What was your first mechanical watch?
Mine was this Seiko SRPE53. The watch that in a way kicked off my love for watches which I have really come to appreciate. Although it's bracelet and power reserve are a bit shoddy 😂
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Matt
22 year old watch enthusiast from Surrey, UK. Really got infatuated with watches mid 2021 and have continued to grow my collection since. Looking forward to expanding more and learning from the commun...
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Mine was a Seiko as well. It was an SNK809, followed shortly by an SKX013 which I still have.
Probably a Timex in the early 60's.
That was hundreds of watches ago.
Would you consider seiko kinetic as mechanical? Sadly its lost in time already, just a white dial seiko kinetic with batons indices.
I remember seeing adverts over buses when i was a kid and i was amazed how a watch that needs no batteries to run, i needed a watch to keep the time in exam so stormed into a local watch dealer and bought that.
Seiko5 in 1989
An inexpensive manual wind small dress type on a rally strap. Lost in the mists of time. Since then a 1940 RAF Movado that was my father’s. Between was a sea of quartz
Oris big crown pro pilot. Handsome watch but doesn't get as much wear as even my Seiko 5's these days