# How Old Is Your Watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865 "2009-04-21T17:04:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/41 "2009-04-22T16:03:20Z")
> [@Dublin11](#): > > šŸ˜ƒ > Iā€™ve worn the same watch every day since I was 18. Iā€™m 43 now. > I got it from my Dad, who got it from his Dad, who got it brand new as a wedding present from his wife on their wedding day in 1939. And itā€™s been an every day watch for all of us since we each got it. > It is a truly beautiful thing, even if you ignore the sentimental value within the family and seeing as I am not in the position to pass it on to my son when I die - for I have no son- so I will pass it onto my nephew, who has the same first name as his great grandfather, for whom the watch was bought in the first place. Nice. > If I live to 2039 and the watch is still ticking, Iā€™ll give it to my nephew then. Iā€™ll be 73, heā€™ll be 36 and the watch will be 100. How cool is that? I love this story! Would you consider showing us a picture? > [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > If Iā€™m wearing clothes, I wear a watch. I have several. _ **If** _ youā€™re wearing clothes? :eek: How you doinā€™? šŸ˜‰ For me, my normal everyday watch is five years old; I received it as a gift from where I work at my 15-year anniversary. It is a Jules Jurgensen brand and it looks vaguely like a Rolex. I have two other jewelry watches that were inexpensive (less than $50) and look more like bracelets that I like to wear, but the JJ is my favorite since it also shows the date. I have no idea what the date is from day to day, since my work takes me into the future so frequently! (Magazine publishing/promo for TV programming.) ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/42 "2009-04-22T16:03:35Z")
I have a Movado/ESQ (before they made them separate marques) I bought in 1992. It was my first, real ā€œgrown-upā€ watch. Every couple of years I need to get the battery replaced, but thatā€™s all. Iā€™m glad itā€™s been so durable, because I really, really like it, and they donā€™t really make that style anymore. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/43 "2009-04-22T20:09:12Z")
I have had a watch collection, however modest, in the past. My father and I collected watches together when he and Mom ran an antiques business on the side. I had a [1928 Hamilton Piping Rock](http://www.timelyclassics.com/919-098.JPG)and a Mid-60ā€™s Bulova Accutron [tuning fork watch](http://www.accutronwatches.com/db4/00383/accutronwatches.com/_uimages/214space14kJ511.jpe). Mine had the see-thru ā€œspace faceā€ like this one, but was had a steel case and metal bracelet. I wore both a lot. But I sweat and am not a big jewelry fan, so even though I love the cool-gear aspect of watches, I have moved away from them. I mostly just use my BlackBerry. But when I go to long meetings, I bring along a pocket watch my Dad gave me to remind of our collecting days together. It is a Grana, made in Berlin in 1919 - VERY simple, steel case, Roman glow-in-the-dark numerals; I have been told the Grana was a maker of standard-issue army watches and this looks that functional. Dad says it was not worth much - maybe $150 - but I really dig having it and it is fun to use regularlyā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/44 "2009-04-22T20:20:48Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I have the watch from _Stranger than Fiction_. Browsing, I was thinking ā€œwatch from Fictionā€¦ Pulpā€. I got the exact Tag I wanted just a few weeks shy of 10 years ago. Itā€™s probably been off my wrist all of 5 minutes in that entire time. I really donā€™t expect to ever wear any other one as I still love the style and it keeps perfect time. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/45 "2009-04-22T20:34:10Z")
> [@Baracus](#): > > I will have had my Citizen ā€œEco-driveā€ watch for 11 years in June. Typing that out it seems kind of odd that I have been wearing the same watch almost every day for _11 years_. I myself am wearing the titanium Citizen Eco-Drive that Iā€™ve worn daily since December of 1999; it was a college graduation present from my parents. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/46 "2009-04-22T21:12:06Z")
I have a 1928 model Waltham-keeps excellent time. I like the look (roman numeras, blued seel hands). I like the idea thatthis piece of engineering has been running for almost 80 years-and I wonder wh will have it after me. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/47 "2009-04-22T21:25:43Z")
I wear a Timex Indiglo thatā€™s about 8 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/48 "2009-04-22T21:31:25Z")
