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Like others born in the 60’s, I grew up with Timex’s "takes a licking and keeps on ticking" watch crushing demos. My first watch, a Timex, could sustain water and great falls, but not tumbling off my...
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I work at the Wells Fargo tower in downtown Los Angeles, and lost my watch recently when I thrust my arm into the elevator door to keep it from shutting -- the door closed lightly around my wrist and...
in 1998 i purchased an ironman triathalon 8 lap watch. i was quite brutal with thjis watch. it has been apart more times than i can remember.once it was wet (2004),and went completely blank. it was...
I bought my watch on clearance at a store going out of business, I think in the 80's. It is a very different kind of watch and I have never seen another one like it. It has a navy face and with gold...
I grew up next door to my grandparents and great grandparents and was always poppy's girl,when I was 4 my great pop bought a watch for a relative living away. Being around the same age he had me try...
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