pauliedoggs
| Joined: | Fri May 29th, 2009 |
| Location: | Connecticut USA |
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For me it was after I had purchased a Citizen Skyhawk. I did a lot of looking (but not enough, apparently) and thought I was getting the perfect watch. It did everything: analog, digital, countdown timer, stopwatch, sliderule bezel, alarm, solar powered etc etc. I even declared to my wife that "after this, I wouldn't need another watch". Nope, this one did everything. Well, I ordered it online and when it came I realized it did everything but fit right. I had it sized at a jeweler but it never fit right on the bracelet so I ordered the sharkskin strap direct from Citizen and put it on myself. That was better but it still wasn't quite right on my wrist so I tied a paracord strap for it. Eh, still not optimal. I tried a rubber strap but this model didn't accept straps well unless it was from Citizen. I started to look online at all sorts of other watches. There had to be one out there that fit right and did all the things I wanted it to do. I even went to jewelery stores and large department stores to try them on. Now I had a more critical eye and I knew what I wanted. I knew how it should fit in order for me to want to wear it for more than 5 minutes. I finally found a Casio Waveceptor, solar powered with atomic reception. It fit great. It had everything but a countdown timer.....Ah, crap. I really wanted countdown timer too so--I was looking for another watch again. Well, I've since found a watch that fit the bill but in the process I found 3T and other watch forums. I found a guy at work who also loves watches and talked to him endlessly about autos. I started to discover big divers. I bought my first automatic and I was hooked. I became more flexible about not having to have all that stuff on a watch. I came to appreciate the simplicity of the auto with it's mesmerizing sweep second hand and just a date complication.
The only unfortunate part in all of this is that I am no longer single. I've bought a house, have a kid on the way so disposable income for watches is now indisposed.
So, the defining moment for me was that Skyhawk. While trying to "fix" it and make it wearable, the flood gates were inadvertently opened. "Holy crap", I thought, how did I miss the world of watches all this time? How did I not see this wonderful world before?
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