WristScan

That is a bit painful for me, because I realized that I sold or traded my oldest horological loves. Such as my first serious watch, a Rolex GMT MASTER 16700 from 1997. Or my first Daytona, which I got in 1999 and sold in 2004, then rebought in 2009. The l...  

And all still with me after all these years... ...  

It’s difficult to know which to post.. you know the problem ;-))

Cheers Thomas

The wristshots of your Breitling and your Rolex are amazing.

... keepers for life! I wish you’ll keep enjoying and loving them so much my dear friend! Hagwe! Abel

Haha .. the list was almost endless !

Hope that you are having a great weekend.

And of the kind our significant others usually don’t object to 😉 Btw. when did the watch bug bite you?

As long as I can remember I enjoyed a watch even as a kid. Things just got progressively worse 😉

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Very nice! This was given to me by my father when I was about 10, so early seventies. He wore it while in college in the late 40's-early 50's or so. The next one, this was given to my father by his father in '51 to wear to his wedding. Once again, he gave...  

These ones I'm very attached to. The first watch I sold was just a few weeks ago, in fact!

Why does it not surprise me?! March, '64.

And great that they are all still with you 👌🏻

I was fortunate to get an early start.

The Baume and Mercier linea Also still at home but in my little princess her collection now the second watch i bought also more then 30years ago The Cartier model 21 Hagwe ...  

And still under the same roof 🤗

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... marvelous salmon dial Type XX!! Of course all other watches are superb pieces as well. Real keepers for life. In my case... I’m sure you know what I will answer: Submariners are my old love! My deep love! An obsession... a passion! My 1680 bought bran...  

...is just a reflex of my face on the plexi when I wear a Sub!! Lol!! Hagwe! Abrazos! Abel

That’s an incredible lineup Abel, but I think I have a favourite... ...  

And a truly fantastic collection you have, too 👍🏻

Had 2 in the past, this is my third. The titanium I believe makes it infinitely more wearable, and thus a keeper. I took these photos today while walking back to my house from my son's school. It's literally a living photo studio... no processing or filte...  

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No needcto mention how much I love Panerai Calis!! Hagwe! Abel

Especially the dappled pictures are fantastic!

A super shady walkway with just a little sun piercing through can work wonders

Longest member of the collection, since 1993 Next oldest still in collection from 2003 Oldest watch from 1946 HAGWE All, Cheers, Tim ...  

But I definitely get it now... very cool piece Tim. So much personality!!!

Love the lugs !

The AS, UN, VC - all superb 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

My oldest love affair, one of my grails until today, a dream, which has come true: IWC Minute Repeater in Platinum. My first love: the IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar 3750. this was my first high end watch. I let it go 2009 to trade for my Patek 5146G. Wh...  

This site and especially your posts have helped me a lot to evolve my taste. Amitiés Thomas

Thank you! 😊

Nice wrist shot Thomas !

And a really cool evolution of your collection 👌🏻

This wonderful Ulysse Nardin Sonata, this JLC Titanium Minute Repeater, this Blancpain... I miss your Reverso Septantiéme in Platinum? :-D

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How could you sort out this Reverso?! 😎 For me one of the most appealing ones ever made! Besides the cheap Reverso A Triptyque. „Cheap“ because as you know it was sold for the same price as a 5711 at Sotheby’s Hong Kong. Funny times. Hahahaaaa! 😊 ... 

Though have to admit, once I've got something it never leaves These have all been with me for a decade or more. Cheers JML ...  

or perhaps it was not true love. Sometimes that happens... 😊

And that Reverso shot - amazing 👌🏻

... loving them as years go by! Hagwe! Abel

My graduation present... The SBGH035... And the LUC Chrono One, the watch that got me here in the first place... ...  

... not only beautiful watches but also with a big significance behind!! Thank you for sharing them! Hagwe my dear friend! Abel

Def keepers imo

that launched a thousand emails and visits and calls to fellow collectors, dealers and friends. My Breguet Type XX. It still receives the most attention and compliments when I visit with other collectors. Thanks to Nicolas!! Best to you all, Tim ...  

... well says it’s only in this place we can find two examples of this rate edition in one same thread! I absolutely love a white metal case with a salmon dial combo! So beautiful Tupe XX! Hagwe my friend! Abel

. . . an old love. Tomorrow, in fact. ;-( My love for watches began at an early age, but never realized until I was in the middle of my forties. Yes, I had a Rolex AirKing, but that was my only watch for fifteen years. Then, in early '01, I discovered Gla...  

And so do our preferences. Lovely grey lady and I am sure it will get cherished in its new home! So is the GO period well and truly over?

. . . unless a cal 42 Karree appears in the very near future to absorb the funds. Most likely candidate to make an appearance: a newcomer from Kalbe.

The road we collectors travel is meandering and unexpected so we can understand many watches come and go as our interest and experience changes. It’s sad you let go these pieces bit I’m sure they gave you lot of pleasure and joy and other interesting piec... 

. . . although curiously my interest began to wane around the same time I stopped working, about nine years ago. With the benefit of hindsight, there may have been a subliminal need to have the calendar at hand, literally as well as figuratively, that dro... 

... can vary as per different stages of our own life. Watches are instruments so close to us! All the best my dear friend! Abel

that goes through these feelings, very moving Sir. Tim

. . . parting with her this afternoon. A final wristshot . . . . . . taken this morning. ;-) ...  

Believe it or not the Benrus was my first communion watch ! This will give you a little idea how long I’ve been fascinated with watches. The two breitlings where one of my first forays into chronographs dating back 25 to 30 years ago The eterna was just a...  

And an interesting one it has been indeed 👌🏻

He told me he bought it brand new in 1968 Rumor has it that there a less than 50 in existence now.

I also keep my comunion watch !! It was my First watch and I feel I should have posted here. Don’t have its pictures right now with me. These watches have some magic for us ... thank you for sharing them! Hagwe! Abel

My first dive watch from 1988 and she has accompanied me in all my dives since... Scratched and faded, but boy do we have stories to tell. ...  

And that decades later it still can 😊

... it was intended! That’s great!! I’m sure this watch... and you have some awesome stories to tell! Thank you for sharing! Hagwe! Abel

One that I remember to this day was when I went hunting. Lost track of my dive time as I was too focused on a particular fish... Only realised when my pressure gauge was showing ~500 PSI and I was about 100 meters in depth! That was one lesson learned!!!

... scuba diving and this watch so much!! Take care my friend!! Abel

From those the Sonata still pulls at my heartstrings strongest 😊

the No. 001 and still with me .. ...  

Yours is pretty much mint 😍

I can fully understand the love 👌🏻