Horological Meandering

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To Stay or to Go - A hypothetical reasoning attempt

The One to Stay or to Go ?.. A hypothetical reasoning attempt..
First I was considering to contributing this to the WS of this week but with empty hands (?)
Then I decided, because of the length of my "rambling" - forgiveness pls
to post it separately; albeit as a reasonably short time - collector
or maybe just watch- lover. -- in fact I have never sold a piece, nor do I
consider to do so in the new future (?) .. Maybe a Padawan's naivitè..

Thus:
To be honest :
I will just try, although

I'm still not quite comfortable with this theme , as initially put forward,
in this week's WS but it made me reflect on some things ,
Thx therefore, Gentlemen in the WS- thread, also here..
After some thinking and reading opinions ( eg Baron, Nilo, pplater-
representing the Ayes) vs several
others, more hesitant or not convinced,
if they would have a candidate to be labelled as prone to leave, if.., and ONLY if..

Yes, there is this IF, (only if "push comes to shove", based on the modified thread headline)
If we/ I would need the funds, because of other life-priorities ( family, health, big projects etc etc)
Baron has outlined this very well, culminating in the position, that each and every watch would be a candidate to go ! - Of course we all probably would second this, no doubt..

Why ? - Well, because we have more important issues than our passion for tic-tacs, Basta

Having said so, my/ one's selling policy would be a totally different one,
because one would possibly like to achieve the biggest turnout;
Thus, the very good, if not the best pieces might go first..

Quite the contrary, what we are discussing there and here, if I get the message right :
" Which ones we would mark NOW, as "to go", either because we are unhappy with them,
or they are playing a different role, to what we had in mind, when getting them..
or because WE have changed (!).. Or we needed to condense the collection, to make room for new and maybe a better quality,
defined by which yardstick ever..
- Many of us here have experienced similiar periods,
a process, which you also may call "maturation";

Or because simply said, it might have been an error, or even a mistake,
we later want to correct
Or because there are others, we appreciate more and/ the piece in question is valued
differently than at the time, we had acquired it..
- " Tempora mutantur" - The tides of time lead to change..

I found it also interesting, how some of us there have described the phenomenon,
of "coming back" : getting- selling - and getting again,
of a given piece, not only once, but even several times ...

" Human nature" does rarely change but - luckily so - tends to forget, sometimes
- so we select the same or a very similiar watch we had been letting go.
Stupidity ? - Not necessarily, just human behaviour !!

I guess, enough of drooling and rambling, I'll ( almost) stop here,

Now, finally on a very humble personal note, although in fact there is no such candidate, in my
small collection;
but there are some with lots of wrist-time, some with less, but these are looked upon
- yes, often looked - some which are loved a bit more, or where the emotional bands,
because of the stories, the slices of life connected, are stronger than for others.

So I defined just one single watch as a potential candidate: a watch, which I really like ,
because it was acquired during a trip in Amsterdam, where both,
my wife and myself bought a Vintage watch, each:
the one of my wife, is a very nice JLC 159, in excellent condition, she loved it and still does.

Mine, was bought more casually, as a goodie- ad- on, as we got a better deal, when taking
two,
and thus, it was pretty inexpensive, a nice little Omega from 1947, in a quite patinated condition,
but in a two- tone mode, which has been frequently seen for that time.

Now, to make the point: I wear this watch quite rarely, eg: if my clothing fits,
or if I want to be "low key"and to blend into the crowd.
(the Omega sign is painted and thus, almost disappearing,
the rest of the patina I like, quite a bit, and the watch is rather small, 32mm);
it is neither the most beautiful, nor sophisticated, neither an icon, nor a " must- have"..

So, one could say : well , this is the one to go,
BUT:
I am sure, that currently, I would not let her go, as she reminds me on a very happy
trip and time with my wife..
As simple as that.. A very simple reason, having nothing
to do with the "true value",
whatever that is, or importance of this little piece..
It's purely the emotion, which puts the " Not for sale" sign there..

I'll end finally, with just 2 pics of it, depicting nothing great at all, but a cute specimen..

( sorry , folks - I simply forgot, how to produce a link within a text..)

All the Best for the Sunday and Have a Happy New Year !

hs
PS:
If you are interested in more and this week's discussion, see the WS section..