My first was a Timex analogue wind-up with snoopy on, his arms as the hands. Red plastic strap Must have been 5 or so.
For my 18th birthdayI got a TAG Heuer Formula 1, worn ever since.
40th birthday few weeks ago, now very proud owner of a 1973 Omega Seamaster with the electronic F300 'tuning fork' movement. For those interested, it's from the era just before cheap quartz movements came along, and uses a battery to power a metal tuning fork resonating at 300hz which drives the movement. The second hands sweeps with no ticking at all, and you can actually hear the thing humming to itself. Just glorious!
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