In other words, the first watch that you bought, for yourself. Not a gift given to you, but a watch purchased based on a perceived need. Mine was this, which I still own.
A Seiko 7002-7000-A1. Purchased at the Fort Riley, KS PX. Because I had the money and I had the idea an Artillery Fire Direction Control man is the kind of man who wears a watch. I was half right. An FDC man would be better served by a stopwatch function and the ability to time hack for "time on target" TOT fire missions. The humble G Shock would've been a more practical choice, but this was my choice. And I wore it as a soldier for about 6 years. It is shown here in Dakota Watch livery, as the rubber band had long since given up the ghost.
The bezel no longer "clicks". And shaking it tends to get the second hand moving, but with no faith that accurate time is being kept, but it was the first watch I bought. Me.
Consequently, I didn't wear it for a couple days at some point...which led me to complain to an NCO my new purchase already had a dead battery. It was here that I was taught about "automatic" watches, which I was up until then completely unaware of. Now I act like I was born with that knowledge...and that one doesn't drink red wine with fish...
A Seiko 7002-7000-A1. Purchased at the Fort Riley, KS PX. Because I had the money and I had the idea an Artillery Fire Direction Control man is the kind of man who wears a watch. I was half right. An FDC man would be better served by a stopwatch function and the ability to time hack for "time on target" TOT fire missions. The humble G Shock would've been a more practical choice, but this was my choice. And I wore it as a soldier for about 6 years. It is shown here in Dakota Watch livery, as the rubber band had long since given up the ghost.
The bezel no longer "clicks". And shaking it tends to get the second hand moving, but with no faith that accurate time is being kept, but it was the first watch I bought. Me.
Consequently, I didn't wear it for a couple days at some point...which led me to complain to an NCO my new purchase already had a dead battery. It was here that I was taught about "automatic" watches, which I was up until then completely unaware of. Now I act like I was born with that knowledge...and that one doesn't drink red wine with fish...
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