DOWN MEMORY LANE -MY FIRST WRIST WATCH --60
I am not sure how many amongst us have the time or the inclination to travel down the memory lane and relive the various fond memories of our childhood days . I for one , am onto this quite often and infact quite relish every moment of it .
During one such sojourn , the thought of getting my first Wrist Watch come to mind .
All of us i am sure will recall the dainty little plastic watches that we were proud to have as kids and kept fiddling with the knobs to keep pace with the time of the day . The glowing hands and the hours were an added attraction . No visit to an Exhibition or fair would be complete without persuading the elders to buy you these prized items .
When the time for the real watches came in my tenth standard , the search began with the options available then . There was no TITAN , HMT OR SONATA watches then . The market was flush with the Swiss and Japanese models . Henri Sandoz and Fils , Favre Leuba , Seiko , Citizen and Tissot come to mind immidiately .
My father settled for a Favre Leuba watch and the concession he gave me was to add the Date Display Enabled one after many requests , protests and many other non coperative stands taken by me .
We were at Kharagpur then , the watch was chosen and bought by my uncle Sankara Mama in what was then Bombay and couriered by the Manager of the Restaurant Car in the Bombay Mail of the olden days for safe collection at Kharagpur station by us .
If I recall correctly at least 20 rounds of letters must have been exchanged before the safe arrival of the watch at Kharagpur Railway Station .
The memory of this watch is still fresh in my mind . The round black faced dial with its silver hour numbers and the white date window was my prized possession . Unlike the present day electronic watches , it had to be keyed in everyday at a preset time of 7 am .
To day not many have the need for a Wrist Watch as the Mobile Phone in hand also serves as a watch , an alarm clock and many other time related functions .
Barring the super rich and their affinity to the Rolex and other high end varieties , the Wrist Watch is slowly loosing its once all pervading appeal .
The memory of my FAVRE LEUBA Watch will never fade with the passage of time .
During one such sojourn , the thought of getting my first Wrist Watch come to mind .
All of us i am sure will recall the dainty little plastic watches that we were proud to have as kids and kept fiddling with the knobs to keep pace with the time of the day . The glowing hands and the hours were an added attraction . No visit to an Exhibition or fair would be complete without persuading the elders to buy you these prized items .
When the time for the real watches came in my tenth standard , the search began with the options available then . There was no TITAN , HMT OR SONATA watches then . The market was flush with the Swiss and Japanese models . Henri Sandoz and Fils , Favre Leuba , Seiko , Citizen and Tissot come to mind immidiately .
My father settled for a Favre Leuba watch and the concession he gave me was to add the Date Display Enabled one after many requests , protests and many other non coperative stands taken by me .
We were at Kharagpur then , the watch was chosen and bought by my uncle Sankara Mama in what was then Bombay and couriered by the Manager of the Restaurant Car in the Bombay Mail of the olden days for safe collection at Kharagpur station by us .
If I recall correctly at least 20 rounds of letters must have been exchanged before the safe arrival of the watch at Kharagpur Railway Station .
The memory of this watch is still fresh in my mind . The round black faced dial with its silver hour numbers and the white date window was my prized possession . Unlike the present day electronic watches , it had to be keyed in everyday at a preset time of 7 am .
To day not many have the need for a Wrist Watch as the Mobile Phone in hand also serves as a watch , an alarm clock and many other time related functions .
Barring the super rich and their affinity to the Rolex and other high end varieties , the Wrist Watch is slowly loosing its once all pervading appeal .
The memory of my FAVRE LEUBA Watch will never fade with the passage of time .
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