This watch I will show you now does not have any material value, but the emotional value it has for me is invaluable …
In the photos, you see two identical watches, one of which is in a rather bad condition, and the other is the brand new.
That ruined watch is the first watch I’ve ever had in my life. It was 1979.
I will never forget the day when I was got this watch as an eight-year-old boy, in that time digital LCD watch is something I dreamed about …
I will never forget when I saw him in the shop window and told to my parents : I want that …
It was not cheap at that time, I remember the salesman commenting : “He’s a too young for such a serious watch …”
At that time this LCD technology was something that was considered perfection, I remember watch be packed in a white leather bag written by Selk gold letters and a bunch of instructions for use, all I have still in the closets preserved.
I did not fall a sleep late that evening because I was fascinated by the watch and what all the features it have, I was fascinated watching the figures on the display and lighting the display in the dark … It was far 1979.
Selk were is former Yugoslavian watches factory in Kutina – Croatia, and from this point of view, I can say that the modules that were made and built in this watches were rather high-quality.
The broken watch on the photographs is the one that I did not remove from my wrist until the end of the elementary school, I changed three metal bracelets because they were torn off, carved my name on the watch because if someone steals it or I lose it, it means that is my … I adored that and I wear this watch in every occasion of my boyhood days … today it works perfectly …
I did not work on an authentic model nothing because every scratches reminds me of that time, I managed to find the identical one brand new to enjoy again as a kid …