My first watch found in old boxes

rockmastermike · Post by **rockmastermike** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 3:39 pm

probably not my very first watch, but it is the first one I remember having and wearing, so I'm going with that.

found going through old boxes cleaning out the garage as part of my honey do list for the weekend.

I present the Nelsonic digital watch/alarm/chrono. I remember pushing buttons, setting the alarm and timing just about everything...

marchone · Post by **marchone** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 3:46 pm

Very cool. Here's my first. It was a high school gift from my mother. Mid '60s vintage.

dukerules · Post by **dukerules** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 3:47 pm

Incredibly cool. I wish I could track down all of my old watches.

Post by **BSears** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 3:50 pm

I found my very first (the absolute first) not long ago and my parents house in an old dresser drawer. An old hand wind Mickey Mouse. It's missing a crown and stem but is otherwise just as I left it circa 1979-80. I'll have to dig it out and snap a pic.

AntonioPD · Post by **AntonioPD** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 4:58 pm

Very cool Mike. I remember finding a Bulova automatic in a restaurant when I was about 12 and, when no one claimed it, the manager gave it to me. Wish I still had that!

rockmastermike · Post by **rockmastermike** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 5:05 pm

looks like I wore the heck out of it, too.
Thanks guys - found a few cool things in the boxes.
You never know what you've forgotten and might find stored away.

falcon4311 · Post by **falcon4311** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:21 pm

Very cool! My first is long gone, it was an old Timex hand cranker.

Henryj · Post by **Henryj** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:35 pm

First ever Swiss watch. Gift from my first wife in about 1974. The truly amazing thing about this one is that I still have it after two divorces, over a dozen moves, and 40 years. Still runs, but needs a service.

AtomicTom · Post by **AtomicTom** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:58 am

Man, that is beyond cool right there Mike !

Must have really brought back
some memories looking at that for the first time in so many years. Love the
futuristic case shape ! ..Do you think you might pop a new battery in there,
and wear it again?

By the way, those are ALL awesome there guys !

homathetes · Post by **homathetes** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 11:40 am

Wow. I think I've got one of my first watches buried somwhere, a Timex. Need to find it!

rain_maker · Post by **rain_maker** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 1:05 pm

Finding a watch in an old box ... I was thinking this tread was going in a whole different direction lol

GGD · Post by **GGD** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 1:52 pm

That's very cool! Here's my very first watch that friends of my folks bought for me in Disneyland back in the day... wore it to death... it still starts up & runs

dnslater · Post by **dnslater** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:51 am

rockmastermike wrote:probably not my very first watch, but it is the first one I remember having and wearing, so I'm going with that.

found going through old boxes cleaning out the garage as part of my honey do list for the weekend.

I present the Nelsonic digital watch/alarm/chrono. I remember pushing buttons, setting the alarm and timing just about everything...

Looks similar to this one which I picked up on Ebay a few years back and polished up. Works like new.

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