The 2022 Watch Purchasing Abstinence Club (WPAC).

georgefl74 said:

Hello again. Haven't been active much lately and I guess that's a sign of abstinence...sort of.
It's been a miserable year mostly with my mother passing away, COVID and stuff. Been around WPAC since year one and it helped immensely put the madness on hold. Can't say I'll be participating much but we'll see.

SOTC 2022

Top row L2R Citizen Sporte Professional Diver, Seiko SBDD003 Marinemaster 200, Seiko SBDX009 Landmaster 20th Anniversary L.E., Seiko SPB057J Zimbe L.E Shogun, Seiko SBCW001 Landmaster, middle row L2R Citizen AQ1030-57H, Seiko SBCW007 Scubamaster Pippin Ferreras L.E., Citizen 62-6198, Seiko SBCZ005 Grey Ghost, Seiko SBBW027.

That's the active collection and the bottom drawer are keepsakes that don't get worn, including my first watch age 3(?) and second watch age 8(?).

Regarding the main show, most have been around awhile now since I've settled down. The Sporte came in late last year and was considering flipping it but it looks like a perfect summertime watch, so I counted it in till I make up my mind. The funky orange little thing needs some restoration and I should get around to do that eventually. I included it cause I dig the dial color and the box had an empty spot so why not.

There's a couple watches that are listed for sale so I haven't included them and a couple more incoming that will be traded away as well. I've done trading for profit heavily in the past, not so much now since postal services were a nightmare. Hope this year turns out better all around.
Cheers
G.

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AMM1959 said:

Today I brought home my new E36.

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georgefl74 said:

Hello again. Haven't been active much lately and I guess that's a sign of abstinence...sort of.
It's been a miserable year mostly with my mother passing away, COVID and stuff. Been around WPAC since year one and it helped immensely put the madness on hold. Can't say I'll be participating much but we'll see.

SOTC 2022

Top row L2R Citizen Sporte Professional Diver, Seiko SBDD003 Marinemaster 200, Seiko SBDX009 Landmaster 20th Anniversary L.E., Seiko SPB057J Zimbe L.E Shogun, Seiko SBCW001 Landmaster, middle row L2R Citizen AQ1030-57H, Seiko SBCW007 Scubamaster Pippin Ferreras L.E., Citizen 62-6198, Seiko SBCZ005 Grey Ghost, Seiko SBBW027.

That's the active collection and the bottom drawer are keepsakes that don't get worn, including my first watch age 3(?) and second watch age 8(?).

Regarding the main show, most have been around awhile now since I've settled down. The Sporte came in late last year and was considering flipping it but it looks like a perfect summertime watch, so I counted it in till I make up my mind. The funky orange little thing needs some restoration and I should get around to do that eventually. I included it cause I dig the dial color and the box had an empty spot so why not.

There's a couple watches that are listed for sale so I haven't included them and a couple more incoming that will be traded away as well. I've done trading for profit heavily in the past, not so much now since postal services were a nightmare. Hope this year turns out better all around.
Cheers
G.

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Zzyzx said:

I just really like the Russian engineering philosophy of "If it ain't broke don't fix it. And if you need to fix it, a rock will suffice." Like, there's just something admirable about recognizing your own industrial shortcomings and then finding (relatively simple) workarounds to it.
The part of me that eventually wants to buy an old car to work on is the same part of me that is tempted by a Russian watch just for fun. On the other hand, I suppose working on a Russian watch instead of a car is ultimately a bit easier and probably more environmentally-friendly... But watches also (in spite of joking) don't respond well to being fixed with hammers. Whereas an old car could...

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georgefl74 said:

Hello again. Haven't been active much lately and I guess that's a sign of abstinence...sort of.
It's been a miserable year mostly with my mother passing away, COVID and stuff. Been around WPAC since year one and it helped immensely put the madness on hold. Can't say I'll be participating much but we'll see.

SOTC 2022

Top row L2R Citizen Sporte Professional Diver, Seiko SBDD003 Marinemaster 200, Seiko SBDX009 Landmaster 20th Anniversary L.E., Seiko SPB057J Zimbe L.E Shogun, Seiko SBCW001 Landmaster, middle row L2R Citizen AQ1030-57H, Seiko SBCW007 Scubamaster Pippin Ferreras L.E., Citizen 62-6198, Seiko SBCZ005 Grey Ghost, Seiko SBBW027.

That's the active collection and the bottom drawer are keepsakes that don't get worn, including my first watch age 3(?) and second watch age 8(?).

