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| Posted: Sat Jul 18th, 2009 11:05 am |
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aredman 3T WIS 
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OK, So after reading a number of posts and seeing what a lot of you have said about your own watches I wanted to know how long have most of you been collecting and how many watches do you currently own? I would also like to know if you have a type of collection like just diver watches, chronos, automatics etc.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18th, 2009 11:19 am |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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Well if you start with a meager quartz collection in the beginning about 20 years give or take. I've had over 100 quartz over the years and over 100 mechanical watches too (auto and cranker). I've gifted some sold some and lost a few over the years. Almost all my quartz are gone now. I key in on divers allot and have about a dozen Chronos too. ;) I just flipped quite a few this past Spring. But last count if I recall was 95 in the barn and 1 on the wrist. :cool: LOL :D
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18th, 2009 11:50 am |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS 
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I started collecting quartzies for 6 or 7 years and then when I got really serious, shifted to mechanicals for about the past 19 years. All told, that's 26 years. I'm not sure how many watches I already have but starting about 10 years ago, I would buy 2 or 3 major pieces a year and a few minor ones in between the majors. I also buy for my wife, though not as many and not as often; and for my sons whom I hope will also collect watches when they are more mature, more responsible and maybe stable enough. After taking a mental stock of what I have, I'd say 50% of my watches are divers ( I dive 5 days a week.....on my desk  ), a quarter would be chronos, a few GMTs and the balance would be "times and dates" only. I only collect about 7 brands so that I ride and mature with the brand's development and this also forces me to research the brand and keep pace with its innovations and progress. The few exceptions I make outside these brands are for unique pieces to add new blood to my collection lest my own development stunts and sputters.While I collect some of the marquee brands, believe me Seiko is one of my all time favorites. I spend longer times oggling Seikos than other brands at the watch sore. You'll never go wrong with a well-selected Seiko.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18th, 2009 12:18 pm |
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aredman 3T WIS
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Thank you guys for this bit of information. I started a while back but did not know how to proceed let alone what direction I was going to go in for my collection. So I will say that I am a very junior collector and now that I can find watches that I like that are under 1K I feel like I can really get my collection going. I am partial to automatics but have a couple of quartz on hand. This will definitely give me some direction and understanding of how I will proceed in my collection. Thanks!perfect.gifperfect.gifperfect.gif
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18th, 2009 12:57 pm |
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Nabco 3T WIS 
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I started with vintage...pre 1960 about 15 years ago...built that up to about 150 - 175 watches, plus railroad grade pocket watches, built that up to about 40 pieces. Started modern watches about 4 years ago, mostly divers and started selling off my vintage a couple years ago, along with the pocket watches....right now all the vintage and pocket are gone. Right now my modern collecti9on sits at about 115 watches.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19th, 2009 05:09 pm |
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Watchit 3T WIS 
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Started collecting watches around 1977, have around 87 watches right now. 21 manual wind 56 auto's 10 quartz with 2 more manual's on the way. Vintage Bulova & Breitling 806
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| Posted: Mon Jul 20th, 2009 02:49 am |
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Simon_Leung 3T WIS 
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My focus was collecting American Brands such as Lord Elgin,Bulova,Waltham,Hamilton and Gruen of the 1940's and 50's. Then focussed my attention towards Swiss Brands such as Omega,Mido,Jaeger-LeCoultre and Tudor,just to name a few. 28 years later I have redirected my attention to pocketwatches of the early to mid 20th Century. I currently have a 1890 English Lever-Fusee pocketwatch on hold. Last edited on Mon Jul 20th, 2009 02:50 am by Simon_Leung |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 21st, 2009 09:18 am |
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robcuk 3T WIS 
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Jeez, I fell like a whipper snapper here! I've been interested in Watches all my life and have owned and given away dozens of different watches since! About 3years ago I got into replica watches as I was attracted to Panerai and couldn't believe how much an original cost! Now I don't own a single replica but have some 30 watches, including a couple of pocket watches (a Waltham from around 1900 and a WWII Goverment isue Omega). Today I'm wearing my MoonWatch :-) Rob
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30th, 2009 09:02 pm |
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Janner 3T WIS 
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I realise now that I have always loved a nice looking watch! However it was not untill I retired 2 years ago that I found the time to become a collector, I wish I hadn't thrown away all my old discarded watches. I have managed to collect around 25 watches so far though I cannot see what direction to take. I just love all types of watches.perfect.gif
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| Posted: Sun Aug 2nd, 2009 07:27 pm |
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saxplayer 3T WIS
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I have collected about 3 months and have 5 good quality watches (re.. not Fossils)!
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| Posted: Sun Aug 2nd, 2009 10:02 pm |
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apeogre 3T WIS 
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I'm a baby at this watch thing. I'm not keen on anything in particular(divers, aviators, gmt's, etc). I mostly just buy what I like and hopefully like what I buy. It all started last year on my motorcycle roadtrip through Europe. Went to Luzern and walked into Bucherer's big store there. Thankfully I didn't know what I know now. I woulda walked out the front door with spending a lot more money. But I walked out the door with a watch that I don't wear anymore. :( But I'm doing it all again in a few weeks, this time to Geneva. Now I have 8 watches that i own and 5 that i wear. think it's about time to start selling some.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 3rd, 2009 01:11 am |
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SBD 3T WIS
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I've always had a fleeting fascination with watches -- primarily from an aesthetic standpoint. But at some point back in my college days, I just didn't like having anything stuck on my wrist, so I stopped wearing one. A little over a year ago, I decided to try again. I got an inexpensive quartz to see if I would mind it on my wrist and the rest is history. My wife and I have worked out a rule that I keep only as many watches as can fit in my 10-watch drawer. So I now have 11 watches. ;) I credit my first mechanical watch, the Orsa Silver Surfer for really pulling me back into WIS-dom. And that's why I keep it as my avatar.
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