Using this reply title to make clear that collecting with a philosophy is philosophic.
A kind of Shakespeare.
I like the word constraint. Your words financial constraint is well known to almost everybody, except some very rich billionaires at watch communities.
On you tube there is a limitless watch collector who acquire every very expensive watch.
In our situation we select more precieze. We can not buy 10 brand new RM’s and 5 F.P. Journes in a blink of an eye. If we buy an entry level Omega Speedmaster it felt like a huge achievement.
Watch pro site is famous. To be part of such a watch collectors community enrich yourself.
The way it works is satisfying. I was at some and on one i am not often.
To my experience, a threads closed to fast, so i was only opening closed threads.
I like to write about hairsprings, enchapements, balanswheel material, vibrations per hour, constant forse, etc.
All the things behind the dial.
If i read Dr No talking about crown shafts, and another friend write about reference numbers, and a very interesting article about Vacheron Constantin, it says enough.
Watch collecting philosophy.
Not every collector works that way.
You do, i do, and others do.
Some follow others, some go their own way,
one brand collectors,
vintage watch specialists,
chronograph fans,
Patek Philippe lovers,
and a lot more ways.
I work with a philosophy.
Just to look which surprises come along.
It was clear i wanted to kick off serious watch collecting with a watch from Longines.
My longtime beloved watch brand Baume and Mercier could not be missed.
My discovery Omega is a nice surprise.
This three brands are my center of watch collecting.
The sun.
The planets, Roamer, Revue Thommen. Other planets, my satellite see a Cartier, see a Minerva, see your AP Royal Oak diver.
Your IWC portuguese pc i search yesterday. It is long at my radar. This i find uber fine is the part with year 22 year 23 year 24 on it put in the box for the centuries to come.
Such a detail only IWC can invent.
Your JLC extreme lab2, a bit of a busy friend, albeit an icon that only knew by insiders.
A watch for watch collecting veterans who have knowledge about very complex watch making. A fore runner and not a fashion follower.
What i follow is the race to the thinnest watch.
Piaget and Bulgari are competing, we see marvelous watches.
Next, constant force. It is clear i want to have some of these techs on my wrist.
Altiplano, Logical One to name two.
Collecting philosophy.
One of the most special philosophy is the friend who collect only minute repeaters.