Post by sabu71 on Apr 13, 2014 6:27:04 GMT -8
I finally made it over here after a while (and some gentle prodding from one of the moderators) . What can I say ? I'm a bit slow, but I guess work and kids will do that to you .
So with that out of the way, a little about myself.
My name is Jon, and I'm a sheperd
Well OK, not really (couldn't resist the Fletch plug), but I work for one of our local health systems in the Pittsburgh area as what they call a network ops analyst (meaning I do a little bit of everything....help desk, run backups, a little bit of server work). All good clean fun. Prior to that, I worked for a competing health system for nine years as a desktop support technician. I have a bachelors degree in Human Resource Management from Robert Morris University (that of course, is collecting dust in my basement . Never used it. But no complaints.
I've been married for about 14 years to an oncology nurse, and we have two kids. Life is quite the adventure. Never a dull moment as they say . But we manage.
I've always been pretty interested in watches, and of course, as I got older, into good reliable watches. My first watch was actually an old Timex hand wind watch from my aunt, probably when I was about 7 or 8 years old. After that, I had one of those old Armatron digital watches that were the craze in the late 70's-early 80's (I think I wore my dad out with him taking it to the jewelers to put batteries in it, and also one trip to take the metal band off, and a nylon one on. Might have been his idea actually ). But I wore that for about two or three years. My first really serious watch was a christmas gift I recieved many years ago (I think in 83-84). A thin Elgin quartz (can't remember the model name or number off the top of my head....I'll have to dig it out and snap a few pics. I haven't worn it for some time. But I guess that's how I got the bug so to speak
I've gone through, as probably a lot of you have, a lot of trial and error finding something that works for me. I haven't gone through a whole lot of watches over time, but I've had some good and some bad. As I progressed, I started getting into diver watches more and more (and more specifically, ones that were not powered by a battery. That's pretty much one of my criteria so far as watches go. Can't be battery powered. I'm semi lazy by nature, and getting around to changing a battery or having one changed can take time for me :rofl:. Less maintenance, the better for me. And of course that translates into more wrist time, and more enjoyment.
My favorites are of course, the Seiko divers. But I also like eco drives as well. I've owned some of each, and right now, I'm down to just one, as most of my collection of watches have either been sold or hocked (desparate times call for desparate measures unfortunately.....but I don't look at it as a bad thing. I figure when the time is right, I'll start collecting again. Always nice to have a choice of what to wear on a given day).
For the moment, I have a Seiko Kinetic diver that is the picture in my avatar. I got it used, and I've been very pleased with it since I've got it. That was one of the ones that when I needed the cash, I wasn't letting go (Outside of the Elgin that I still have, and an ESQ watch that I got as a wedding gift from the better half). But it's proven to be pretty durable, and very reliable.
Outside of watches, my other interests are sports (guess being from the burgh that's a requirement of living here ), high end folding knives, good food (I make some pretty mean pasta ), and beer (in my mind, the reason God loves us, and wants us to be happy ).
That's about it. Thanks much for having me. I look forward to reading up on all the threads here (I'm more of a consumer rather than a tinkerer, so I'd love to learn a lot about some of the how to's with maintaining watches and what have you), and of course, seeing all the sexy eye candy that we have on our wrists.
So with that out of the way, a little about myself.
My name is Jon, and I'm a sheperd
Well OK, not really (couldn't resist the Fletch plug), but I work for one of our local health systems in the Pittsburgh area as what they call a network ops analyst (meaning I do a little bit of everything....help desk, run backups, a little bit of server work). All good clean fun. Prior to that, I worked for a competing health system for nine years as a desktop support technician. I have a bachelors degree in Human Resource Management from Robert Morris University (that of course, is collecting dust in my basement . Never used it. But no complaints.
I've been married for about 14 years to an oncology nurse, and we have two kids. Life is quite the adventure. Never a dull moment as they say . But we manage.
I've always been pretty interested in watches, and of course, as I got older, into good reliable watches. My first watch was actually an old Timex hand wind watch from my aunt, probably when I was about 7 or 8 years old. After that, I had one of those old Armatron digital watches that were the craze in the late 70's-early 80's (I think I wore my dad out with him taking it to the jewelers to put batteries in it, and also one trip to take the metal band off, and a nylon one on. Might have been his idea actually ). But I wore that for about two or three years. My first really serious watch was a christmas gift I recieved many years ago (I think in 83-84). A thin Elgin quartz (can't remember the model name or number off the top of my head....I'll have to dig it out and snap a few pics. I haven't worn it for some time. But I guess that's how I got the bug so to speak
I've gone through, as probably a lot of you have, a lot of trial and error finding something that works for me. I haven't gone through a whole lot of watches over time, but I've had some good and some bad. As I progressed, I started getting into diver watches more and more (and more specifically, ones that were not powered by a battery. That's pretty much one of my criteria so far as watches go. Can't be battery powered. I'm semi lazy by nature, and getting around to changing a battery or having one changed can take time for me :rofl:. Less maintenance, the better for me. And of course that translates into more wrist time, and more enjoyment.
My favorites are of course, the Seiko divers. But I also like eco drives as well. I've owned some of each, and right now, I'm down to just one, as most of my collection of watches have either been sold or hocked (desparate times call for desparate measures unfortunately.....but I don't look at it as a bad thing. I figure when the time is right, I'll start collecting again. Always nice to have a choice of what to wear on a given day).
For the moment, I have a Seiko Kinetic diver that is the picture in my avatar. I got it used, and I've been very pleased with it since I've got it. That was one of the ones that when I needed the cash, I wasn't letting go (Outside of the Elgin that I still have, and an ESQ watch that I got as a wedding gift from the better half). But it's proven to be pretty durable, and very reliable.
Outside of watches, my other interests are sports (guess being from the burgh that's a requirement of living here ), high end folding knives, good food (I make some pretty mean pasta ), and beer (in my mind, the reason God loves us, and wants us to be happy ).
That's about it. Thanks much for having me. I look forward to reading up on all the threads here (I'm more of a consumer rather than a tinkerer, so I'd love to learn a lot about some of the how to's with maintaining watches and what have you), and of course, seeing all the sexy eye candy that we have on our wrists.