Is there one watch that you miss ...
Is there one watch that you miss more than any other when you haven't worn it for a while? A watch that keeps drawing you back? The fabled 'vampire watch'? Andrew
Always missing...
It is funny, I always miss the cheapest and simpliest watch I own: it is a Blancpain Aqua Lung with a brushed steel bracelt. I admire the dial of this watch, its simplicity and the absolutely right size for me. I have a small collection of "marine inspire...
There are only a few....
I miss my YG Ulysse Nardin Hourstriker - That was a really fun and great watch - The color combo was YG with black dial - not really my total taste - which is why it was sold - it was the older style 39-40mm case. I loved that it had its striking mechanis...
Looking back is too cruel
If I really have to look back, I would say only one: The JLC Reverso platinum Nr 2: I sold it to be able to fund some other heavy watches, but I deeply regret having sold it. This watch has a lot of charm, an undisputable beauty, and a marvellous class. I...
Vlad 666 is human
Wow, Nicolas, I had no idea that one had gone. Your story actually is a bit inspiring to know that EVEN YOU have had to make these difficult choices and have made at least one that you regret. Then I can forgive myself a little the mistakes I have made an...
Hey, Respo, my sillyness is not an excuse...
It was time for me to take a decision, and I don't regret to have been able to get what I got... BUT, now, I'm seriously re considering getting this Reverso, to make a great Duo with my 70eme. Now, it 's time for some serious hunt... Best, Nicolas PS: Don...
No worries, my friend
The one you speak of will remain with me. Wearing it today, in fact, on a new rubber strap that is better for the warm weather today and during the summer. I see myself growing old with the TPP. Warm regards, respo
for me that is my AP Safari
every time I strap it on I like it more and am asking myself why I actually wear any of my other watches ...well I do like the other ones too - the Safari just seems to be the one I don't have to feel like wearing that day - it just always works cheers Ru...
"It just always works" ...
Thanks Rupert. Nice Safari. Your comment caught my eye and I wonder how important this attribute is to our love and admiration for a particular piece. In so many watches we have to put up with little idiosyncrasies, or tolerate return trips to the service...
Andrew, I agree that there is a lot of luck involved...
...I have bought my fair share of watches that I could have sworn I could wear every day and than over time the glimmer was kind of off and I ended up selling them - there are very few that I do regret selling...so I consider myself lucky I know this has ...
Yes, the Sixties . . .
. . . but unfortunately it's not really part of my collection :-(. It's as pretty close to perfect as a modern watch gets, imho . . . cordially, Art...
Yes you did . . . I have often contemplated buying another . . .
but this time in WG. I probably will at some point.
I miss this one right now
Richard Mille RM011 Titanium - hopefully I will get another RM watch someday in the future. Cheers, Anthony...
Those who don't sell....
... have no regrets. ...... No funds, either! Cheers, pplater.
That would be me
But I'm also not a high roller. I have sold a lot of watches, but only to fund ones that gave me more pleasure, and none that were irreplaceable, and none were anywhere near the high-dollar watches mentioned by a few of the others. It's one of the things ...
For better or worse...
Not a single watch which has ever gone into the watchbox here has been sold - yet!! So it is that Oris, Tag, Glycine and Locman share space with......... well, with other watches. On the one hand it provides a living chronology of the hobby, and a catalog...
till... do us part.
Tried my part in showering eloquence like how you do but obviously coming up short. Just loving your choice of words which is so appropriate of what a REAL collection is. "Living chronology". How many of us around here can have one of those? From that wat...
I haven't sold many...
.. but I must be the rare one here... Thankfully the ones I've sold, I haven't missed any of them... well, not so badly because I have ones I treasure even more to replace them. I consider myself fortunate. For example: I sold a 1815 to fund a Langematik,...
I am rarer
Haven't sold any cen@jkt This message has been edited by cen@jkt on 2010-05-21 06:25:27
you and Jay Leno - he's kept every car
alas I have sold a hundred cars and kept a hundred watches. Even so I am sure I have sold about another hundred watches anyway. A few brief regrets, but not any I remember vividly. Mike
That's a good sign cen!
It means: 1) You have enough fund for every new acquisition without needing to sell down 2) You don't regret any of your purchases It is very rare indeed, in a good way!
Remember, it doesn't just have to be a watch you have sold...
There may be a watch in your current collection that seems to end up on your wrist more than any other. I am also interested to hear why you think that occurs. Great responses so far. Thanks! Andrew
There is obviously much pain amongst our Purist brethren!
I can feel a 'cleansing' post on the topic of sold watches coming up. The Clinic is open. A
I think there is :-)
lucky me I don't really miss any of the ones that I sold that much HAGWE Andrew! Rupert
I guess it points to the fact that...
.. the ones we normally miss the most are the ones we don't have anymore!
