Horological Meandering

ThomasM
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I know individuals who have an ABSOLUTE limit of 11, and MUST sell one to get another.

I know of quite a few others with collections that range in the 600 to over 1000 range.

All who hang out here, all who respect everyone else's collection.

Some collect by brand;

others by complication.

Some collect by "horological significance" and others purely by what "tugs their heartstrings"

Some for representative examples of regional styles.

I myself have collected along all these modalities; I've found my fascination is along how a particular piece "represents" something -  a particularly good (or bad) repeater; the smallest tourbillon and the largest; differing "periods" for a brand that I particularly like (mostly AP)

In the end, I get what I like, even if it doesn't qualify for a "category."

And I fairly regularly "rotate" the crop - wear any and all, and de-accession one (or more) when a better specimen or representation comes along.

Conceptually, I agree there is a distinction between "acquiring" and "collecting" but in practice, it is pretty hard to be rigourous about it, and most just end up fitting a justification around something they really like.

Cheers,

TM