OT: Watch Talk

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by Polyglot

I can't remember when the last time that I wore my Breitling Chronomat from the late 50's early 60's. Back 20 years ago, it was my absolute favorite. When I got married twenty-odd years ago, I wore my Zenith Pacific "el primero", now I can't read the date without glasses.

I had a Chronomat from 1950. Lovely watch. Bought it, sent it out to be refurbished, six months later got it back, wore it twice, then went back to automatic and quartz watches.

Loved the watch, but I couldn't get used to a manual watch. Never had one before. More recently had a series of Seikos and an orange Sumo took over my wrist for a while. For the past four years, since I became a runner, I've been wearing nothing but Garmins. Now a Fenix 5 with an orange NATO band has taken permanent residence on my wrist. I still have the Sumo, and a few other interesting Seikos in a drawer...but the Fenix has taken over...