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Another impulse purchase! HELP!!! :-)
I was doing my usual watch twice daily watch browsing tonight (SJX, Deployant, Monochrome, Hodinkee, Quill and Pad) when i noticed this new collaboration between SJX and Kudoke. It was an indepth article but I just looked at the photos, scrolled straight down to the price and numbers to be produced and decided to express my interest. I am usually consistently unsuccessful with such allocations especially when only 12 watches in titanium (my preferred metal) were available.
Two hours later I received an email to say that I would be allocated a watch and an hour later, the deposit was left. I even managed to request for a particular number which SJX accommodated. All in all, very efficient and excellent service. Now I know we all have reservations about the many collaborations between watch companies and watch columnists but I actually am quite impressed by the creativity of the dial with the hour markers denoted by the signs of the zodiac. The watch is fully engraved on the dial and the movement. There is also a two tone version in titanium and rose gold which I was not especially keen on, where the crown and bezel are in rose gold.
I thought after adding the Louis Erard Alain Silberstein monopusher chronograph four days ago that it be would be my last purchase this year but alas, that was not to be! Am I lucky or unlucky?! - I will allow you guys to decide on that! 
Another impulse purchase! HELP!!! :-)
I was doing my usual watch twice daily watch browsing tonight (SJX, Deployant, Monochrome, Hodinkee, Quill and Pad) when i noticed this new collaboration between SJX and Kudoke. It was an indepth article but I just looked at the photos, scrolled straight ...
Great Pickup!
She looks the part, bravo! PS: There's no helping you. FEAR NOT... my wife is an enabler so just remember it could always be 'worse' ;-)
Thank you for the encouragement! :-)
I shall keep up my futile attempts to stop adding watches to my collection
Ptfptfptf, you aint fooling me for a minute.
And the reason I know is that we're kindred spirits. Did I mention three more watch straps arrived today. Four more are in transit. Even my wife said i needed more 22mm straps(!).
At least I am in good company! :-)
I have never ever changed a watch strap though. All my watches have their original straps - call me boring or unadventurous and you may be spot on!
This should be a very special piece
Congrats on moving fast, it would be great to see your pictures when you get it
Thank you very much Vinnie!
I was just fortunate to look at the site at the right time of the day. I guess some things are just meant to be! I am looking forward to trying this watch on. It measures only 10.7mm high but it somehow looks thicker!
I know this kind of feeling, since it’s extremely limited at 20+1 pieces only…
On one side you want to try, when you didn’t get it, you’ll feel “Crap” this is a highly desirable piece and I missed it….but when you called and got an allocated, you’ll also feel “Crap” no body wants it and am I this lucky, lol… Then you’ll be wandering...
Thank you so much for your well thought of reply!
I agree with much that you said and I actually heard from a fellow collector that they were all sold out so I was pretty sure I was unsuccessful. So yes it was a pleasant surprise that I was allocated a piece. Even more importantly, the watch will be arri...
Thank you for your feedback!
A brand definitely heading in the right direction ( as long as it does not come up with a steel sports watch!!)
You will never stop to surprise me my dear friend
Always finding the unexpected which allows you to pull the trigger with a good reason Very happy for you, nice catch ! I am sure you will enjoy it a lot, it is a beautiful watch and this recognizable day/night indicator is so well executed
Thank you very much Mike for your kind words!
I seem to be surprising myself a lot these days and hopefully with a depleting bank account, these surprises will cease! Saying that, of late I seem to be focusing more on rare and good value watches at the lower end of the scale. Yes I still admire the c...
Don’t overthink it Sham.
You saw the watch, you liked it (a lot), and you thought the price was fair. To me the collaboration element is irrelevant, whether it be SJX or any other participant in or outside the watch world. I think it’s a very nice package, it’s not on anyone’s ra...
Thank you for the words of encouragement Jay!
Delivery is due within 5 weeks ie the end of November which is great compared to some internet launches where delivery can take six months or a year! And yes, I look at the piece and ignore the fact on whether it is a collaboration because like it or not,...
Wow huge Congrats my dear friend . Your on fire 🤗
Excellent catch and imho your extremely lucky to get the allocation for this amazing K2 . Such a beautiful and amazing watch . Love everything about it .
Thank you very much!!
When I finally read the article on this watch (after being allocated the piece!), I was quite impressed at the ingenuity of the dial and movement design and decoration. Seldom has so much thought, in my opinion, be given to both front and back of a watch
Thank you for saying so!
i look forward to receiving this watch. A very clever design I think.
Your impulse is right!
Beautiful looking watch and looking forward to real life photos! Congratulations on the purchase!
Thank you Alex!
I am normally late for these special releases so I was shocked when I received an email saying that I had been allocated one. I have seen many variations of the Kudoke 2 especially after its success at the GPHG but none really got my adrenalin flowing unt...
Thanks for your kind words!
If the watch is half as nice looking in real life, I will consider myself blessed
Sometimes we think we are buying a good looking watch
but no one else thinks so! So it is quite a relief and reassuring that this unique design of the Kudoke 2 has been labelled as attractive by quite a number of purists! Thank you for your feedback!
I'm a fan of watches with astronomical/astrological themes, and of Kudoke, but...
... in this particular instance I'm not sure it works. The Kudoke 2 is a marvel because of its minimalism, front and preferably back too (I'm currently waiting on the rose gold / black dial version that became available to order about 3-4 months ago). In ...
Thank you for your feedback and observation!
I personally have always preferred the Kudoke 1 to the Kudoke 2 until I saw the SJX version. Like SJX, I felt that the original Kudoke 2 dial was a tad plain and needed more going on so I found it pretty clever that the signs of the zodiac have been used ...
All good. As for your impulse buy, congratulations for making the cut
(I am far too slow to ever make it and far too lazy to deserve it!)
I am a firm believer
that watch purchases should be carefully researched and not rushed. For example it took me six years to decide to order a RW Smith, four years of deliberation before ordering a Lang and Heyne and three years before ordering a Frodsham. So for me impulse p...
Hear hear.
Let me say that I subscribe to these sentiments. I may not operate in the watch spaces that you do, or spend quite so much time arriving at a decision, but it's easy to agree that a period of gestation is something to savour in its own right. In my own ex...
I am glad you too feel the same way
unfortunately, the sought after watches these days require a swift decision and arguably it puts unnecessary pressure to the already difficult decision making process. When posed with such a predicament, I always ask myself if in a worse case scenario I e...
I understand that rationale
It's also the main reason that I don't allow haste or temptation to bend my behaviour. These are like fumes that don't just cloud one's judgment, but can wrong foot too. If I'm to enjoy all this at a leisurely pursuit, that requires the presence of mind t...
i salute your ethos!
And wish you all the best at the auction. I try to stay away from them these days as the prices achieved have been illogically high. Saying that the Montblanc monopusher chronograph is a very under rated watch and I just sold one to a friend of mine last ...
love the engraving on the movement side & the dial texture...
quite different feel vs Kudoke 1 and 2 isn't it. well chosen my friend, wear in the best of your health. Best, mahesh.,
Thank you very much Mahesh!
You know how we have both been deliberating on a Kudoke 1 and you had mentioned the case structure which was not curved which was a bit off putting. Then this watch appears and it is not even a Kudoke 1 but it just felt like a totally different watch from...