Le Monde Edmond
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I respect your answer
Oct 29, 2014,04:50 AM
Joe,
I respect your answer very much. I also respect you as a person, and respect your knowledge of watches and of views in life in general.
Be assured I can and have learnt much from you. It is why I value Purist- the moderators for the most part put passion before profits. Passion
before any monetary value. It is what my mother has done her whole life. She could not care less about anything monetary. I am different for sure.
Just to clarify on a few things which you may have misunderstood. I am not worried about your new GMT master or 1019 due to financial concerns.
It is quite simply: I don't care for them aesthetically. I don't find either of them remotely attractive (the GMT master maybe more so than the 1019).
I am all about aesthetics really. I cannot help but I am such a visual person. If I cannot fall in love with it optically speaking I cannot buy it.
That is my big concern about SD. I cannot find them appealing in any way. I am well aware that there EXTREMELY collectible - maybe the
among the most collectible of all models. But I cannot buy one as I don't find them attractive. This alone shows you that I am not only about the financials!
If It was I would also have several Paul Newman Daytona. But I don't. I love submariners and GMTs much more.
I buy first and foremost what speaks to my heart. That is why I love the 6542 so much. Its colorful, beautiful and playful-this speaks to me. This is the point
I was making in telling you I am worried. Nothing to do with financials.
Having said that I am for sure more concerned about my watch collection how it might perform in terms of value than you are. That might be the truth and
I not afraid to state it openly. But I am just as much about passion as I am about anything financial. My blog is the best proof I have of that. I get no return from it. Zero.
I do it purely out of passion.
It is clear you collect longer than I do and as Abel has stated, 'you have reached a level of maturity' that allows you view collecting differently. As you state:
my return came entirely from my perception of the collection. My perception.....not anyone else's..... I am happy and content with my collection not because it is the best...the rarest....the most iconic.....the most valuable......No. None of this is relevant. I am content because my perception of it is where I want it to be. That really, is the only issue of importance.
To be happy with ones collection simply due to one owns perception of where one wants it to be is the ultimate goal perhaps. I have not reached that goal yet, my perception is still influenced what goes on with different Forums, the auction houses, the demand for various models. All for sure play a role in the decisions I make. But first and foremost I have to love the watch aestheically. It is my Nr 1 criteria.
Thank you again for your thoughtful post which I will read many more times in the coming days.
Best Edmond