Regarding the main show, most have been around awhile now since I've settled down. The Sporte came in late last year and was considering flipping it but it looks like a perfect summertime watch, so I counted it in till I make up my mind. The funky orange little thing needs some restoration and I should get around to do that eventually. I included it cause I dig the dial color and the box had an empty spot so why not.

There's a couple watches that are listed for sale so I haven't included them and a couple more incoming that will be traded away as well. I've done trading for profit heavily in the past, not so much now since postal services were a nightmare. Hope this year turns out better all around.
Cheers
G.

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georgefl74 said:

Hello again. Haven't been active much lately and I guess that's a sign of abstinence...sort of.
It's been a miserable year mostly with my mother passing away, COVID and stuff. Been around WPAC since year one and it helped immensely put the madness on hold. Can't say I'll be participating much but we'll see.

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georgefl74 said:

Hello again. Haven't been active much lately and I guess that's a sign of abstinence...sort of.
It's been a miserable year mostly with my mother passing away, COVID and stuff. Been around WPAC since year one and it helped immensely put the madness on hold. Can't say I'll be participating much but we'll see.

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Weetabix said:

They do wear tall. And they're a bit small for my tastes, though I know not for yours. I like the crown's quirkiness. And they definitely feel cheap. I have a yellow dial one that I rather like except that the bezel is so difficult to use. It looks like one of the upgrade bezels you can get, so to date I haven't tried another one, fearing that it will feel the same.

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AMM1959 said:

Totally agree.



True. I did not hold off on responding to be malicious, or because I have any disagreement at all with the principles you were communicating. I chose to not respond because your pointed feedback was predicated in part on a significant misunderstanding of my situation. I tried to point that out with my brief "need" post, and I clearly failed. Please know that your communication was top of mind as I thought about my decision and discussed it with my wife.

Peace.




True! And thank you, sir.



Thank you.

Cheers all.

EDIT: And I failed to include this in my post...
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mconlonx said:

Enjoy a Vostok Amphibia in the abstract. In the flesh, they wear tall, definitely feel their price point (cheap), especially where the crown is concerned, and most of why they are touted so much really don't matter outside of WIS circles.

You want to see people's eyes glaze over... "Hey, that's a cool watch you got there..." Thanks, allow me to take time you will never get back in your life to tell you about how fantastic this little marvel of adaptive engineering really is, in the context of geopolitical manufacturing and trademark issues, where the USSR/CCCP was concerned, in the last millennia...

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Wimads said:

Honestly, I don't even think they feel cheap. Or at least not in the same way an AliX watch feels cheap. And to noobs they even look expensive (mine has been mistaken for a speedy and a rolly now 😂).

They feel vintage though, of an era long gone by, with manufacturing techniques long surpassed by modern technology - so in that sense its cheap, but with a certain nostalgia. I guess that's the charm of them.

They're bad watches by todays standards by any objective measure, yet it is the watch that ended my addiction (so far so good at least).

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mconlonx said:

Um.. WPAC? We're supposed to be discouraging purchases here?

When people ask me about them, I say Vostok is like buying a brand new vintage watch. They are on-par with quality of watches ca. late 60s, but if you've ever handled a watch from the late 60s, you know that's not saying much...

It's just really, really hard to ignore how much of a value they represent where mechanical watches are concerned. And you even get to brag on your in-house movement...

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Wimads said:

Anyway, some fibers in my body are starting to itch for another Vostok now... Ehh, so, change of subject!

Anyone here bootstrapped their own business in the past? Because that's what I'm about to do, and I'm sh-tting my pants lol. Excited as well, don't get me wrong, but sh-tting my pants. So would love to hear how other people managed it.

First few months to a year I'll probably be living at least partly off my savings. And am now looking for renting a new home... However much financial sense it makes to stay at my parents' a little longer during this time, its just not working - so trying to find an apartment that doesn't eat through my savings too fast, yet at least has some separate space for working/sleeping, which is a challenge in the current Dutch housing market...

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Wimads said:

Anyway, some fibers in my body are starting to itch for another Vostok now... Ehh, so, change of subject!

Anyone here bootstrapped their own business in the past? Because that's what I'm about to do, and I'm sh-tting my pants lol. Excited as well, don't get me wrong, but sh-tting my pants. So would love to hear how other people managed it.

First few months to a year I'll probably be living at least partly off my savings. And am now looking for renting a new home... However much financial sense it makes to stay at my parents' a little longer during this time, its just not working - so trying to find an apartment that doesn't eat through my savings too fast, yet at least has some separate space for working/sleeping, which is a challenge in the current Dutch housing market...

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