My run-of-the-mill "how I got into watches" post
I imagine everyone on WC makes this post at some point, so here's mine. 😜
I have a G-Shock that I wore daily for years, but I didn't become fascinated with watches until about a couple of years ago. What sparked my interest? A random YouTube video, and it wasn't a trending video from one of the well-known watch YouTubers. It was this random clip from Joe Rogan's podcast that showed up on my feed one day.
https://youtu.be/IsZaOlCEmYs
Watched it once and forgot about it, but then later on for some reason, I had this clip on repeat. Before I knew it, I was deep down the rabbit hole of watches content. Got my Seiko 5 soon after. Now, here I am. That's all.
Would love to read some of your stories about how you got into this. Thanks for reading.
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I always liked watches growing up. I got a $36 g shock from Costco as a gift from my parents in elementary school and thought it was so cool. It’s still going strong ~15 years later.
I stopped wearing watches until high school when an aunt got me a Coach quartz watch. It’s battery died within that year and I started wearing a Seiko solar diver my dad wasn’t wearing anymore. I got a compliment from a stranger for my “Seiko diver.”
I didn’t know what he meant my diver. I didn’t know about divers. I didn‘t even know mechanical watches were still a thing. I got home and looked them up. Sure enough I went down the rabbit hole of this hobby.
I got an Orient Curator as my first mechanical then a Seiko SARB 035. These carried me through undergrad. My Stowa Flieger 36 is carrying me through grad school.
I told myself I wouldn’t get another watch until I’m done and more financially set. That probably means no more watches for at least 5 years, which I’m ok with.
To the mechanic who complimented my Seiko diver… your kindness has cursed me.
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Lucky enough to have parents that would buy me inexpensive watches when I was a kid. With allowance and eventually job would buy myself my own watch, sub 20 buck casio. Of course I would break them all the time, so I'd go to target to buy one, but then the stores near me stopped carrying watches. Wtf. I didn't drive then, or refused to go outta my way to buy something. Finally caved and got myself a g shock online, 60 bucks, an outrageous price for a watch. Realize I can't break it, will be the only watch I need. Proceed to buy more watches.