Horological Meandering

Rules and regulations (part 2)

Sep 13, 2008,00:51 AM

Due to the number of watches that I own, this is what I do:

1. I group certain watches together. Watches with date and without. Watches with date are used only when travelling, because I don't want to adjust the date everytime I want to wear them. Hence, my reluctance to buy watches w/ date nowadays.

2. Then I group watches without date into 2 categories: slightly normal and attention grabber. The attention grabber watches are used only at home or on holiday.

3. Watches without date and slightly normal are breakdown further into a weekly rotation, 5 watches for Monday-Friday, and each will have a theme. Eg: chinese, black, pilot, manual winding, independent, etc. For this week it's chinese, hence my wearing corum dragon phoenix on Friday. Monday Tuesday are beijing watches. Wed is kiu. Thurs is azimuth dragon.

4. my quartz are used only as a regulator to set the time.

Doing this ensure that nobody get left behind.

cen@jkt

ps. note there are no smily at all in this post. these rules are sacred and I'm deadly serious.

This message has been edited by cen@jkt on 2008-09-13 00:57:04

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How do you select what watch to wear each day?

By: AndrewD : September 12th, 2008-23:55

Or should I say “watches”, for you poor afflicted Purists? Is it based on your mood, the type of day you expect to have? Do you match the straps with the colour or your shoes? Your underpants? Case metal with cufflinks? Are you practical (GMT for travel, ...

OK, now that we are alone, I can tell you

By: amanico : September 12th, 2008-23:59

But please don't laught... Superstition! Yep, the mood is important, as I want to have a light watch, an heavy one, a comlex or a simple one, a big or a samll one depending of my mood of the day... But Superstition, too... If I have to plead something dif...

a lot of factors

By: Cookies : September 13th, 2008-00:06

A few factors determine what watch i wear. 1) physical activity. If it's going to be a day with lot's of physical work, and hence, more risk scratching my watch, i'd go with something cheaper, and more durable. 2) Mood. If i'm in a good mood, i'll wear so...

Like your answer,especially part 3.LOL [nt]

By: fernando : September 13th, 2008-02:29

The Doctor is in...

By: AndrewD : September 13th, 2008-00:19

Ps. Don't worry, your secret is safe with us. PPs. I may be able to help you with some of those unlucky pieces......

Due to the number of watches that I own, this is what I do: 1. I group certain watches together. Watches with date and without. Watches with date are used only when travelling, because I don't want to adjust the date everytime I want to wear them. Hence, ...

Imposing order on…

By: AndrewD : September 13th, 2008-02:03

…chaos is one of the reasons we collect, I suspect. This doesn’t just apply to watches. Thanks for sharing your system, Cen. Andrew

i go purely on mood as i'm at home all day.

By: G99 : September 13th, 2008-03:28

Cen, I stopped changing dates on my watches long ago..

By: andrewG : September 13th, 2008-06:29

Easy...

By: andrewG : September 13th, 2008-06:24

...my collection has one watch (or two but I am trying to correct that) for each purpose. Steps: 1) what am I doing today? Meeting, travelling, weekend etc 2) What am I wearing- either brown or black shoes / belt 3) Take matching watch

So when you are matching to shoes and belts ...

By: AndrewD : September 13th, 2008-06:33

... is that the watch strap colour or something else? A

yup...strap colour...

By: andrewG : September 14th, 2008-00:48

I change my wedding band to match the watch

By: Ginger : September 13th, 2008-12:05

My particular watch craziness - My wedding set is platinum, but I have my late mother in law's gold band and on the infrequent occasions the watch is not stainless, white gold or silver I wear that instead. Otherwise my rules are the usual - form, occasio...

I do that too! Not lay out my clothes, but choose my ring

By: cazalea : September 13th, 2008-20:03

...

Method or madness

By: d.m : September 13th, 2008-12:15

how I decide ...

By: Montrachet : September 13th, 2008-12:15

...

Sometimes it depends on wrist time.

By: masterspiece : September 13th, 2008-12:29

LIFO

By: Bill : September 13th, 2008-12:59

I pick a watch to fit the occasion...

By: iwolf81 : September 13th, 2008-18:45

How I pick one of sixty ...

By: cazalea : September 13th, 2008-19:45

I have helped my indecision by arranging the watches carefully in my cabinet. Swatches are on the top shelf. I have a dozen of them and never wear them. Easy. About 25 Swiss & German are on the middle shelf. Electronic & quartz on the left, automatics in ...

Rules and regulations (part 2)

How do you select what watch to wear each day?

OK, now that we are alone, I can tell you

a lot of factors

Like your answer,especially part 3.LOL [nt]

The Doctor is in...

Thanks a lot, Andrew! ROFL [nt]

Really depends on my mood & the program for the day ... [nt]

Good question Andrew

Rules and regulations (part 2)

Imposing order on…

i go purely on mood as i'm at home all day.

Cen, I stopped changing dates on my watches long ago..

Easy...

So when you are matching to shoes and belts ...

yup...strap colour...

I change my wedding band to match the watch

I do that too! Not lay out my clothes, but choose my ring

Method or madness

how I decide ...

Sometimes it depends on wrist time.

LIFO

I pick a watch to fit the occasion...

How I pick one of sixty ...

Well Cazalea sounds like you have

And I thought I was alone...LOLOL

Your not alone Nicolas

I try to spread the wrist time favoring the three . . .

I faced the same situation with my gold pieces..

A highly complex process....

Heuristics :)