23 Discussions and CommentsMember since Nov. 22, 2012
My cousin, was a watch lover and I always looked forward to seeing him so I could see what he had bought since the last time. The last watch he bought was a rose gold portugese chronograph with a black dial. Well that was it I fell in love with it and started researching and getting interested in watches. It is now also my grail as sadly he passed away in September.
2 Discussions and CommentsMember since March 26, 2012
I started out as a 9 year old kid who got fascinated by kinetic energy replacing electric energy. And how i would never have to change batteries. The first automatic i procured was a 21 jewel seiko with an open caseback.
1 Discussions and CommentsMember since March 13, 2013
I think it started 15 years ago when I saw my friend's Tudor watch. It looked amazing and knew I wanted a watch like that. My obsession began with the Cartier Roadster, and then moved soon to Jaeger Le Coultre' Reverso line.
I became increasingly obsessed with them until I realised I just loved fine watches in general. I then stumbled upon an article on fake Rolex Submariners which ironically turned my attention to Rolexes in general (the real kind!). I came close to purchasing a Submariner (when the price was a lovely £2500-approx for a two tone model), but cancelled at the last minute and opted for a Breitling instead. The latter brand was because I loved adventure and this brand's history really interested me. I later bought my first JLC Reverso.
My passion with watches eventually moved onto Patek Philippe, and became increasingly fanatical about their history. Bought my first Calatrava, and I eventually bought an Annual Calendar. Rolex nonetheless remained constantly in my mind, but never found the time to really commit to buying. My Patek dealer had explained a lot about Rolex's history, which was just as unique as Patek's!
Four days after my 34th birthday I became a (at long last!) Rolex owner! Never looked back since. The same can be said with IWC. I just love its style, history and passion. Like Rolex and Patek Philippe, I had also become quite obsessed with IWC, in particular their pilot's watches. I have to admit that seeing their watches in movies (Vanilla Sky, Fracture) and in television series (House of Cards) had particularly enhanced my obsession with the brand. The Portuguese became my eventual obsession.
Just this afternoon I did it and bought myself a beautiful black dialled IWC Portuguese 7-day automatic. Absolutely amazing!
''The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends"
Rolex Deep Sea Sea Dweller IWC Portuguese 7-Day Automatic Jaeger le Coultre Reverso Grande Date Patek Philippe 5035G Patek Philippe 3919R Breitling Emergency Breitling Chronomat Evolution
3 Discussions and CommentsMember since May 4, 2012
It all started with a Mighty Mouse watch i received for my 5th birthday in 1980. Every since then I've been fascinated with watches in general. The older I got, the more fascinated I became with the mechanics and mechanisms; the more complex and complicated; the more I'm intrigued.
2 Discussions and CommentsMember since March 31, 2010
My fascination for mech watches started ... I don´t remember. Since I was six o seven, maybe before. I used to see my parents and grandmother winding their wrist watches, night by night, and I wanted to have one as soon as possible. I remember when I was so close to my father and heard his watch (tic-tac, tic-tac...) it was amazing!
Sometimes I think it is an obsession too. But I don't care. It's a sweet obsession anyway.
26 Discussions and CommentsMember since April 1, 2010
Mine started with listening to Dad's watch doing the ticking too...
Just Love the way the second hand seems to float around the watch and not jump like a quartz watch would, and how the watch seems to have a heart beat.
The actual "owning one" that I could call my own came when I was 21. Broke out of the norm and requested for an IWC instead of a Rolex like my dad's collection (phew).
And now I feel so naked without it around my wrist...
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Last edited: 7 March, 2013 - 12:50
I became increasingly obsessed with them until I realised I just loved fine watches in general. I then stumbled upon an article on fake Rolex Submariners which ironically turned my attention to Rolexes in general (the real kind!). I came close to purchasing a Submariner (when the price was a lovely £2500-approx for a two tone model), but cancelled at the last minute and opted for a Breitling instead. The latter brand was because I loved adventure and this brand's history really interested me. I later bought my first JLC Reverso.
My passion with watches eventually moved onto Patek Philippe, and became increasingly fanatical about their history. Bought my first Calatrava, and I eventually bought an Annual Calendar. Rolex nonetheless remained constantly in my mind, but never found the time to really commit to buying. My Patek dealer had explained a lot about Rolex's history, which was just as unique as Patek's!
Four days after my 34th birthday I became a (at long last!) Rolex owner! Never looked back since. The same can be said with IWC. I just love its style, history and passion. Like Rolex and Patek Philippe, I had also become quite obsessed with IWC, in particular their pilot's watches. I have to admit that seeing their watches in movies (Vanilla Sky, Fracture) and in television series (House of Cards) had particularly enhanced my obsession with the brand. The Portuguese became my eventual obsession.
Just this afternoon I did it and bought myself a beautiful black dialled IWC Portuguese 7-day automatic. Absolutely amazing!
''The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends"
Rolex Deep Sea Sea Dweller
IWC Portuguese 7-Day Automatic
Jaeger le Coultre Reverso Grande Date
Patek Philippe 5035G
Patek Philippe 3919R
Breitling Emergency
Breitling Chronomat Evolution
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Sometimes I think it is an obsession too. But I don't care. It's a sweet obsession anyway.
Just Love the way the second hand seems to float around the watch and not jump like a quartz watch would, and how the watch seems to have a heart beat.
The actual "owning one" that I could call my own came when I was 21.
Broke out of the norm and requested for an IWC instead of a Rolex like my dad's collection (phew).
And now I feel so naked without it around my wrist...
Last edited: 27 April, 2013 - 06:56