Aletta: I first encountered watches when I was five years old. My father wasn't in the watch business, but he travelled around the world and often received gifts. That's how I got my first wristwatch, a Timex. It was a handwound watch, but I wasn't yet aware of such distinctions. Later I was given other watches that my father brought home from his travels. For example, he gave me a watch from Japan with a hologram on its dial. No Fields Found.