My son's first Swiss Watch

[harb]

A couple of weeks ago my son, Tage, received a present from my Mum to celebrate Vaisaki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaisakhi#1699:_Guru_Gobind_Rai_.28Singh.29_establi shes_the_Khalsa), one the most important festivals in the Sikh Calendar.

Together with his other cousins, he received a Flik-Flak watch (http://www.flikflak.com/en/infos/a-passion-since-1987.html) - a children's watch made by the Swatch Group.

http://www.newturfers.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=2035&d=1272362390

He wears it all the time (...just like his dad) :)

http://www.newturfers.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=2036&d=1272362390

And the obligatory close-up wrist-shot, of course...

http://www.newturfers.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=2037&d=1272362390


He's become really good at telling the time and also knows to say "o'clock" and "half-past" as appropriate - not bad for a 4 year old even if he doesn't actually understand the concept of time, yet...!

Actually, he's an old hand at wrist-shots, this one below being his first one...! That Patek has its paperwork code number being his date of birth as I bought the watch to celebrate his birth. But I won't be telling him that for a loooong time....!

Time flies...

http://newturfers.com/mwf/attach/58/444958/tage.jpg

[Thecollector]

Harb watch out he will be wearing your pride and joy before you know it lol :)

[Colonel K]

Hey Harb, I bet you can't wait until the day he'll be sporting daddy's fine watch collection!:D

Good to see he's started young. Perhaps a fine Mickey Mouse wrist watch with moving arms should be next in young Tage's collection?

[Suhail]

Thats great! Happy Baisakhi to all!

[Nairn1980]

Love the pics Harb :)

[harb]

Hey Harb, I bet you can't wait until the day he'll be sporting daddy's fine watch collection!:D


Harb watch out he will be wearing your pride and joy before you know it lol :)

Thanks guys!
I'd once thought him and his brother won't get them till I'm dust but, on thinking about it, I wouldn't want to stiff them with the inheritance tax.

[harb]

Perhaps a fine Mickey Mouse wrist watch with moving arms should be next in young Tage's collection?

He'd probably reckon that was a retrograde step for him...unless it was one of these Gerald Genta special editions...

http://www.newturfers.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=2038&d=1272397773

http://www.newturfers.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=2039&d=1272397773......Tourbillon!!!

http://www.newturfers.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=2040&d=1272397773

http://www.newturfers.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=2041&d=1272397773

http://www.newturfers.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=2042&d=1272397773

[PacNW]

Great pics :)
Swatch was my first watch, although I was a late bloomer and didn't start wearing them until the early 80's.

[harb]

Great pics :)


Thanks! :)

I have strong memories of the watch my own father used to wear when I was about 5 years old. I'm sure my watches will make strong memories for my boys.

Tage, when he was about a year and a half, used to look at my watches on their winders - he'd say the "watches are dancing".

And my youngest, who's a year and half now, looks at them in the same way....except he's such a mischevious little fellow I can tell he's trying to work out how to get them! Fortunately, they're well out of his reach!!

Whatever watches they do get, though, I'll make sure the boxes/papers are kept safe! :)

[bfltd0]

Love the MM golf swing retrograde! :)

[kzm40]

If he struggles harb, you can always use the Dave Allen technique..:-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS5P6GcUC4s

[Java]

If he struggles harb, you can always use the Dave Allen technique..:-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS5P6GcUC4s

That's really funny. Thanks for reminding me of him. :D

[kzm40]

I saw him live once with a group of friends, tears of laughter... Absolutely brilliant.

[harb]

If he struggles harb, you can always use the Dave Allen technique..:-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS5P6GcUC4s

Hilarious! Absolute genius!

And it's quite a coincidence you posted that and this Thread has popped back up because I found his watch, last night, in one of my watch-boxes which has been packed away during some renovation work at our house and just this very morning he was asking me how to tell the time and I promised I would teach him! The Dave Allen technique seems to work! :)