Vintage Watches with an evil past

Don't think I will ever buy a Timex. For the obvious reasons 😂

Most probably I would not think about it too much. If it's not exactly written on the listing such as: 'status: item pre-owned by a mass murderer', then that thought would not cross my mind.

Noooooo. We are cheap, practical and easy to get but not evil. 😠

Classic 😂

I had that thought just today actually, how we romanticize the history timepieces carry with them, and then I heard how someone had their Rolex seized after a fraud trial ruling and was sentenced to asset forfeiture (or something, I was also working while listening so…).

But yeah, I bet some of us could possibly be unknowingly wearing watches that were worn during a murder, by the victim or the perp (maybe both?) and just got sold on along… why was that used Roly so cheap, anyway…?

I guess buy from reputable sources, or buy new!

I wouldn't because it would take an ordinary watch and make it expensive. I can't imaging bidding on Ted Bundy's Casio for the notoriety of it.

Yes, and I wonder whatever happened to that watch a year or so ago that they said was Hitlers. I briefly saw the headline to that story but never followed up.

I have quite a few Russian watches from Ukraine. This country seems to be the main supplier for vintage Russian / Soviet watches. I have momentarily pondered them being removed from dead Russians.

Yes, I did just that. I had three Vostok's and I didn't want them in my collection so sold them on ebay.

Not with vintage watches as I do not collect vintage watches but with pre owned older models from different markets/countries, I always think about: why the poor guy has sold this wonderful piece. I live in Europe and order sometimes nice gems to a great price (incl tax) from Japanese dealers. Like a pre owned first James Bond Omega SMP or the older versions of the Speedmaster. Why are they available in such huge stock quantities and what is the story behind, who purchased it and why sold it. This is something that I ask myself.

That is great, never looked at it this way.

I’ve never bought a vintage watch and I’m unsure I would. If I did, however, I would likely think of the watch as a “blank slate.” As I put it on, I would only think of it as mine. I would probably only consider the previous owner if it was bought because of the previous owner…otherwise my watch has amnesia. Lol

The Casio F91W was used by certain people in Afghanistan as it was cheap, easy to get and very accurate as a ‘timer’ for a particular type of device……

I’ve thought about this before and decided it wouldn’t bother me who the previous owner was or what they did.

Everyone is the hero in his own story. So, are you wearing their watch or were they wearing your watch?

OTOH, apparently Mussolini did make the trains run on time...

I prefer to assume my vintage watches were worn in space, up Everest of by someone swimming the English channel. But I wouldn't be upset to discover one belonged to that well known killer James Bond 😜

Used to think about it when I was a kid. But now I'm older it doesn't bother me. Take the house you are living in if it's an old house who knows what those four walls have seen 😲. If that doesn't bother you then why does wearing and old watch ?

Your positive energy will overthrow all evil 😄

I believe in energy +ve and -ve

😉

After the 'Wearing your watch in the bathroom' thread a while back, I just hope mine wasn't worn by a right handed, right wrister...

Doesn't bother me in the slightest tbh.

I don't know maybe it's just me or maybe its because he presides over the most bought and paid for corrupt Supreme Court in the nations history who is currently aiding the biggest threat to democracy since the civil war.

LOL. True, I bought a house that was brand new in 1993 (first owner). I never wanted to live in an old house for that reason. lol. My dad died in the house I grew up in and I could never shake that.

lol. Now I have that visual.

Nothing to worry about, everyone knows that truly evil people all wear Apple watches.

Would I bid on a serial killer's watch? No.

Would I wear it? Maybe.

I don't get the obsessions with attaching good/evil to an inanimate object. How many times have all of us utilized a public toilet that recently a murderer/rapist sat on to drop a deuce? Did their mystical evil ju-ju vibes hop onto the skin of our butt cheeks and posses us to do evil things?

Yeah, it's that ridiculous.

LOL. Yeah, that sounds like a TROMA film. Evil Butt Cheeks. lol. Yeah, when it comes to all things religious, paranormal, etc. I like to think I'm a true agnostic. I just don't know, so I will never say never even though deep down, I'm really probably an atheist. lol.

This is the horological version of astrology and homeopathy with a bit of chiropractic thrown in for good measure.

Don't get me started with Chiropractic. A friend of mine has a son who took out 500K in student loans to become one and he makes less than 50K a year. Unreal. 4 years of College and 3 years of Chiropractic school.

Pure pseudo-medicine. If your "medical school" is in a strip mall and you can see things on an X-ray that Radiologists and Orthopedics cannot, your degree might be total BS.