Hi, first post here but long time lurker. As the title says, what’s a sentimental timepiece to you?
For me it’s an old Seiko quartz from the 80s given to me by my father. It was a gift from his parents to him after he graduated high school. He’s since upgraded to a Rolex submariner and passed the Seiko onto me.
It’s a thin, small watch with only a case size of about 34 mm. Definitely an adjustment to the large men’s watches of today, but it quickly grew on me and became one of my most worn pieces. I like to wear it on days where I’m nervous, such as the an important presentation or the start to something new. I feel it brings me luck, in addition to being an elegant piece.
If anyone is curious, I’d happily include an image of it or it’s reference number.
What about you? Which one is special to you?
Movado watch that my wife got me 7 years ago
I wore my Seiko SKX007 (my first mechanical) in the delivery room when my son was born. I wore a Tissot dress watch (that my wife gave me for Valentine’s Day when we were dating) in the delivery room when my daughter was born.
My kids will each get their respective “birthday” watches one day when they’re old enough.
Neither of the watches were truly expensive – I bought the Seiko for $120 and the Tissot – while a gift – was valued around $500CAD. But I’ll never get rid of them.
For those curious about the Seiko, this is it. Doesn’t have the original band as it was decaying by the time my dad gifted it to me. Ref is 8620-0029 (B2)
I have 2. On the right is my grandfathers gold Eterna Matic, which was passed down to me, and on the left is a swiss army watch that a family friend passed down to me. I wear the one on the left everyday as it was his favourite watch at my age, and I wear the one on the right for special occasions 😁
This will be my boy’s first watch, he’ll learn to tell the time with this and hopefully carry it with him on his journey through his young life and perhaps, beyond. He’ll have access to the rest of my collection but this is just for him.
A Movado watch that I would NEVER buy on my own. I got back from AIT on HBL from the Army. Hating life and all. I just asked this woman to marry me a few days earlier. She got me this ALL BLACK Movado for charismas as I said I was interested in watches. Yeah dudes got fancy Omega’s and more for engagement watch’s but I have a Movado. Its a good memory
I have my Dad’s 80s two tone Seiko day date that I’ve worn through most special occasions of my life. I recently found a pic of him holding me as a baby while wearing the watch. I wore it to graduations, funerals, and my own wedding. If that piece went missing I’d be much more upset than if I lost my Grand Seikos, which cost probably dozens of times more money. After the seiko he bought a two tone rolex he wore for decades that was given to my little brother at my urging since he never wore it anymore (he’s now an apple watch guy). Honestly? I prefer the seiko because I know he wore it when I was born.
Funnily enough, my most sentimental watch is one that I got recently. My parents bought me a Seiko SSK GMT when we were on vacation celebrating my graduation from college. It’s the watch that I wear almost every day and it reminds me of how hard I worked to graduate and that my parents support me in life.
