2008 WIS of the Year: Jittery Jim

PMWF Name: Jittery Jim (James E.)



Preferred Watch Brands or Styles: Enjoy Omega, Debaufre, open to most brands. Seem to have gone through a lot of divers, moving more into pilot styles these days.

Dream Watch and Link to Picture of it: Early Rolex GMT Master

Favorite Watch and Link to Picture of it: Fortis B-42 GMT Chronograph

First Watches in the Collection: First watch ever was a Star Wars C3-PO digital I had in the late 1970's. Lots of digital watches from there until I was an adult. First "serious" watch (over $1k) was the Speedmaster I bought in 2004. One of the first automatics I bought was an Orient Day Date in late 2002/early 2003.

Favorite Food: Chinese, love it, could eat it every day

Favorite Drink: Beer! Home brewer, favorite pub is the Coeur d'Alene Brewery

Collects mainly: Whatever catches my fancy - moving away from divers to more in the pilot style these days.

WIS since: I was a child; seriously since 2002

Link to Homepage or Favorite Watch Link: [watches.jitteryjim.com]; [watchesinmovies.info]

Age, Family: 38 as I type this. Married to Mandy with our daughter, born Jan. 31, 2008, Miranda.

Profession: Held various positions for Insight (formerly Software Spectrum) since 1996: Customer Service Rep., Supervisor, Manager, Global Sales Support Analyst; presently a Business Analyst in Software Operations.

Lives in: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Other Passions and Hobbies: Reading, movies, web development, running, photography

Favorite Quote: "Get busy livin', or get busy dying." Red (Morgan Freeman) from "The Shawshank Redemption"



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 07/15/2010 03:16PM by Reto.