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| Posted: Mon Jun 15th, 2009 11:55 am |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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WOW Jim very cool. I also like clocks BTW but don't collect them. My other grandfather had a very cool Grandfathers clock. As a boy I loved spending the night for many reasons but that chime was just so cool. ;)
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15th, 2009 01:08 pm |
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Rhino-Ranch Guest
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Always wanted a grandfather clock w/ the chimes, moon phases. Probably a whole other discussion re kits, cabinet builders and movements. For me, tough to carry 'em around surfing ... !
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15th, 2009 04:45 pm |
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zippofan 3T WIS 
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Going to the Indy races in the Poconos starting when I was 8, I caught the bug from stopwatches. I loved watching the crews use them to time cars, and some fans in the stands had chronographs. Also, my uncle had a 72 Corvette and used to take me and my cousin on club rallyes, he had the Heuer dash timers that we took turns working for him. I have been a chrono nut since, though I have branched out into divers and other watches. Cheers, Griff
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15th, 2009 05:24 pm |
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stormin13 3T WIS 
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Jim, you asked a very good question and I have really enjoyed reading the other 3T members replies . I first became interested in watches after I received my first one for my 11th birthday from my Dad who was in Vietnam flying B-52's. It was a Seiko automatic that lasted for several years of being worn constantly. I don't think I ever took it off which is probably why it stopped working after two years. I attempted to fix it using a hammer, chisel and screwdriver and as you can imagine I had watch parts everywhere and the watch would remain in pieces forever. I then wore a Timex until I graduated from USAF pilot training at which time I purchased my first Seiko pilot watch. I had admired and longed for a Tag Heuer for many, many years but I couldn't afford one until I was a Major in the Air Force. After receiving my Tag I got hooked on Swiss timepieces. I now have 4 Swiss watches, 2 Seikos and 1 Marathon and they all represent important times in my life and they all are special to me. I enjoy collecting watches for many of the same reasons as Bigrustypig, JKang, Graham, Skip, cfoster, Rhino-Ranch and etc. Although, I tend to take the watch I'm wearing off my wrist throughout the day to admire the craftsmanship and the "feel" of the watch. My watch collecting hobby has lead me to 3T which has allowed me to make new friends with the same mindset that a watch is more than something to tell the time with, thanks. Norm (Stormin) Last edited on Mon Jun 15th, 2009 05:26 pm by stormin13 |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15th, 2009 06:06 pm |
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Rhino-Ranch Guest
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Great stories everyone...!!! Interesting how Griff was turned on to time-keeping and chronos. Stormin I enjoyed your story as well, but won't be sending my watches to you for repair ! Jim
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15th, 2009 06:23 pm |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS 
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KenC wrote: Paxman wrote:KenC.....tell that little voice to send me your watches...KenC wrote:oagaspar wrote:Rhino-Ranch wrote:Perhaps this question has already been posted -- But I am curious to know why do you collect watches, and when did you first become aware that you liked watches?  I'll be waiting!!!
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15th, 2009 08:30 pm |
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JCrad 3T WIS
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Well, since you asked... I bought a quartz Tissot on a trip to Switzerland in 2001 and had that for 6 years after I began with Citizens and a Timex(my first Timex was 7th grade and some jerk smashed it all over the P.E. locker room one day when I had unwittingly left my locker open). When my daughter was a newborn in 2007, I spent a lot of late nights watching Tim Temple on shop-at-home tv. There was no music or loud noises, just soothing dialogue, so it was well suited for infants. I began noticing all the cool watches and developing a taste for some, and eventually bought a Sturmanskie hand-wind. I have since added a few Orient Makos, a Steinhart Nav-B and a Seiko Black Monster, among others. My wife got me a nice watch box for Christmas, so she's as on-board with this as one could expect. There are a few guys at work who are into watches as well, but we need to take it easy on the geek-outs....
