The Dive Watch Connection

I don't know how many of you have children, but I have two, and my oldest, Paul, is becoming a bit of a WIS (much to the chagrin of his mother). He may be only three years old, but already he can tell the difference between the hour, minute and second hands, as well as point out the bezel and crown (and manipulate both). In fact, I had him give a demonstration to the sales folks at the Tourneau Time Machine while on a watch crawl with some friends, and needless to say, he made his daddy proud.

Anyway, he's developed a bit of a pecking order for my diver's, and goes as follows:

The "open watch":


This is Paul's favorite, and the one that he wants me to wear when I put him to sleep. I'm sure you all can figure out how he came up with the name for the KonTiki, and he gets a special kick out of popping the case out of the bridge, as well as the killer lume.

The "zoo watch":

I wore this to the Central Park Zoo once, and now the Aquatimer will forever be marked as the "zoo watch". As such, whenever we go to the zoo, the Aquatimer must be on my wrist lest I incur his wrath.

The "aquarium watch":

There's a seal etched onto the caseback, and there are seals at the aquarium. Do the math ;-) And yes, I have to wear this one when we go to the aquarium.

The "blue circle watch":

Again, this one is kind of obvious. I will confess that I'm a bit disappointed that it isn't his favorite since it's mine, but c'est la vie.

The 'black watch":

He's three you know, so don't expect Plimptonian levels of wit here.

And there you have it. I'm sure he's working on names for the JLC and the Rolex, but he's playing it close to the vest at the moment.


(a classic "yogi" shot with my bao bei and the vehicle I seem to be driving the most these days...)

Regards,
Adam

PS - Apparently daddy's Inge and B-1 are beneath contempt given their non-diver status, and as such, lack names.

Awesome story, Adam. Thanks for sharing.

awesome story indeed.. Its amazing how smart the little ones can be..

I love kids.

Got to love the simple honesty of a child. My little one tended to name her stuffed animals after their primary color. Bluey, Purpley, pinky etc. She loves the falling asleep watching the freshly charged lumed second hand of the watch go round and round. But at six she is murder for sneaking a new watch in. The wife may not notice but the little one? Dad, I love the new watch!!!

Love it when they come up with gold comments. I bought my 2 year old a fairy watch and she complained it didn't have a bezel like daddies do.

Some of these will have to be life-long keepers so you can pass them down to him when the time comes. You should write this story down and keep it tucked away for that occassion. These fleeting moments will create memories that last a lifetime

kids are great aren't they?

great story

Very cool. He'll remember that stuff for the rest of his life too.

i think this is my new favorite thread here.

Love the names, and i think adding the nicknames to them really make each watch something you cannot flip easily, but rather give to him in the future.

If he comes up with any more ingenious names, please post it up!

My nephew has a vintage handwind Swiss watch i gave to him, and he always winds it up before bedtime and leaved it ticking away on his dresser. I was in church yesterday with him (his sister, my goddaughter, was getting her 1st Communion) and he was playing with my crown to keep from fidgeting around, you know how kids get in church.

I hope he will name some of mine soon, he's already named all the fish in my aquarium!

Great post.
So #1 son has smarts and good looks!
Haven't met Mrs C yet, but I'm assuming she's smart and good looking.

aikiman44 wrote:So #1 son has smarts and good looks!
Haven't met Mrs C yet, but I'm assuming she's smart and good looking.

Well, I can assure you that he doesn't look a thing like me, so you do the math... In fact, I've taken to giving our local Chinese delivery boys the hairy eyeball to see if any of them happen to look suspiciously like my son. Feh. At least my daughter looks like she could be mine. One out of two ain't bad.

Regards,
Adam

I've got the same thing, daughter looks like me (only a better version), and my son, well, he better tread carefully.

Ok, just a suggestion.. You want to train him NOT to like your favorite watches! You want him to ONLY like the ones you may flip to him later.. If he really starts to like that UTS, HIDE IT!

In fact, once he really figures out he likes watches, David can hook you up with an 'homage' Rollie pre-batting cage.

Seriously, GREAT thread!!

