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What was the first watch you bought or had bought for you? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago by SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works to c/watches@lemmy.ml

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[–] UBWare@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Orient Bambino

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Nice I like the look of them

[–] Narrowband@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My first serious watch was a Casio Oceanus titanium S-100. Really an amazing watch for the money. I eventually ended up selling it, but those watches are hard to beat for the money if you don’t mind a quartz.

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's a beautiful design! I love quartz watches but I have to admit that there's something about mechanical movements. Just knowing that it's a bunch of tiny springs and gears instead of electronics is really cool despite the drawbacks.

[–] Narrowband@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah I agree. Honestly I never thought this way when I first got in to watches.

I wouldn’t call myself a watch snob by any means, but I now understand how people become one.

The more you immerse yourself in the world of watches, YouTube reviews, etc, it seems like the less able you are to appreciate a quartz movement, which is objectively better in many ways.

I noticed that I also appreciate heritage a lot more now, and don’t like mods or homages nearly as much as I used to, although I still have a few that I’ve built myself.

What the hell is happening to me? Lol

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Mine was a simple black Casio W216. I picked it up prior to basic training and it had everything I needed. 24 hour time, backlight, tough enough to survive but cheap enough to not cry about it if it somehow didn't.

But it did and I gave it to my brother who wore it for a while before losing it on a trip