Two days ago, I turned 29 years old (to help you out, I was released in 1977).When I was a young kid, I remember getting a hand wound watch from my parents.But I never wore it.It had a small round case and a canvas strap.My first real watch that I really wore was a Casio.It was in the time of the first G-Shocks.But these G-Shock models were too big for my little wrists (I was a skinny little kid, almost hard to believe now..-)).I also remember getting my first Casio as well.My parents bought it from me when we were on a holiday in the UK.I think they had it for sale at Dixons.Not sure though.I still have it, and it even runs perfectly.After that first Casio, I had some more digital watches.I also remember that I always looked at watches from other kids.One of my friends had one with a video game.Another one had one which could measure your pulse rate.And I still remember buying a digital watch featuring a calculator.Everyone had one.Anyway, when it became 1989 or something, I needed a Swatch.And that was the end of my Casio era ??A few years back (2003), I bought this Casio G-Shock re-edition.It is a re-edition of the first model G-Shock.Exactly the same one as I witnessed in the windows of Dixons (or similair store) in the UK.With a bit of help of the G-Shock Forum, I pushed myself to buy this one.I think I paid a mere 150 USD for it.
So I now have 2 Casio watches.My first original one, and this re-edition of the G-Shock.I probably have more of them in a box at my fathers house somewhere, but I am not going to look for them anyway ??Anyway, maybe because I am from the Digital Generation -), but I always have a weakness for nice digital watches.Although I probably will never buy them (the 150 USD was more then enough to spend for me on a digital watch), I really like the Omega Speedmaster X-33 for instance.Or the Breitling Aerospace on a brown leather croco strap.Also, the Seamaster series from the early eighties called Multifunction were quite nice.Recently, I started to like the digital Ventura watches.The design is original, and the scroll button is quite intuitive.However, at a starting price around 1000 USD, I will leave this one alone as well.It would probably end up in the same drawer as my two other digital watches.Although you never know