When I was ten my dad asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I said, ā€˜I wanta watch!ā€™ So he let me!ā€™ Thank you! Iā€™ll be here all week! ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/49 "2009-04-22T22:18:06Z")
I got a [Movado Fiero](http://www.movado.com/Details.aspx?Id=collectionfiero&watchType=collection&watchCode=fiero&watchId=605850&page=0) for Christmas this past year that is the one I where whenever Iā€™m out in the evening. Itā€™s a sapphire crystal and a tungsten carbide case and bracelet so Iā€™m hoping it lasts forever. My previous everyday watch that I got in 2001 and the one I still wear in casual or work situations where it might get nicked or scratched is a very basic [Kenneth Cole](http://www.amazon.com/Kenneth-Cole-Reaction-Silver-Tone-KC3140/dp/B0000YBMO4) stainless steel bracelet watch. One of these days I might try and replace the crystal on this thing and keep it in rotation. Iā€™ve got a few older Fossils, Swatches and Timexes from back in High School that I still have in a drawer somewhere that are all dead. Probably will never wear them again so Iā€™m not sure they count. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/50 "2009-04-23T00:58:40Z")
I got a Lorus Quartz for about $20 back in 1988. I wore it sporadically until about 1994, when my other watch gave up. Iā€™ve worn the Lorus daily since. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/51 "2009-04-23T01:27:06Z")
I have a Bulova Accutron from the [Lucerne](http://www.ivgstores.com/IVG2/Y/ProductID-33369-Mens-Bulova-Accutron-Watch-from-the-Lucerne-Collection-w-42-Diamonds-on-Case-and-Chronograph-Feature.htm) collection that I bought a couple months ago. In my work environment, the scratchproof sapphire crystal is a must. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/52 "2009-04-23T17:27:35Z")
Since 1995. I think \*\*Creaky \*\*and I have the same watch (well, similar watches; we each have our own, obviously). My parents gave it to me for high school graduation. If itā€™s a weekday, Iā€™m wearing it. Since Iā€™ve gotten better at taking my cell phone with me places, I donā€™t need it as much, but I really prefer the watch over the phone. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/53 "2009-04-23T20:14:03Z")
Come to think of it, I also have a [Seiko Sports 100 Chronograph](http://www.larrybiggs.net/scwf/images/com/mac/idisk/bf/c6/d0/03/435cd4e148ed25c1d37fda32.jpg) that still works. A little creepy, being quartz, in that it runs even though I donā€™t wear it! :eek: I did notice several weeks ago that it had finally exhausted its battery. I wore the hell out of that watch. I wish I could find a replacement bezel, as the original one has a couple of scratches in it. ---
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/54 "2009-04-23T22:37:58Z")
The **[watch](http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/dap2230/IMG_0273.jpg)** I use every day has gone up in value at least several hundred % since it was new, I paid $4 at a garage sale and when it was new (I think in the 20ā€™s) it was called a dollar watch so if I keep it several hundred more years I can retire in comfort! ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/55 "2009-04-24T03:51:09Z")
My ā€œdailyā€ watch is about 5 years old, itā€™s a G-Shock Waveceptor (everybody needs a watch with a built-in SW reciever). I have around 150 American made, mechanical, high jewel count pocketwatches that are restored and running, the oldest one is from 1877. Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865/56 "2009-04-24T04:18:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > My oldest and most beloved is a windup Turler, with a white face, silver lettering and silver body. My mom bought it as a gift in the early 1950s while traveling in Western Europe, but put it on the shelf and gave it to me almost 20 years later. Itā€™s a really nice watch, although itā€™s now starting to show its age. The very experienced watch repair guy I took it to most recently says he only sees two or three Turlers a year. Thereā€™s no listing for the company (which I believe is/was Swiss) on Wikipedia, and Google shows no company website, just links to eBay and some other sites selling apparently second-hand or antique Turler watches. Dunno - is the Turler company still in business? Anyone know anything about it? Any other Dopers own a Turler watch? Donā€™t have one, but here is their website: [http://www.tuerler.ch/2en.html](http://www.tuerler.ch/2en.html) (search terms I used for Google: ā€œtĆ¼rler uhrā€ - Uhr is watch in German) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-your-watch/493865.md?page=2)