I subscribe entirely to the sentiments you express, in particular the value of time and relationship that grows with it. I'm sure the buy-to-flip approach has its own satisfactions but it's not for me either. I use watches to slow things down to enjoy gradual experience, the buildup of memory and depth of attachment. These intangible things can't be commodified and bought, and they are uniquely our own. That makes them not just precious, but priceless too.