Arie - Mr Orange
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yes he does
He is kind of emotionally attached to it
Thanks for your thoughts!
By: KMII : December 26th, 2015-14:22
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 ...
Very nice story!
By: KMII : December 27th, 2015-04:15
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
By: KMII : December 27th, 2015-04:30
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...
Great article.
By: Mark in Paris : December 26th, 2015-15:06
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...
I knew I was late ;)
By: KMII : December 26th, 2015-23:31
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...
Some great points!
By: KMII : December 26th, 2015-23:39
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...