Newbie's watch history

[Wimsy76]

Hi guys,

I stumbled across PH a while back, and since then its pretty much the only website I go to because its got pretty much everything I'm interested in- cars and watches!

I've always loved cars and spend hours lookng at the classifieds, thinking 'I wonder if I could buy this car/that car without the wife knowing' I'm from the generation of Escort RS Turbos, Cosworths, Renault 5 Turbos etc. A 5 week old baby son has put the idea of a mid life crisis car on the backburner for a while but it will happen, oh yes!!

Anyway, I digress. I have recently been getting interested in watches and enjoy seeing what you guys enjoy wearing. There are some fantastic collections out there, don't hit me but it seems that the Omega Seamaster seems to be the watch in most people's collection

Sadly most of the watches you guys have are out of my reach at the moment one day I'll work my way up to the likes of Rolex, Panerai, Breitling, IWC etc.

My watch history consists of firstly this

Some random Sekonda which I got when I as 18. No longer works, scratched to bits but at the time I thought it was amazing!

Next I bought this for my wedding
An Accurist maybe, but on reflection it is a bit 'hairdresser'. It didn't live for very long, now it languishes in my drawer, scratched and dead but I'll never get rid of it and one day it may be cleaned, polished and resurrected!

I think my wife took pity on my Accurist choice because on our anniversary she bought me this;

A Hugo Boss Vanquisher. I loved this watch! Wore it everywhere-even on lads nights on the I know now you guys consider it a 'fashion' watch but I think it looks great

On our honeymoon I was wandering around the cruise ship and came across a 'boutique' 5 mins later I had bought this;

A Fossil Arkitekt FS2879. Yes, yes I know, another 'fashion watch' but I thought it looked great, still do.

The start (and continuation) of middle age spread led me to start running and the purr-chase of this;
A good Adidas watch, sadly it didn't make me run any faster!

After becoming self employed and working my off I decided to reward my hard work with this;

A Hamilton Khaki Automatic X-Wind. I love the cream dial and the skeleton back on this watch, a bit different from the usual.

And finally recently I have bought this Hamilton;

Hamilton Below Zero. I think this looks great, I wasn't sure about the rubber strap but I've been converted!

So as you can see my watch history has slowly been moving onwards and upwards, away from the dreaded 'fashion watch'

I think next may be a Bell and Ross, I like the BR0392 Heritage, or maybe a U-Boat Classico 45 A925 Sterling Silver. Who knows??

Or maybe a Sierra Cosworth RS500...
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As you can see, my dog isn't very impressed with my watch progression!



Thanks for reading!

[DS3R]

Nice you've still got them all and great they each have a history.

I love it when a watch tells more than the current time

[Eighteeteewhy]

Well no one can argue they're not used

Watch nooby here as well, disclaimer PH will not help

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Wimsy76 said:

I got one of them, albeit with a blue face, for my 21st birthday. I still have it but would never wear it nowadays. It's interesting to see how your own personal taste changes over time.

[r1ch]

Nice, think I like the x-wind the most.

[Adam B]

DS3R said:

Nice you've still got them all and great they each have a history.

I love it when a watch tells more than the current time

+1, like the khaki Hamilton