I'm sure this has been done once, twice, or even to death before but who cares?
I'm sure I'm not alone in regretting ditching my earliest watches, in my case 80's Casio digitals I finally dumped during a ruthless declutter not that many years ago. Noticed one in particular a digital moonphase sell for £150 on eBay recently and that one was in crap condition too, dammit!
Anyway the earliest I still have is this early 90's Animal. When these watches burst onto the scene around '93 I thought they were the absolute dogs danglies and got this one shortly after as my first(what I classed at the time) proper watch. Absolutely loved the thing and wore it literally 24/7 for years, never off my wrist. Have so many happy memories with this watch and for the lifestyle I had back then it's held up pretty well and I'm pleased I never got around to replacing the glass I had intended at one point. I can even remember making those scratches on the glass coming off my surf ski and being crashed into some jagged rocks, haha.
Should have kept the original Velcro strap and box which I dumped same time as my early Casio's but never mind, at least it looks great on a phoenix and I still enjoy wearing it now and then.
Do I wish it was something a bit more special? Not really, it's still special enough to me and while it's not even close to being a horological classic it still has a certain cool factor IMO and very much of its time.
Oh, pics!
Edit, just noticed the glass looks scratch free in these pics, it certainly is not
So what have you still got and is there a story to go along with it? Do you still wear it regularly or at least occasionally?