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| Posted: Tue Aug 10th, 2010 11:32 pm |
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pauliedoggs 3T WIS 
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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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| Posted: Mon Aug 16th, 2010 09:09 am |
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clouser 3T WIS 
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I've been into watches ever since my parents bought me a Q-bert digital watch when I was 10 yrs. old. I could play the Q-bert video game any time I wanted to. However, I didn't own more than 1 watch until about 4 years ago. I went to online watch forums looking for an automatic since I had never owned one before. I was expecting them to be really expensive. When I found out that I didn't have to pay out the nose for a quality automatic, a buying spree ensued. I wound up with 12 watches in about 2 years. Since then, I've flipped just about the whole collection I started with.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17th, 2010 10:07 am |
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ndburley 3T WIS 
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From fist I was introduced to an Automatic watch by my Dad. It was a Seiko 5 and I loved it as it had no battery. Then about a year later I got a Russian Aviator manual wind and then it all went wrong.....Seiko Bellmatic's, 5's, Vostok, Poljot etc etc. No matter how many lay on my bedside table I never had enough, always looking. 
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17th, 2010 11:20 am |
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tenbosch 3T WIS 
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When I was a pre-teen kid, my uncle gave me a hand wind Seiko watch that he bought for himself while at MSU. I immediately fell in love with the fact that you had to wind it in order for it to work. My only other watch at the time was a Casio LCD melody watch. However, it was another Uncle that introduced me to high end swiss watches when he showed me his Breitling watch. At one point, Breitling used to give Christmas presents to all their customers. My uncle would just send them my way. I still have baseball hats, catalogs and other Breitling stuff. This has remained one of my favorite watch brands, but I have yet to purchase one.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17th, 2010 02:30 pm |
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Simon_Leung 3T WIS 
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My defining moment came to me when my dad gave me his favorite 1972 Jaeger-LeCoultre 14kt Gold Capped round dial watch,when I turned 14. It was my first foray into high end timepieces. I've remembered trying to read and research everything I could about the brand. This was back in 1984. I learned everything about Patek-Philippe and IWC when I was sixteen. I'd even wanted to get a job at a local AD for these two brands,but was not accepted because of my enthusiasm and that I knew more than the salesman at the time. Cheers, Simon
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| Posted: Wed Aug 18th, 2010 06:39 pm |
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JCrad 3T WIS
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Not sure I'm qualified to call myself a WIS, but maybe a WISIT (WIS in training?). Anyway, when my daughter was born and not sleeping much at night, the best tv programming was the watch show on Shop-at-home tv. Tim Temple and his pals were the best remedy to get her calmed down, no loud noises, no music, no commercials, but cool watches- they were really pushing the Oceanauts at the time. Anyway, I started with a Tissot, then a Sturmanskie, several Orients followed. A few friends at work welcomed me to the "club" as it were. Wish I'd bought an Oceanaut at the time, the deals were great. So now there are roughly 15 watches banging around my dresser, but I've yet to pull the trigger on a heavy hitter. Maybe a gift to myself upon retirement? John
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19th, 2010 04:38 am |
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Hammerfjord Moderator 
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...but was not accepted Too bad...Way too bad... Simon, maybe the salesman just tried to protect his own job....You was too dangerous for him  And by the way: The enthusiasm of a person reflect his passion and there is no better way to speak about something than when you are burning for it. The best salesman is the one who burn for his product: Because this fire is communicative like many strong feelings are communicatives among people... The client believe the fire he see in your eyes and he buy. So you was fitted for the job: Maybe more than him and that was the problem...
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| Posted: Mon Aug 23rd, 2010 10:02 pm |
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Simon_Leung 3T WIS
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Hammerfjord wrote: ...but was not accepted Well said. Cheers, Simon
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