😱 Screams and Scares: Watch Horror Stories Halloween Edition. 🎃
Given the holiday and spooky season, what are some of your watch horror stories? I don't really have one myself, but I occasionally have nightmares of eternally trying to wind up a Longines Dolce Vita I used to have.
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Josh
Professional hermit and a humble watch collector with a particular love of shiny things. Part of the council of Josh's.
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I had two watches randomly break last week while setting them. Haha.
I’ve spent thousands of dollars buying item after item that tell the time, but not nearly as accurately as my telephone. That scary enough for ya?
I’ve spent thousands of dollars buying item after item that tell the time, but not nearly as accurately as my telephone. That scary enough for ya?
This.
Plus somehow I keep repeating the same action (buying a new watch) over and over, while chanting "This will be the one"
I lost two Seiko divers a year apart. One I blew out the crystal from helium decompression which of course destroyed the watch, and scared the bejesus out of everyone when it blew out.
The other one the strap let go during a dive, and instead of refilling and going down to get it we sent down the electromagnet. We got the watch, but the magnet destroyed the dial, hands, and some movement pieces.
Both went into the trash. All I can say is "Young and dumb."
I bought this watch pre-owned. Described by the seller as "Like new, no scratches and no hairlines"; the pictures in the ad didn't show any either.
Upon receiving it, I noticed hairlines, and a pretty substantial indent in the case.
And when I wear it, I have this voice in the back of my mind, telling me "You're wearing a chinese fake...".
Spooky.
When I was but a wee lad I had this kick ass digital watch with indiglo that I wore 24/7, slept with it, all that. One day on vacation I was riding the tube behind the boat and I wiped out, when I popped up laughing I noticed my precious digital watch with Indiglo was gone.
I was sad the rest of the vacation, and probably the rest of the summer tbh.