A Russian Davy Crockett watch? Is there a story to that?
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Do you remember your first watch?
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Re: Do you remember your first watch?
Mine was a Caravelle (by Bulova... or so they said...) that was of some diver style with rotating bezel. Red and black, or red and blue. This was sometime around 1982-1983 or so. At some point I got enough carburetor cleaner on the crystal that the plexi cracked. I kept that watch with the intent to repair for many years, but I think I may have tossed it during a move... not long before I found HF. Fore shame...
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Ah... The background picture threw me off.
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Re: Do you remember your first watch?
When I was a kid my father took off his watch gave it to me. It was a Raymond Weil, my first watch.
3646, gen. dial 3 of 3, coming soon.
3646, gen. dial 2 of 3, http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=82
3636, gen. dial 1 of 3, http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=35
3646, gen. dial 2 of 3, http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=82
3636, gen. dial 1 of 3, http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=35
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Re: Do you remember your first watch?
Nice RW.
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Re: Do you remember your first watch?
Thanks. I loved wearing it. It had a sapphire crystal, which was a big deal back then. I still have it, but I don't wear it because the gold plating is gone, the quartz movement doesn't run, and the buckle is broken.
3646, gen. dial 3 of 3, coming soon.
3646, gen. dial 2 of 3, http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=82
3636, gen. dial 1 of 3, http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=35
3646, gen. dial 2 of 3, http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=82
3636, gen. dial 1 of 3, http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=35
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Re: Do you remember your first watch?
Like my first watch, it's an artifact in your personal history, functioning or not.Luminor wrote:Thanks. I loved wearing it. It had a sapphire crystal, which was a big deal back then. I still have it, but I don't wear it because the gold plating is gone, the quartz movement doesn't run, and the buckle is broken.
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Re: Do you remember your first watch?
My first watch was a handwinding Timex, too. It was a present from my aunt, back in the 1970' s, when I was about 12 years old.
But it lasted just for an afternoon. I went cycling and tumbled and fell from the bike on my right hand. This was the cruel end of my first watch.
I remember the scene as if it happened today! My aunt is still with us, 95 years old by now.
My second watch was a present from my mother, (nearly twenty years later) a 1994 swatch irony chrono with panda dial. I still have it and it runs perfectly.
But it lasted just for an afternoon. I went cycling and tumbled and fell from the bike on my right hand. This was the cruel end of my first watch.
I remember the scene as if it happened today! My aunt is still with us, 95 years old by now.
My second watch was a present from my mother, (nearly twenty years later) a 1994 swatch irony chrono with panda dial. I still have it and it runs perfectly.
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Re: Do you remember your first watch?
Must have been a pre-"takes a licking, keeps on ticking" model. That or it was one hell of a crash.cosmic2000 wrote:My first watch was a handwinding Timex, too. It was a present from my aunt, back in the 1970' s, when I was about 12 years old.
But it lasted just for an afternoon. I went cycling and tumbled and fell from the bike on my right hand. This was the cruel end of my first watch.
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