Not sure if there’s an exit watch. For me it would be an exit from one price bracket to enter into a higher price bracket.

 

my exit watch

but it wont make me log off WUS. I will still enjoy the hobby even after its purchase.

i call it my exit watch because it will be my last watch purchase. When i turn 50.

 

my exit watch View attachment 16568427 i call it my exit watch because it will be my last watch purchase. When i turn 50.

So what hobby will you pursue in your retirement?

 

I don't think they exist. That's why a Speedmaster sold for 2.3M USD and a Daytona sold for 17M. There will always be something more elusive.

 

By exit watch, do you mean the watch you wear in the casket?

 

No watch is going into my casket. If my heirs don’t sell or wear them, I’ll be very upset. Or I would be if I were alive.

 

No exit for me.

 

I'm sorry, "Log off?" There's a button somewhere?! 😂

 

I’m in this for life. I’ll exit when I’m dead.

 

The new VC 222 would come pretty damn close to being an exit watch for me. Hard part would be obtaining one and it would require the liquidation of most of my collection to afford.

 

this to me is overboard on the retro theme.…way too 70s. No thanks

 

I cannot think of a single watch that could compel me to simply drop this hobby.

Not a single one.

I must have a problem...

 

You don't have a problem. This isn't men in black with the last suit you'll ever wear. There are thousands of beautiful watches I would love to own and wear.

 

At the moment, this.

 

At the moment, this.

Yeah, sounds like an exit watch indeed 😅.

 

I can't think of any watch that I would get that would cause me to stop visiting/posting here.

 

Fair enough. Maybe not exit WUS, but exit watch purchasing.

 

An exit watch isn't about splurging, it's about finding the right watch.

 

If an exit watch is the watch they bury you with, I don’t want to think about it . . .

 

Funny - I just posted about mine: Damn you Breitling!!!

 

I have over fifty watches, so my exit watch is the one where my wife catches me...and totally exists me

 

I'll keep buying, selling, and trading, and if at any time I feel fulfilled, I'll stop. Not sure which one could do this, if any.

 

I purchased an exit watch 15 years ago, a Rolex GMT Pepsi. It was my only watch for 10+ years and I didn't keep up on new watch models at all during that time. Then a co-worker got into watches and he sucked me back in. In the last 4 years I've purchased a few dozen watches. No plan on making another exit, but I've learned exits can be temporary.

 

It's an illusion

 

Never heard of it…

 

No reason to leave WUS but I have my exit watch. Am not looking for any other everyday wear. Will be finding more to keep I'm sure but do not foresee replacing this ever.

 

I feel "exiting" (stop buying) is more of a personal choice, and have less to do with particular aspects of one "exit watch". Although there are other watches with other aspects I could like/want, I choose to like and be content with what I got.

e.g. I've been wanting blue dial diver, but choose to be happy with green dial diver that I have. I sell it to myself, e.g. tell myself the green dial shows through better than blue, against reflection of crystal. So I feel less like I want another watch, and feel more content with what I got, by selling what I got to myself. Or I've been wanting the look of another handset, but sell the one I have to myself, by telling myself mine is nicer, with chamfer edges. Hey, if I have the better watch, why buy another? haha

 

I've been collecting for 14 years. I have sold them all off and consolidated at least 2 times. I made a vow the last time to own no more than 6 watches. I'm at 12 now with 2 on the way. I was going to consolidate again, but I finally love what I own so much I will never be able to flip what I own. I have great memories assocated with many of them. There is no final watch. Ugh.

 

Not one watch, maybe a few selected ones, key word maybe . . . .

 

Probably a Moser or AP RO would get me to cease buying. I'll still hang around here I suppose.

 

I do not have a casket watch...please burn me up and scatter my ashes where wild animals will crap on them.