Do you have a favorite watch from your childhood?
Today I was writing up the slot item page for my watch when I was swept away to my childhood. I remembered those first few watches, and how much I loved knowing what time it was. My very first watch was likely the toy in one of my kids meals. Remember those days, when the bulk of your cool things came with kids meals?
I know that today, any time my six-year-old son is around a clock or is wearing a watch, he drives us nuts with the time. If we round the minutes at all, it is his civil duty to correct us. Any time we tell him to get ready for bed, he asks what time it is (we’re mean – we don’t tell him). Sometimes he even runs to the kitchen where we have a clock sitting on the counter that he can check when he thinks he is being sent to bed at an unjust time.
I must have driven my parents equally mad with my obsession with time and watches.
My favorite watch from those early years was nothing more than a novelty watch for children. I wish I could find a picture, but every search term I’ve tried has revealed nothing.
The watch was jet black, made entirely of cheap plastic, and it had the shape of a stealth fighter (F-117 Nighthawk) on the top. I believed a moment ago that part was a cowling over the actual watch face, but now that I think about it, I don’t believe it flipped up to reveal the time, I think the LCD screen was right there on top.
I remember positively that it made sounds. You pushed little buttons on the face and it made fighter jet sounds. There was at least an engine sound and a weapon sound. I don’t remember many details, because it was over twenty years ago, but I would love to be able to hold that watch in my hands again. I smile just thinking about it.
How about you? Do you have any fond memories of childhood watches?
