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Ones I regret Getting Rid Of

  • 09-05-2013 09:12PM
    #1
    Deep Thought
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    Always regretted getting rid of my Omega X33....There was something about it...

    and in a way, My Seiko Sumo....

    The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.



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  • #2
    Menas
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    My regrets are more for ones I have lost or had stolen over the years.
    My first watch, a timex, which the bully in our school broke.
    The russian made manual watch that had a wind up alarm. Stolen during a burgalry.
    The digital casio with a spidel twist strap that I owned for 20 years. Left in a nightclub in waterford on my stag night.


  • #3
    Wibbs
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    A 1940's Luftwaffe issued B-uhr. Got it for a song back in the 80's, but it was huuuuge, way too big for my scrawny wrist, so sold it on in the mid noughties. Bought a car from the proceeds to be fair, but I'd get way more for it now. TBH no regrets losing it as a watch, more about the investment stuff, so not really a deep watchnut regret thing.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #4
    fishguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭fishguy


    70's Rolex Precision that I foolishly sold for buttons as I found it to small for my wrist...

    Omega Speedmaster Pro that I sold. Despite the fair price and the money I made on it. I really liked that watch.

    A Casio analog quartz watch that I lost while camping in school. There were flags on the dials I remember the Irish flag was 11 o'clock...

    A baby G what I had while I was in the army. That watch never failed me but was in shockingly bad condition, still working though. Boxed it up but never found it. Maybe got thrown away accidentally or something. Later I would have worn it proudly but I couldn't...

    But the most of all my grandfathers JLC memovox. I got the watch after my grandfather passed away. The watch was working perfectly but the hands and dial was in really bad shape. I was 14 so I didn't know much about getting the dials restored and didn't appreciate family heirlooms. So I traded a watch with an older guy from the school for a Helvetia quartz watch what I lost at the gym a few month's later. (I'm not regretting that) A couple of years ago I found contact with the guy with the help of social media but he told me that he lost the watch long time ago... I would give any of my watches (probably all of them) for that old JLC memovox... There is no greater value than sentimental value...

    fg


  • #5
    Deep Thought
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,582 ✭✭✭Deep Thought


    fishguy wrote: »
    70's
    But the most of all my grandfathers JLC memovox.

    There is no greater value than sentimental value...

    Looking at pictures of the JLC...Beautiful watch,

    I hope some day My son will see the sentimental value of the ones I leave to him..

    The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.



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