What watches have you gifted to friends and family?

I wanted to try a square g shock out before buying the GWM5610 for more than double the price of a dw5600. I decided to buy a dw5600 for my father, who doesn't wear a watch, to see if he'd like it. He's an electrician and farmer, so it seemed like an interesting experiment to see if he'd like it. Plus, I could try it out first. It got delayed by like two weeks in shipping, so I canceled and bought one through Walmart. Two days later, one showed up from both stores.

I decided to just keep them, sent one to my father who I think wore it once, and I held onto the other for a bit. My cousin got out of the Navy shortly after that, and while she was used to wearing a watch, a contamination hazard risk kept her from buying anything remotely decent for fear she'd just have to ditch it. She said she ended up breaking her watches quite frequently, so I gave her that extra dw5600. I told her she wouldn't be able to break it, and I think she's worn it every day in the several months since then.

I have a few watches I'd gladly give away to friends or family because I don't wear them anymore, but aside from that cousin, I don't know anyone who wears a watch. I'm getting the steel navigator from marathon soon, which will directly replace my fibershell version, and I still have a Casio duro that I never wear. My mudmaster admittedly kind of supercedes my Rangeman, but I think I dig the Rangeman design too much to let that one go just because its analog older brother does basically the same thing.

Giving something away is good for the soul. I have only given away two watches, to people who needed a watch and didnâÂÂt have one. My sister got a âÂÂSAABâ branded quartz, chosen to be given away because it lacked a date function and my sister liked it, and a Fossil quartz to a guy my church is helping because I didnâÂÂt need two beaters. Of course, soon after that I broke my remaining beater. ðÂÂÂ

I gave this to my nephew in law. To be honest IâÂÂve aged out (not exactly a watch for a 50 year old lol).

My older brother was not a watch guy, wore a Rolex Datejust that I paid for after my lady friend and I married in 86 for his assistance renovating our apartment and just being helpful, a year after marriage, I discovered Breitling and gifted a Chronomat to him as well since I knew the agent who sold me 2 for the price of 1! Tragically I was the last family member to be with him when he passed away in an ICU one cold ugly February morning years ago. His adored daughter was still a teenager at the time, I promised her things would somehow get better. It pleases me that my niece who is expecting her first daughter this year wears her dadâs blue dial Breitling Chronomat every single day. She was too young to know that the watch was a casual token passed along from one brother to another, the important fact is that it was her dadâs. I buy a lot of watches so I make a point of sharing, giving watches to my 2 daughters and even to my G-Shock loving son in law who doesnât really appreciate them enough. My wife routinely takes watches I have scattered around our home for her own use. As far as she is concerned married couples share stuff. lol.

A Tag Heuer and a Bulova automatic to my stepson around 20 years ago.

He ran over the Tag with a riding mower.

No more gifting watches.

I bought watches for my brothers when they got married, a Wenger and a CCCP. I did buy dad a Seiko too, not sure if it was for a birthday or just for the heck of it

That’s pretty much the only way I get rid of any of my watches.

same gave away a CCCP..

All three watches were bought from Drop (formerly Massdrop) back when they sold watches, I also bought one of my Tissots from there

I really enjoy seeing other people connect with watches. It’s a great thing to gift to a person.

I gave my 1950s Omega Seamaster Bumper to my wife - who loved it, but much preferred her Apple Watch.

I gave a Hamilton Khaki Field Auto to my brother in law when he graduated - it was his first mechanical movement and he wears it a lot.

Then I gifted a Seiko 5 to t friend’s step son, who, at age 10 spotted and asked about my Rolex completely out of the blue.

I just gave a moonswatch to my best friend for his 40th - figured he was now old enough to own a plastic toy watch. He was super happy with it.

Annnd a gshock square, to my other best friend who is famous for being incredibly clumsy and tough on just about anything he lays his hands on.

I gifted my best friend my orient bambino (gen 2 version 2) a few months back. I liked the watch quite a bit but it was a little too big for my taste and didn't get as much wrist time as it deserved. I ordered him a variety of straps to go with it and he's been loving his first mechanical watch. I was secretly hoping to convert him into an enthusiast so I'd have someone in my life to talk watches with and so far my plan is coming together nicely 😈

also gifted a gshock