The true worth of a watch.
Watches are many things other than just a watch sometimes. They can hold a value to us that far exceeds it's monetary worth. A watch given by a spouse or a child means so much more to us than a watch we go and buy for ourselves. As it should. A watch handed down by a parent/grandparent can hold even more value and emotional attachment because it connects us to that loved one who's no longer here. But we know this already right? So why am I preaching to the choir? Because I want to know WHY!! Not why it means more, we've already gone over that, But why watches? We get gifted, handed down and willed many items through our lives from these same people yet, though they do hold some attachment for us, it's not the same as a watch. So why? Why not a belt, or a necklace or a painting... Ect. I've known individuals who dont even like watches that were handed it down along with many other items but put no where near the value on those things as they do the watch they don't even like and isn't really worth much monetarily ....Yet they've worn it everyday since they got it and would die before giving it up. I think it's amazing, curious, a little weird and cool as hell. Just another thing about watches that make me (us) love them like we do. In a world full of crap to buy and in a disposable society....Watches are in a world all their own! Watches have a power over us. Theyre magical...maybe evil. I know there's some of us. Including myself who've seen a particular watch that...WELL....casts a spell on our minds and we can't eat or sleep and our thoughts drift to it every chance it gets until we buy it!! Few things in our world do this and harbor this power!! LONG LIVE THE MAGIC OF THE WRISTWATCH!
Have a great Horolo-day!
I've been collecting for only a short time. I'm 50 but didn't realize just how much I loved watches until I bought my first decent one! An Invicta diver. After that there was no looking back! Now I ha...
I think a watch is something deeply personal and tells you something about the person. When my grandad passed, I got one of his watches. It’s a simple, inexpensive pulsar. Looks nice but feels cheap, and is beat up. It portrays the type of man my grandpa was. A hard working factory worker who didn’t have many nice things but took care of his family. I see that in this watch, the scratches and dents. the fact that it emulates a more expensive dress watch but isn’t as that was out of his budget.
I think the choice of watch says something about a person, and the bumps and scratches it gets along the way tell even more. And I think it does it more so than a necklace or bracelet, as a watch in my opinion can have a lot more personality than those
I think a watch is something deeply personal and tells you something about the person. When my grandad passed, I got one of his watches. It’s a simple, inexpensive pulsar. Looks nice but feels cheap, and is beat up. It portrays the type of man my grandpa was. A hard working factory worker who didn’t have many nice things but took care of his family. I see that in this watch, the scratches and dents. the fact that it emulates a more expensive dress watch but isn’t as that was out of his budget.
I think the choice of watch says something about a person, and the bumps and scratches it gets along the way tell even more. And I think it does it more so than a necklace or bracelet, as a watch in my opinion can have a lot more personality than those
Couldn't have said it better myself my friend!! 👍
My family’s relationship with timepieces have always been deeply personal, very intense but lately I have been mulling over the reasons, the detailed histories and have concluded that the mechanical objects really do not mean all that much,rather it was the original wearer’s relationship with the token that was powerful, and for me at least there is a difference. I own so many watches that I do not expect my family members to reflect on my life after I pass when they wear one of my gently worn watches. I do own a few that have special meaning to my wife and one vintage Breitling that my older daughter understands perfectly in a shared relationship, she protects it on her wrist each day. Whether my younger daughter and son in law can experience those same nostalgic feelings with watches that I have gifted to them from my own collection is doubtful. I did not always feel that way about timepieces and their owners but the watch community somehow changed and I believe our perceptions of the power of an inherited talisman watch changed also.
My family’s relationship with timepieces have always been deeply personal, very intense but lately I have been mulling over the reasons, the detailed histories and have concluded that the mechanical objects really do not mean all that much,rather it was the original wearer’s relationship with the token that was powerful, and for me at least there is a difference. I own so many watches that I do not expect my family members to reflect on my life after I pass when they wear one of my gently worn watches. I do own a few that have special meaning to my wife and one vintage Breitling that my older daughter understands perfectly in a shared relationship, she protects it on her wrist each day. Whether my younger daughter and son in law can experience those same nostalgic feelings with watches that I have gifted to them from my own collection is doubtful. I did not always feel that way about timepieces and their owners but the watch community somehow changed and I believe our perceptions of the power of an inherited talisman watch changed also.
Thank you! Great reply!
Thank you! Great reply!
Hi you are too kind! It is a Friday and oddly I feel different from Monday! Haha.
Cheers,
Jerry