I have 4 kids under 10 of which 3 are girls. My oldest daughter is a G Shock Baby G wearer, either the ice blue or jelly red. She is quite stylin amongst the 10 year old 5th grade crowd.

My son is 9 and had limited interest in my watches until I started to get a couple of Chronos. Now he wants me to time him doing everything, and I mean everything.... he might be the only 3rd grader in the area that understands how the Valjoux 7750 operates.

John

aikiman44 wrote:I've got the same thing, daughter looks like me (only a better version), and my son, well, he better tread carefully.

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+1 on that....
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Great looking watches Adam and beautiful Son...

Mike

deepcdvr wrote:Ok, just a suggestion.. You want to train him NOT to like your favorite watches! You want him to ONLY like the ones you may flip to him later.. If he really starts to like that UTS, HIDE IT!

Paul, you've got a point there. It's probably best that I get him off watches now before it's too late. I mean, I love my son, but there are limits...

As for Mei Mei, well, she popped out with a built-in yen for the SEAL:


Of course now that she's grown up a bit, Cheerios have become an all-consuming passion:

(And no, I'm not nearly as cute, a fact to which Jay can attest.)

justsellbrgs wrote:...he might be the only 3rd grader in the area that understands how the Valjoux 7750 operates.

In my estimation, you are doing something seriously right with that boy, John.

jimyritz wrote:Great looking watches Adam and beautiful Son...

Thanks, Mike!

Regards,
Adam

My 3 year old little girl loves watches already, got her a bunch of cute kids watches, but got her a clear jelly and pink baby g that she loves and she is jonesn for a diver as long as it has pink on it... actually found a few that I am going to get het for bday and xmas this year.

Funny I put a red black bond nato on my steelfish and she said ohh daddy you get a new watch? I said no but she said she liked it, and asked could I find her a pink one! I love that!

Now my 15 week old little boy (18 lbs already!) Hasntt got the itch yet but I am working on that!

Very awwwwesome, Adam!!!

Crue4 wrote:My 3 year old little girl loves watches already, got her a bunch of cute kids watches, but got her a clear jelly and pink baby g that she loves and she is jonesn for a diver as long as it has pink on it... actually found a few that I am going to get het for bday and xmas this year.

Funny I put a red black bond nato on my steelfish and she said ohh daddy you get a new watch? I said no but she said she liked it, and asked could I find her a pink one! I love that!

Now my 15 week old little boy (18 lbs already!) Hasntt got the itch yet but I am working on that!

Your little girl is definitely ahead of my son with respect to watch collecting. Even though Paul has two watches, he refuses to wear them outside of the house since he hates having anything on his wrist (or head, for that matter -- winter's a bitch when your kid won't wear a hat...). His only saving grace at the moment is that he's developing, ahem, standards. To wit, he absolutely detests my G-Shocks, and whenever I'm wearing one he tells me to take it off and put on a "round" watch. Little effin' snob.

snoballz wrote:Very awwwwesome, Adam!!!

So, when are we going to get Miles and Mei Mei together? Oh, and I think you owe us another pic of the little man...

Regards,
Adam

craniotes wrote:So, when are we going to get Miles and Mei Mei together? Oh, and I think you owe us another pic of the little man...

Regards,
Adam

Anytime, brother!

I posted this in the Digital Photography Forum but realized there are no photos of Miles in the slideshow.

viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3045

However, I did take a few of him during the same weekend.







Um, hope Miss. Mei Mei can get through Miles' drool.

Great thread Adam!! I love that story & the pics are great too

Always good to see some pics of Miles too Luke!

My 6 y/o Godson is obsessed with my MB Frogman... he always wants me to wear the "Ben 10" watch And my niece loves my X-33 & continually presses the light just to watch the seconds hand catch-up & synchronize with the digital display.

snoballz wrote:Um, hope Miss. Mei Mei can get through Miles' drool.

She'd be a hypocrite of the first order if she had a problem with it. The amount of non-stop drool that this girl produces is nothing short of amazing. You wipe her chin and a second later its covered with more drool than before. It's a miracle that she doesn't drown in her sleep.

Regards,
Adam

PS - Thanks for the pics of Miles! He's absolutely beautiful, just like his, uh... Father?