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I think I have a Timex that's that old, of course I threw it in the tool box when the battery went dead! The battery cost more than a new watch. Since I would beat them up, I just bought another one and another one, etc, etc! The wife wears Seikos though. She has more money than me. :jester:
 
I collect watches, have a Peugeot on my wrist right now (from the Peugeot store on the Champs Elysee in Paris) i have two fauxlex, etc but also a Seiko that i inherited from my Dad. Bizarelly though i love the watch, i have no recollection of him actually wearing it.
 
PAUL161 said:
I think I have a Timex that's that old, of course I threw it in the tool box when the battery went dead! The battery cost more than a new watch. Since I would beat them up, I just bought another one and another one, etc, etc! The wife wears Seikos though. She has more money than me. :jester:
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Once I get this new Seiko, I'll still keep the Timex around for when I'm working around the house or on the cars, etc. The Seiko will be my every-day go-to-work watch.
 
I have my ORIGINAL Seiko that I bought at the 1965 Worlds Fair...
1965 was the first year that Seiko came to this country and they had an exhibit set up. I honestly don't even remember what I paid for the watch.
I wore it all through college and many years after and it still works.
 
Another vote for Seiko. Day-to-day I wear a stainless steel, black-faced day-date Seiko that I bought in the souk in Dubai in 1981. I think I paid $20, or equivalent in Dirhams.
 
Basil said:
I will wear my 1940's vintage Lord Elgin that I inherited from my Grand Father. As old as it is, it still keeps very good time (had to have it cleaned once though)
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This watch? That would explain the cleaning.
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When Seiko introduced the digitals around '77, I got one sans alarm (had to order it, the alarm ones were all anyone stocked). Great watch but it only lasted 15 years or so. I wear a black phenolic case "Swiss Army" black face analog one for 'everyday', have a white faced one with a stainless case and band for 'buisness' wear. An Omega Seamaster white face chrono as my 'dress-up' timepiece. I have some others, mostly non-functioning and in a drawer now.

Watches seem to be favored by us older folks, the "kids" all use their cell 'phones for timekeeping devices. I feel oddly under-dressed without a watch, and have whiter skin under where it's worn.
 
It's good to have a drawer full of them, functioning or not. My Seiko is from '78 (+/-) and was a gift from the Orioles celebrating AL division championship. From Hank Peters, I think. It quit about 6 months ago, need to get it looked at.
 
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