Horological Meandering

ArthurSG
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No worries Andrew...

I really can;t comment too much on anything to do with watches because I really just don't know too much about horologerie.  I'm also not a techinically inclined person by any means. To give an example, I'm the sort that whether getting a new pre-power amp or computer, I hate reading manuals and just go by feel and put in the plugs where I think it should go and then work from there.  After 2-3 attempts max, I call the guy I boight it from and get him to do it.  I just want to use it.  Given this aspect of myself, I think I'll not be able to want to get into say how a tourbillon really works etc.  All I can appreciate right now is the aesthetics of things which are very subjective and personal.  I tend to subscribe to my friend's philosophy because I'm impatient and I'm a "user" given my analogy above.  I do realize that I am giving up the "educational" aspect of a step by step approach but I guess I just have never been that sort of person ever.  Another reason why I target the best given my budget is one of my primary objectives starting this is to leave a small legacy to my children and given that, if I can target the best based on expert opinions from here and elsewhere, it will allow me to meet this objective.

My friend however, is rather different from me.  He likes to try stuff and he understands and enjoys the technicalities of things.  Take golf for example, he'll try every new component from japan and I'll install it for him (club fitting is the only close to techinical hobby I'm into .  Same thing for him with watches.  He loves independents despite owning the Langes and Pateks of the world.  He's actually a "field tester" (not sure what the term is) and spends quite a bit ot time in Basel talking to the whos who over there.  He's actually got a new prototype perpetual (don;t know form who) and another prototype tourbillon (I think) on route to him early next year and late next year respectively, for him to use, try, test and provide feedback on.  could be a small independent I really wouldn;t know.

So given my character setup and one of my key objectives for getting into this hobby, the "resist temptation and get the best of class to my budget" seems to work for me.  Alas, there is no doubt I do give up some of the educational process and at best may be classified as "new money" equivalent (if I even do qualify that lacks the heritage etc but I guess that is reflective of who I am not having come from a well to do back ground and needing to work hard for the little I have.  I do appreciate my acquisitions but in a different manner I guess.