cazalea
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Dear wise and distinguished gentlemen,
I can't remember being influenced in my youth about watches, but I began to find them interesting about 15-20 years ago when I realized I had too many bicycles and automobiles - my garages were full - but I hadn't lost the lust for new trinkets. Watches seemed like miniature mechanical miracles to me (with oh-so-cool tools!)
and I slowly became addicted -- and here I am with more than I need, people bringing me interesting watches to clean, adjust or fix.
As I read the thoughts of others in this thread, the sentence that sticks in my mind is what Nicolas said:
It is just a matter of sensitivity for nice things
Let me say it again, the sentence that sticks in my mind is what Nicolas said:
It is just a matter of sensitivity for nice things
Some of us have it, and most don't. Nor do they care. They spend their money on drink, or skydiving, or cruise ships!
(thank goodness there are watch boutiques on cruise ships)
For most younger people watches are irrelevant.
Perhaps in 20-30 years watches will be like pay telephones, buggy whips, juke boxes or dueling pistols. Or typewriters.
What was the question again? I'm so wise and distinguished that I've forgotten ....
Oh yes - who will teach them about beautiful, valuable things EVEN WHEN THOSE THINGS AREN'T VISIBLE TO EVERYONE AROUND THEM?
We will.
Cazalea
How will the next generation get socialized into watches?
Observing younger people today and their relationship to product categories as compared to that of my generation has got me thinking about what the changing tastes and needs will mean for the watch as a prouct. Sure, there is the current crystal ball gazi...
Interesting topic, my friend.
I think everything is possible. You can discover watches when you are a child, later, it all depends. There is no rule, here. I was attracted by watches at the age of 7, with my godfather offering me a Timex for Xmas. I didn't sleep for 3 nights! Since th...
Thanks for your thoughts!
So Timex was your gateway? There are always exceptions but my hunch is that if you do not get some exposure and some (sub)conscious desire for a product by a certain time (socialization periods differ), it will be much harder to get you excited later. At ...
When you were 8 !!!!...
Ok I knew I was not in advance ...but still that is really early !! Congrats !! Cheers Christian
Just gave my nephew of 8 a watch
for Christmas, and so did his grandma. So he went home with a watch on the left and right wrist... It will be fine
Absolutely not :)
Speaking of which, when was your starting shot when it comes to watches?
Don't recall but at a young age.
Probably around the age of 6. With (don\'t we all?) a Swatch. I have always been captivated with watches for some reason. My first \'cool\' watch was one of those Camel Trophy watches on the right side of this picture which my father gave me. That was bef...
Very nice story!
Thanks for sharing it! As for a watch addicts anonymous, I think the forum will always support all its addicts, even if we do not start our posts with, \'Hi, I\'m... and I\'m an addict. Have not bought a watch for over a week \' I take it your brother sti...
He better be :D
And where did you go after the PAM? For me a significant stepping stone was a metal sailing countdown Casio that still resides at my parents place and then the Breitling Aerospace I got as a graduation present. The first one I got for myself was the Chopa...
I bought a PAM and I was very certain
that I would never buy a Rolex. My next watch was a Rolex... ...
What can I say...
There is that blood bond between brothers Nice one, prefer it to the white dial one, as said.
What can I say, excellent choice :)
Both in terms of size and model. Really like the Milgauss, probably my favourite current Rolex, although I am more partial to the blue dial, GV version.
Great article.
First, concerning the how I discovered or when was I attracted by watches: I had a very small and simple quartz to begin with in the early 1980's. I had just after that a no brand Goofy dial watch (1st mechanical) and another small diver-like one some yea...
Thanks for sharing your experience!
So a slightly different take on the subject I completely agree with you that going to watch shops looking for watches has a pronounced effect - if the people selling them for a living could not do it... Was also one of the important features for me, when ...
Well, Junior was 12 hours old....
When I gave him his first watch! Will he be a watch nut like his father? I don't know and honestly I don't care... If he does I will of course give him my full support, but the most important is that he finds what's interests him. But to answer your quest...
Wisdom, hardly...
Just repeated PR / media training, so I do not say the wrong thing when confronted with journalists
I knew I was late ;)
But as you see on the pic in the original picture, the Fortis is a success, even if the strap is not quite tight enough yet. OK, so one for aging effect then. The disposable income, environment, etc. definitely all come later in life and these may be enou...
I was recently invited to a watch GTG downtown
Quite a crowd. I've never felt so old… The average age must have been 25 at most. There were plenty of Rolex/ Omega/ Roger Mille/ PP/ Swatches etc, out there. Before I used to doubt about the future of watchmaking… not any longer. Watches are most definit...
Guesses are all I have, too :)
Thanks for your experiences! Wondering what fraction of the youth was represented by your group - since affording some of those at that age is likely connected with family wealth. But a positive signal at any rate As for socialization, the fact that there...
I've been wearing a watch since my primary school days,
but only saw it as a tool of telling times. I didn't get the idea of people spending tens of thousands or even more money on a watch, especially a mechanical one that is less convenient and punctual then my cheap quartz one. Both effects are somewhat appl...
Some great points!
And I am glad that the watch industry still caters to the cheap and cheerful market. I guess your experience is in line with my hunch - your early socialization provided the soil (to borrow Mark\'s comparison), and the seed was only planted later, when th...
Dear wise and distinguished gentlemen,
I can't remember being influenced in my youth about watches, but I began to find them interesting about 15-20 years ago when I realized I had too many bicycles and automobiles - my garages were full - but I hadn't lost the lust for new trinkets. Watches s...
Another epic post by you Mike :)
And your picture archive never seizes to amaze - watch boutique on cruise ship, check, Rolex customer correspondence from the 1940s, check Wanted to pick up on another point you, and several others raised, namely the connection to mechanical objects and t...