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Q: How did you get into watch collecting?
My father gave me a broken swiss army watch that he wore almost every day because he know I like to tinker with things and thought I can fix it. I somehow did fix it before it stopped working again a couple month later, but from that moment I started to respect watches and want to know more about it. Now he and I have an ever growing collection of about 40 watches. Granted, my parents always bought me and my brother a casio digital since we were in elementary school to teach us about time, so wearing one is not a problem.
Q: What was the first watch you ever owned?
My first watch I remember wearing was a casio DB-36-1AVDF. Though I vaguely remember pleading for a cheap 3 dollar watch whenever my family go to a night bazzar, but those watches only works for about a week before it broke. My first ever proper steinless steel watch though was a Casio Edifice EFR-102DB which I got as my 16th birthday present. It has a really cool light and it was so chunky at 43mm. That watch kinda triggered my interest in watches so a year later I started to hunt for my first mechanical watch. I wanted to buy a seiko 5 as my first (of course), but I came across this little store and the owner start pulling the Orient Mako 2 from his store front and he said I can have it for 125 USD because it was an ex display piece. My father willing to pay the 100 because it was my birthday so I add the 25 and that's that.
Q: Do you have a watch with a particularly interesting story behind it?
When I was in highschool, my English teacher made it mandatory for us to wear a watch in her class to teach us about punctuality. My friend did wear a watch but he said it was an old broken watch which belong to his father. I take a look and instantly recognize that it was a 70s seiko 5. Long story short, I bought that watch for 3 bucks and started to tinker with it hoping I can make it run, not knowing that I only made it worst, so I gave up and throw it in the broken watch bin. About three years later I started to work on that watch again and bought a couple of donor watches to fix it. First I swapped the movement so it's now running, then I changed the hands and case just because I can. So yes, 90% of that watch is not the original parts but I still have all the original parts to change it back if I so desire (except the movement). All that being said, this is the one vintage watch which I will never sell. I do want to give it back at some point but right now I just watch to enjoy it😆. Picture of this watch is on my first post on watchcrunch.
Q: What is one piece of advice you have for someone just getting into watches?
Don't get hung up on buying 20 dollar vintage because it can get expensive real fast for service fees. You need to be very lucky to buy one in great working conditions, not to mention all the fakes and franken out there. So save up and pay more for the best condition.
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