cazalea[Seiko Moderator]
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I'm troubled by this statement "one significant high value purchase...
Jun 09, 2014,15:38 PM
is always better than multiple small purchases of watches that may be cosmetically attractive but not horologically significant. Sometimes, however, while waiting for your dream watch to come along, you may have difficulty abstaining from a "fun" purchase. Try and resist this.
Why, I ask? Only some people have a dream watch. Others just revel in the world of tic-tac, tick-tock of any sort.
Over the past decade, I have grabbed multiple "dream watches" but always felt a slight fraud while wearing them.(Of course I have to ask myself, Why?)
And I felt certain that even the slightest knock on a door jamb would erase 1000's of dollars in value. So I became uncomfortable buying gold watches.
On the other hand, I love this titanium perpetual calendar chronograph and have kept it from 2003, a very long time ago in a watch collector's life, I think.
I guess not having a single "Dream Watch" in mind is why I have found myself wallowing in cosmetically attractive, slightly significant watches...
I am relatively easily pleased; also willing to discard those that don't keep my attention, and jump quickly after watches that do click or catch my attention aesthetically or technically.
I guess I'm just a nerdy engineer sort of watch buyer, going for the Corvair or Citroen or Honda NSX of watches rather than the Ferrari or M-B of the watch world.
At least the watches don't prompt my neighbors to leave me notes saying:
"You drag down our property values by being parked out on 'our' street"
Cazalea
This message has been edited by cazalea on 2014-06-09 15:50:38