from putting it on my wrist.

Till a bit over 5 years ago, when two things happened, got debt free and received a long service award from work. Now the tik tik tik went TOK TOK TOK, what did I want,well it's a bit obvious I went Swiss and mechanical, no not an Omega but this

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I'd felt I'd arrived, a proper watch (I do know there's no such thing, but indulge me). Being sat in Goldsmiths waiting for this felt like I king (probably the cheapest watch in there) but oh YES!!!.

And the bug really hit, and been into it ever since. Now as collections go I did think divers

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Retro looking divers

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Some old divers

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A bit of 70s

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And a fair few oddballs and curios thrown in.

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My tastes have changed a little over time, expanded the genre's, non of the dedicated single type for me, no sometimes it's been a case of firing a shotgun into a sky full of balloons and each one a different watch. But the core of my collection is them manly, chunky, high WR types, I've dallyed in dress,attracted(now) to a chrono or two, played with vintage. But I do love a diver or 20.

So that's a brief bit of the journey so far,newish to the game but loving it, so many watches to go for it's mind blowing. Where I'll go from here, well whatever takes my fancy, I'd love to add an old Omega to the collection (like I've done with the timex) just to hear that sound from childhood, no practical reason, just for that. And to me that's what this games about, not practicality it's emotion, fun, the buzz and recently interacting with you lot. So that's a bit of me (and some rubbish photos).

Right who next,spin the wheel of fortune, names go round n round.... ok I'll pick my good friend and all round outdoorsy type @Fieldwalker to take up the baton.

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Epic post Rob!

Wow!

I'm glad I'm out, because I would have embarrassed myself with my poor effort.

Tagging the Games Master for his info @Aurelian

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Superb, that Swiss longines diver you bought was the best watch in the shop mate………….

Does not matter about the cost!

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DeeperBlue

Epic post Rob!

Wow!

I'm glad I'm out, because I would have embarrassed myself with my poor effort.

Tagging the Games Master for his info @Aurelian

Thankyou, oh im sure you'd have written a great piece. It was a bit on the hoof between cleaning the trampoline and an epic water fight😅, and thanks for tagging his nibs in.

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Thats quite an interesting evolution! All to culminate to the spectacular tobmilbon you wear now!

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Love it!! More pics than words … me likey pictures…

🍻😜

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Beautiful picks

Love it.

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Great write up! Yay 70s!

I’ll work on mine shortly 👍

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Amazing

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Boom! I actually feel like I half-arsed mine now… but I’m deliberately being obtuse, that’s what people come to expect. It is, as they say, on-brand.

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It is kinda weird how much emotion can get wrapped around these little devices.

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That Hydroconquest looks great. Nice collection, great stuff!