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15th, 2009 08:42 pm |
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romano 3T WIS 
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Along with the comment that its the only piece of jewlery a man can wear or change often as a means of expression for me its the fascination with precise engineering and construction. they are truely remarkable little machines and in many ways timepieces are one of the fundamental building blocks of the industrial revolution, exploration and discovery, and experimental physics.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15th, 2009 08:59 pm |
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Paxman 3T WIS 
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I started fairly young when I received a hand cranker Mickey Mouse watch on my 7th birthday. I always loved my Dad's watch, a Relide auto he picked up while in the service in Germany circa 1954. He wore it on a true 70's he-man cuff but had a nice Gruen Curvex he wore for work. Fast forward a couple years and Santa gave my brother and I some LED watches about 1974or 1975. They were the BOMB then!! When I was about 10 or 11 I got real fascinated with pilots, astronauts and such and wanted to work toward attending Air Force Academy. It was then I saw a picture of someone with the Rolex GMT Pepsi and my fate was sealed. That watch never left my mind. Unfortunately my lack of eyesight dashed Air Force dreams at 14. Had a nice Bullova during high school but then kind of went underground and non-conformist for about 10 years. When I wore a watch it was something cheap and disposable. Grew up a bit and started wearing ESQ and the Bullova along with Citizen Ecos. I remember my buddy showing me his Tag and thinking that's cool if you have money to blow. I though an automatic was too much trouble. Had Swiss Army Marlboro watch I wore for years, a sweet ESQ Pepsi Diver I wore the hell out of and a Bullova Millenia I beat. About 2002 (kids!) I kind of put away some of my more selfish hobbies like riding a Harley and golfing with the boys and began staying home to spend more time with the family. Soon thereafter I got the bug and it has been downhill ever since. It is funny how one's tastes change over the years but how somethings remain consistent. When I was just starting out in the work world I had Fossils and the like. always a Sub or Seamaster homage. Never got into chronos and have always kept it basic with A GMT being about as much complication as I want on a watch. I am old enough to remember winding watches so I have always liked handcrankers. Love a watch I don't need to worry about and that I can get wet with so divers are perfect. I don't care if they are big or small with my biggest being 55mm and having some vintage pieces I feel are a little too small at 36mm. I'll still strap on a 39.5mm and find it sufficient and not too petite. So where it will lead I can only guess. Great to hear and share our WIS roots.:D
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| Posted: Tue Jun 16th, 2009 05:13 am |
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Graham 3T WIS 
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This thread made for some really interesting reading - great stuff, 3T!hand6.gif
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| Posted: Tue Jun 16th, 2009 10:55 am |
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Rhino-Ranch Guest
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Some good stories throughout, and lots of realizations. Mechanical marvels that track our existence, symbolize engineering accomplishments, time travel, appointments, occasions, anniversaries, births, deaths, military assaults landings & actions, countdown launch sequence, celestial navigation, exploration, decompression, vacation and relaxation. This morning I jumped in the shower, and left my Black Monster on my desk -- it was a startling experience to be momentarily naked of weighing time on my wrist. Keep the stories coming ... Graham wrote: This thread made for some really interesting reading - great stuff, 3T!hand6.gif
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| Posted: Tue Jun 16th, 2009 11:36 am |
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joecb 3T WIS 
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Very interesting topic.... I always was facinated by watch movements. Growing up in the fifties all watches were mechanicals... My brothers and I would get ahold of broken watches and take them apart and try to fix them..Always got my fathers broken overwound watches... Some times I could get them to work for a while, most times not.. I always stayed with mechanicals or autos, first Seiko purchased was in 1970. As stated before, only male jewelery that I felt comfortable wearing... Now it is just alot of fun to display my different watches at home, ( which really bugs my wife). I tend to give alot of watches as gifts. And my middle son Colin, has really developed a good collection of his own, and he enjoys it as much as I do. I like the larger, bolder looking watches.. By the way Jim, I think we know each other from the past.. I remember you as a tuff pain in the butt attorney ,who represented alot of the commercial fishermen out of Montauk.... I knew you moved away a while ago, I missed our confrontations in court. You were a pain in my a.., but I had respect for you ,you always held to your principles... Best regards, Joe
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