Rolex Daytona Steel

It feels like too much $ in my wrist.

 

Funny, I'm kind of the opposite. If I could get a daytona at retail I would buy it... a lot of other Rolex, not so much.

When you talk about grey market prices for Rolex, in my mind there are so many better watches to spend the same amount of money on.

 

Somewhat over a year ago I filled the last slot in my watch box. Subsequently reflecting on the cash outlay the box represented I decided to stop further expenditure. There are plenty of watches out there I admire, can afford and would like to own but I shall admire them from afar, the wallet is closed.

 

Aw come on... you know you NEED a Junghans in your collection.

 

Aw come on... you know you NEED a Junghans in your collection.

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Stop it, that’s not fair!
I don’t even like moon phase watches, but I like that one.

 

The list of watches that I like but won't buy is endless. Got to have a modicum of restraint after all.

 

The only restraint I practice is that applied by my wallet. 😂

 

One really expensive watch.

If I sold off loads of mine I could get a PP or more likely a ALS.

But I won’t because I would worry about having so much money tied up in such an easily lost,stolen, damaged item, and the fact that my life style doesn’t fit dressy watches, I’m always building stuff or knocking things about, including my watches.

 

Some modern Rolex’s, the Hodinkee Blancpain Mil-Spec FF, and some A. Lange & Sohne references. However, mortgages, other bills and adding to my portfolio preclude those, at this point in my life. Perhaps in my 50’s, or not.

 

This. $100k after discount. Just feels like too much for a single watch. But DAMN it looks good.

 

I had no idea G Shock had a gold watch, cool

 

I feel the same with Nomos, I like their design but they're watches for architects and art gallery people and I just can't see myself wearing one ...

 

Their main design studio is actually in Berlin. That really explains it all.

 

The other day when I was sipping a latte in a 3th wave coffeebar while working on my blog I felt that a Nomos would really match my turtleneck sweater and on-purpose dorky glasses

 

This is quite a thought provoking post. I am virtually in the same spot as several respondents. Reluctance to actually lay-out the money, relative satisfaction with the current collection (irrelevant to size), possibly the sum of experiences after collecting for many years are all my reasons. A VERY sharp focus on what I like and a strict rule of NO purchases without covering, at the very least, the cost of incoming has been very helpful.

Thanks for this post.

 

For me it’s all about the movement. I just cannot buy a watch that only the manufacturer can service, and generally for an extortionate fee. The other movement I cannot buy is the in-house one from a manufacturer which is unlikely to be around in a few years. I guess that leaves watches based on the ETA 2824 and its million clones.

 

I get your idea. I am kind of a "reach the optimum" type of guy, so even in an exuberant hobby like this one, which tends to excesses, I try to not overextend and overlap too much.

Regarding the Max Bill, I think I'll get the titanium Mega Solar with mesh in few months (Black Friday).

 

Lots of watches I like and could afford, but I can't really justify the cost as I have a decent watch I wear most of the time.

 

CA0720-54H. I don't need to have another solar/Eco-Drive watch that I like but don't wear much (with kinetics hogging wrist time).

Although I like the look, and would like to give Duratec a try, the watch is a bit too big for my wrist size. It'd probably look like this on me (pic from online):

 

I'm constantly reminding myself I'm trying to get down to ~4 watches, and another diver is simply not going to help in the matter.

 

I'm constantly reminding myself I'm trying to get down to ~4 watches, and another diver is simply not going to help in the matter.

I recently added a watch I thought would put an end to wanting more watches, at least for a while. Then a few days ago, guess what happened...And as if adding "yet another watch" weren't bad enough, the watch I thought I might sell that has been in the collection for a few months? Nah, I like it too much, so I think I'll keep it. Now I'm up to seven, three of which are the same model that I continue to search for. So I tell myself it's really only five.
This freakin' disease, I tell ya...

 

This Rolex:




Only because I already have this beauty :

 

I just saw a photo of someone’s Junghans Max Bill watch. I love these, they look great, they’re affordable for me, but I won’t buy it because I can’t see myself wearing it.
There’s even a chronograph version available, and I am nuts about chronographs. But I won’t spend the money on it.
What watches do you like that you can buy, but won’t? And why not, if you care to elaborate?

For me it’s an Omega diver. Either blue dial SMP or PO. I have tried them on and they are nice but haven’t pulled the trigger for some reason. Just doesn’t feel completely right. I have other divers but that’s really not the issue. I need Omega represented in the collection but am torn. Maybe AT.

 

Panerai Radiomir 249

I've always loved the aesthetics, from the case shape to the sparse dial, acrylic crystal, wire lugs, combination of Roman and Arabic numerals, railroad minute tracks, blued hands, etc...it's just fantastic.

But...it's 47mm and it's just not my style to wear a watch that big. On one level I love it and want it but haven't considered buying one for a long time. I'll admire them online and from afar.

 

JLC MUT Moonphase. I badly wanted a HH dress piece, but never managed to pull the trigger on this JLC, fearing it wouldn't quite scratch the itch I had for a trinity watch.

 

JLM MUT Moonphase. I badly wanted a HH dress piece, but never managed to pull the trigger on this JLC, fearing it wouldn't quite scratch the itch I had for a trinity watch.

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I so wanted this watch but it is just outside my budget.

 

I've casually wanted a Sub date for a few years, but won't pay $13k or whatever the gray price is, when it should be at most a $6k watch in my mind. Of course it'll never go that low, so I'll never pick one up.

The Max Bill is the cheapest watch in my collection by a wide margin, but gets worn quite a bit.

 

Probably g shocks. Though I do need a new exercise watch ...

 

I sold some of my watches recently as some were not even used, then got a BB58 Black which i will use a lot - i keep saying to myself 'just becuase you can doesnt mean you should'! Only watch i really want is a Rolex explorer and I think we all know my chances of getting the call from my AD is pretty much 0.

 

ANY Rolex due to the BS hype and overinflated prices.......

Much better options out there IMHO.

 

It would be these two. I had the "white" dial 114300 (it's actually a cream dial and in certain lighting, silver) and sold it, if it had been a true white I would have kept it. The rhodium dial is sharp. And the GO Sixties Green w/date. The price for either piece is unreasonable imo. Just because I can afford $5.00 for a bite size Snickers doesn't mean I will pay it.

 

And the GO Sixties Green w/date. The price for either piece is unreasonable imo. Just because I can afford $5.00 for a bite size Snickers doesn't mean I will pay it.

I don't know what you consider a reasonable price, but unlike the Rolex, I bet you can get a pretty substantial discount on the GO from an AD.

 

That GO reminds me that I used to lust after a Senator Sixties. When I dressed up every day.

Just wouldn't seem like it belongs on my wrist now, wearing Chuck Taylors, jeans and a tee shirt.