25 years and ...

It is amazing how this watch, made by Allwyn, is still going on and on (more like the Energizer bunny). I had received this watch as a gift from my dad in April 1986, immediately after my tenth grade. It is an automatic watch, which requires that I wear it at least 8 hours a day on my hand. I had worn it in extreme conditions of heavy rain, freezing temperatures of Northeast US, and it just kept working. Except for two instances, one was a glass replacement due to my bad handling, and the other was probably the age factor, I did not go to a watch service person.

I'm surprised that the company, Allwyn watches - with license from Seiko, that made watches like these had closed down (in 1999). I don't know if the Seiko watches of today have the same quality (my wife's Seiko quartz watch drains button cells like crazy).