A Child's First Watch: The Start of a Collection
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A Child's First Watch: The Start of a Collection

By sc16 · May 10, 2017 · 20 replies
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My youngest one turned seven just recently in April and ....what better excuse to..... buy a watch for him so he can learn how to tell time - granted he also wanted it and who am I to deny what he wants (in this case)! Bought a 'swiss' watch and he is extremely happy with it. He wears it to school e

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My youngest one turned seven just recently in April and ....what better excuse to.....
buy a watch for him so he can learn how to tell time - granted he also wanted it and who am I to deny what he wants (in this case)!

Bought a 'swiss' watch and he is extremely happy with it. He wears it to school every day and the fun in selecting this watch was that we followed the same process I would do when buying a watch.

As you can see from the below pics, we also looked at the Sistem51, but they were unfortunately a tad big...
He wore several watches (incl sistem51) and then he said...that's the one I want.
I said ...good choice, but let's come back another time and then you try it on again and see if you still 'love' it. The salesperson was looking at me like i was a nuts....if only he knew.

Came back to the store several days later and he still liked it very much.
So long story short....he is very fond of it, wears it every day and puts it back neatly in its box every time - I'm impressed...(oh, might I add he checks the lume on his watch as well - but rather refers to it has glow in the dark).

Kind regards,
Sc16




 




Sistem51




Trying it on the 1st time




The wrist shot once he got it




Ready for school with the 'swiss' watch


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Ares501 - Mr Green
May 10, 2017

no better present for someone born in April than watch Bravo and congrats!! Cheers D

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amanico
May 10, 2017

7... This is the time I received my first watch... For Xmas. I spent the whole three first nights looking at the dial glowing in the dark... Without sleeping. My mother started to worry about my health. So, this is our younger Purist? Best, Nicolas

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Mr Glass
May 10, 2017

Can't go wrong with the above Swiss brand. I have a tradition with my kids of getting a new watch every summer when we are in Switzerland. Below is my son's collection: The Batman (no, not the Rolex Batman) came first. Then the "diver" on the right with the unidirectional rotating bezel. Last purchase was the dressier?!? penguin watch on the left

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jomni1
May 10, 2017

I remember my first watch was a Casio digital from Japan.

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kev09
May 10, 2017

.....but, oh dear, you've started him down an expensive road. He'll soon be wanting to wear your watches. Regards Kev.

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sc16
May 10, 2017

to maintain the love. He is interested and asks all these questions about his own watch, like the unidirectional bezel and what you can do with it. In the beginning he was not impressed with the lume of the watch, so I had to explain to him how it worked....now he seems fine with it. I took him and my oldest one to JLC one day and once they saw the Reverso...they were like ..can I have one when I grow up. They liked the fact that they could flip it. I had to show it do them multiple times and in

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