Discussion
I bought my newborn son a blue faced yachtmaster last year. Had all the paperwork done in his name and dated with his DOB. To get around the temptation to wear it myself I bought one for me. His will get worn occasionally to keep it ticking over but I want it to be as new when I give him it.
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
Sounds like a ploy to buy yourself a new watch
Might be easier to get it past the wife! Probably have too many watches as it is, and a few are unworn / lightly worn, with the intention of passing them on but I was thinking it would be nice to get a watch from their birth year.
schmunk said:
If you don't wear it yourself, then it's not an heirloom, just an old watch.
An Heirloom is something that is passed down through the generations.My most valuable watch is a 9ct Smiths deluxe my Granddad bought in 1948 after a particularly good win on the gee gees.
If you're going to get your boy a watch and put it aside until he is 18, it will need to be a cast iron investment piece.
Matt172 said:
e's 28 months now, I placed the order when he was born and the watch came when he was 9 months old
Although presumably you told him that you were going to wear it, rather than asking his permission? I have actually done this with some of the watches I already have but with my latest arrival I thought it might be nice to buy one specifically for him (I was thinking about the Rolex blue-black GMT, so would assume that there should be no issues with retained values).I would then feel bad giving a less expensive watch to my older son though!
I would say they are going to be their own man (or should be )and can buy their own watch. Who knows if they will have any interest in say the sea or yachting or anything else for that matter. I can afford a new patek but the omega seamaster bought new and Rolex air king I bought used mean more to me than any . I bought the sea master as was so impressed with build quality like a tank and the air king bought off ebay but just serviced by watch guy.co.uk and a great deal- I bought before completing my private pilots licence (now completed). I would like some day to learn how to swim and possibly go scuba diving with the sea master but I've never really thought too much about it.
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