Uncle Chico
2221
For me there are practical limitations.
Sep 29, 2021,08:12 AM
I can’t justify buying a watch if there are few or no opportunities to wear it. There are a number of watches I have considered buying but “when would I have an opportunity to wear it” enters into the equation, especially when I already own a watch for the same occasion or activity. For me the answer to the question is “there isn’t a watch that would cause me to stop searching but rather a practical limitation.”
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Lots of times!
By: sham1 : September 28th, 2021-19:55
But no thanks to the wonderful watches constantly being brought out, this is becoming near impossible for anyone genuinely passionate about watches!
Not possible.
By: blau : September 28th, 2021-20:06
There might be a watch that you own that you settle into when you decide you've given up the whole watch pursuit. But it won't be *because* of that watch. There is no such thing as a watch so good that it destroys your desire for watches. There is no holy...
I broke my own promise not happen
By: Weems@8 : September 28th, 2021-20:08
A bit of a cryptic title. I have a kind of an end to collect watches. Albeit i want to keep on collecting . My core collection is complete. The quantity is not my main goal. I want watches that satisfy me. I know that a new watch push up dopamine, so the ...
Yikes, tough to say.
By: MichaelC : September 29th, 2021-23:32
Answered another way, my black Freak is the one I would never sell. But it is not a be all end all type of piece.
😂
By: DouglasM : September 29th, 2021-03:47
Hell, here's what I dream of...
By: MikiJ : September 28th, 2021-20:41
Philippe Dufour Simplicity Model: Duality An exceedingly rare, important, and early platinum wristwatch with double regulator, certificate and fitted present Model: Simplicity An extremely fine and equally rare pink gold wristwatch with original certifica...
When you don't "search"...
By: penfriend : September 28th, 2021-21:59
you will not ask yourself this question. I at least don't search for watches (or even a final watch). I look at timepieces that I see at ADs or in windows or on trade fairs and ask myself whether they appeal to me. And the more watches I own the less appe...
Indeed! ;)
By: amanico : September 29th, 2021-10:34
Not Possible
By: enjoythemusic : September 29th, 2021-00:22
Due to various activities that require their own unique parameters.
Now that you mention it, Ed . . .
By: Dr No : September 29th, 2021-01:13
. . . there is one that would put an end to the merry-go-round. [Phillips 2017; originally posted by Alkiro] Unique '47 Omega 30I tourbillon chronometer in stainless steel. My grail. Art ...
LOL! . . .
By: Dr No : September 29th, 2021-09:22
. . . or, as Nicolas would say, "Nothing is surer than guilt by association." ...
Yeah the one watch to rule them all.....
By: kesharoo : September 29th, 2021-03:40
Wasn't a problem until I stumble into the Internet watch sites in the 90s. Downward spiral since, more than 40 watches bought and sold, still keeping 16 or thereabouts. Otherwise it would have been a datejust for sure. 8-)
If you're talking about a killer "watch to end all watches"...
By: cshimokita : September 29th, 2021-07:32
then I have to swim against the tide and say that I am not in the market. I definately will purchase another (more) watch(es), something fun. and at the moment I am looking at something that strikes my fancy. It's not a "killer", it's more like a great re...
Don’t mean to sound morbid,but
By: Time to watch : September 29th, 2021-07:56
My exit / final watch, will be the last watch I am able to purchase before I’m gone from this life. As long as I live and breathe I will enjoy the passion and the hunt. What is a life without passion worth anyway ?
For me there are practical limitations.
By: Uncle Chico : September 29th, 2021-08:12
I can’t justify buying a watch if there are few or no opportunities to wear it. There are a number of watches I have considered buying but “when would I have an opportunity to wear it” enters into the equation, especially when I already own a watch for th...
I don’t believe so.
By: Jay (Eire) : September 29th, 2021-11:23
In part because I don’t think my tastes of today are the same as five years ago and those of ten years ago were different still. It’s an evolution. I see watches today that ten years ago I would never have been drawn to, so it’s not even an issue of the n...
The diversity in horology is significant
By: NickO : September 30th, 2021-02:02
So whatever one watch you choose, the universe of what-it-is-not is really large. So you’d need to be comfortable never owning a timepiece in that universe. For most of us with a genuine love of horology, that’s a difficult proposition indeed.
This is a topic that has been raised in the past
By: TheMadDruid : September 30th, 2021-13:45
usually in terms of an "exit watch". Does one really exist. I don't know anyone here that could honestly say that there is a watch he or she could get that would then make the person stop looking. And if you keep looking you will find something else you c...
Of course, two different watches spring to mind
By: DouglasM : September 30th, 2021-22:58
The first would be a bespoke Richard Mille with a live baby bird in its case, and a 6 foot long peacock feather coming out of the strap in each direction. I want people to see my watch; and see it from all directions. The other is pretty tame, just a leop...