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 Posted: Tue May 13th, 2008 05:24 pm
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Rick5

 

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 As a newbie, I am still learning a lot but I have learned enough to know that I am hooked.  smile8.gif  In terms of automatics, I have an Orient, and my soon to be returned vintage Tissot.  I will definitely be buying a Stowa Antea 365 this fall.  I have a couple of quartz watches that I really like too (Junghans RC and a Charriol which was my father's watch before he died).  Now what?  I can't decide at what level I want to get into this addiction.  I am not rich, but I make a decent living such that a watch purchase every now and then isn't going to kill me.  How did you decide what direction to go in when you first started becoming a WIS? 

 

A few thoughts have crossed my mind in recent months:

1) Buy the Stowa and then buy a Sinn 656 the following year.

2) Buy the Stowa and then maybe a couple of vintage watches (e.g., an Omega or Hamilton) in really nice condition.

3) Buy the Stowa and don't buy anything until I can save up for several years and buy a "grail" watch.  Maybe something like an IWC.  My wife has already given me the OK to "eventually" get an expensive watch (with the emphasis on eventually).  goofy  

 

How did you start collecting?  How does one decide these things?  Bouncy.gif

 

Rick