Post by e39m5 on Apr 2, 2014 22:32:53 GMT -8
A little bit about myself? Okay. 5 of 24 watches in the collection are Seiko. Of those five, three were bought from Spencer. Two years ago, I owned one watch, a Michael Kors chrono from my then girlfriend, and now wife, that eventually stopped working. This led me to find a new watch and I discovered unexpectedly that automatic / mechanicals were still a thing. I checked out /r/watches on reddit on a whim and discovered a whole new world of watches and the savants that love them. So what was my first mechanical? An orient Ray Raven, the watch that started it all. Since then, I've bought 20+, a winder and a watch case. It's a sick obsession, but occupies idle time wonderfully.
The thing about watches that interests me the most is historical context. I don't mean necessarily context the layman cares about like first automatic chrono in space, but rather watches I was wearing when something significant happened to me. I bought a 1972 Omega Constellation to wear at my wedding. I learned to spearfish in Belize while wearing a Berhardt and the morning my daughter was born, the 6105 was on my wrist. This is real historical context to me and the association of a certain watch, with a life event, is what elevates it from something in the collection to something I'll never sell.
The last two years have been quite the learning experience and I've learned a lot about what I like, and what I don't. I'm a sucker for "rare" and anything from 1976. I can't believe it took me this long to stumble on this forum.
So, about me as a person, I live in the San Francisco bay area and work in the silicon valley startup world, specifically running engineering groups. I specialize in software quality and doing scary things like updating production servers with lots of people in play. I love the juxtaposition of mechanical watches and cutting-edge, next generation (insert more stupid tech buzzword BS) devices. When you live in a world of tech, it's great to relax and learn about the more tangible world of translating potential energy into motion.
Why Seiko? If you asked me two years ago what I knew about Seiko, I'd put it on par with Casio. "They make cheap watches from the mall." What an idiot the 2-years-ago version of myself I was. Now, if I happen to run into someone with a GS on their wrist, I'll know better.
I look forward to learning even more from this forum.
The thing about watches that interests me the most is historical context. I don't mean necessarily context the layman cares about like first automatic chrono in space, but rather watches I was wearing when something significant happened to me. I bought a 1972 Omega Constellation to wear at my wedding. I learned to spearfish in Belize while wearing a Berhardt and the morning my daughter was born, the 6105 was on my wrist. This is real historical context to me and the association of a certain watch, with a life event, is what elevates it from something in the collection to something I'll never sell.
The last two years have been quite the learning experience and I've learned a lot about what I like, and what I don't. I'm a sucker for "rare" and anything from 1976. I can't believe it took me this long to stumble on this forum.
So, about me as a person, I live in the San Francisco bay area and work in the silicon valley startup world, specifically running engineering groups. I specialize in software quality and doing scary things like updating production servers with lots of people in play. I love the juxtaposition of mechanical watches and cutting-edge, next generation (insert more stupid tech buzzword BS) devices. When you live in a world of tech, it's great to relax and learn about the more tangible world of translating potential energy into motion.
Why Seiko? If you asked me two years ago what I knew about Seiko, I'd put it on par with Casio. "They make cheap watches from the mall." What an idiot the 2-years-ago version of myself I was. Now, if I happen to run into someone with a GS on their wrist, I'll know better.
I look forward to learning even more from this forum.
