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My target is to rearrange my watch collection. I am looking to sell my Overseas / 5711J / A&S Nebula / JLC RDM to add either of the following combinations 3a. or 3b. below. I am interested in your thoughts whether I should go for 3a. or 3b. and why!
1. Today’s starting point is this:
2. I am looking to sell my VC Overseas, my PP 5711J, my A&S Nebula and my JLC RDM in order to add the following:
3a. This combination:
or
3b. This combination:
Which combination should I aim for - 3a. or 3b. and why, in your opinion?
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WristScan Live ! …
Hello and Happy New Year dear friends ! We are now live for the first WristScan of 2024 ! The theme, as you can see from our poster is all about our watches and the “targets” that you would like to acquire this year. This could be a particular watch or wa...
My target is to rearrange my watch collection. I am looking to sell my Overseas / 5711J / A&S Nebula / JLC RDM to add either of the following combinations 3a. or 3b. below. I am interested in your thoughts whether I should go for 3a. or 3b. and why!
1. Today’s starting point is this: 2. I am looking to sell my VC Overseas, my PP 5711J, my A&S Nebula and my JLC RDM in order to add the following: 3a. This combination: or 3b. This combination: Which combination should I aim for - 3a. or 3b. and why, in ...
Great starting point you share here Alex! And an interesting target you aim for the New Year 2024. Now... to decide between 3a or 3b is a big dilemma as both are so tempting.
I feel that resolving this dilemma is a matter of a very personal taste (and opportunity) and only you can decide after much thinking. In any case you can´t go wrong whichever your decision as these are very desirable and wonderful pieces around two class...
Fascinating choice …
I agree with Abel’s assessment of the situation, it’s a very personal decision. If it was me I would go for option 3b. My reasoning is that I love the dials on both the Nautilus Chronograph and the simplicity of the Vacheron dial. Best regards Captain ...
Since I own none of the options…
I might not be fully qualified but I personally prefer 3B. The time only OS somehow balances better for me 😊🤷🏻♂️
Starting 2024 ! …
Hello dear friends ! I hope you have had a wonderful festive holiday and started 2024 in a positive way. I have been fortunate to have started the year with a new Porsche after several delays, but it finally arrived on the 1st of January ! As the weather ...
What a great way of starting you year dear Captain!! Big Congrats and I wish you´ll enjoy it so much and in the best of good health.
A Submariner is always a great option. I feel you can´t never go wrong with a Sub in any of its several references. (Well, yes, I´m a bit biased here! Lol!) Receive my best cordial regards and good wishes my dear friend. Abel
Thank you dear friend …
It’s been a long time coming due to supply chain issues. All I need to do now is put some miles on it… using considerable restraint !
Well it finally arrived! Now … to enjoy it!!
I’m happy for you my dear Captain! I wish some day you can take me for a ride!! Best! Abel
Nice way to start the year Captain!
Congratulations on the Porsche. Would love to see some more photos in due course.
What a great way to start the new year with dear Captain.
Any watch will do inside a new porsche imo 👌🏻😉 but a Rolex is a good choice 👍🏻🤗
Many thanks for organizing this month’s event Captain.
I’m zeroing in on my retirement date at the end of March - one target that I won’t miss 😂. This will be followed by my second target - spending a week in London and Geneva in early April while attending Watches & Wonders 2024 - flights and hotels booked s...
Congratulations on retirement! . . .
. . . mine officially begins next month when Social Security kicks in . . .
Thanks Art.
I’m giving myself a 2 year head-start on my government pension. Hopefully there’ll still be something left when I get there 🤣
Pretty good.
I’m starting with a Board position on a charity later this month and will look around for a couple of commercial board positions. Combined with more travel and our daughter’s destination wedding in 2025 I think I have enough to keep me busy😉
Great things to look forward too 👌🏻
So you can enjoy your beautiful collection even more 👍🏻🤗
Thank you for joining us …
You certainly have a wonderful target for this year. Both your Moser and Lange look very good in your photos. I particularly like your wrist shots, all are very attractive. Best regards Captain
Many thanks.
Getting in a practice run in mid-February with a friend’s 65th birthday cruise in the Eastern Caribbean 😉
Some beautiful pictures!
And it must be quite a big milestone, in March! Looking forward to it or is there an element of trepidation after so long? 😊
My target watch for 2024 is
a Cartier tank watch. Have tentatively decided to give the quartz model a try, but that could change when the time comes. ...
Hi Thomas
Cartier Tanks are always a safe bet. I struggled to find a size that worked for me - ended up with a quartz Tank Solo which my son borrowed 5 years ago - and I haven’t seen it since🤣. I ended up with a Santos Dumont which worked better for me size wise. W...
I know a lot of "purists" kind of poo-poo the mere thought of quartz.
All of my other watches are automatic or manual, I am willing to get a quartz Cartier with the thought that movement is better than the box store quartz watches and the fact that will always be set, running and ready to put on.
I think Cartier is such an iconic design house that it’s pretty much the only watch manufacture that can sell quartz alongside its mechanical movements in numbers.
The shape and case design is such an integral part of the brand.
Get the Tank Solo
It's a great watch. I rotate it regularly between my Royal Oak and Nautilus and it holds its own. Who cares that it's a quartz watch. It's pure class on the wrist.
Now that’s a target I have considered on and off…
Living in a desert (from both a culinary and watch perspective) but close enough to Switzerland (can see it from most windows of our flat), it should not be that difficult but our kids largely refuse to leave the house during the weekends 😂🤷🏻♂️ Have miss...
Dear Captain and friend, love the theme this weekend! I am not yet sure where I wish to take the collection in 2024 but I do have several new targets in mind. Just in the second half of 2023 ...
I added 9 new watches (I sold quite a few as well) as I sold watches that I no longer wore or that did not trigger passion anymore. While this might seem nice, it also mean I got rid of quite a few watches (total collection only grew by 2-3 watches in tot...
Hello dear friend …
Quite a lineup of targets for 2024 ! It sounds as though you have already been through the difficult process of selecting watches to release back into the wild 😉 All of the watches under consideration are very nice and it’s difficult to resist any of them...
Thank you Captain! I agree with you the Speedmaster and the Sub would be good and versatile choices. When are you expecting your 5172?
Re-reading my post it almost feels like I have too many targets in mind. I might need to narrow my focus ))🧘♂️
My pleasure…
I hope I have been able to help. It’s not an easy choice as you have many options. Definitely the Speedy and Sub on the basis that they are very useable. The PP is just very chic !…. I have no firm delivery date … yet 🤷🏼♂️
Now it looks like 2024 will be a strong year for you 👌🏻👍🏻
Some very exciting pieces on the horizon 👌🏻👍🏻
Very nice and “already seemingly matured” list.. Speedy & Sub are somewhat obvious utility watches..
.. From the others I can only say from personal experience, that the PP 5172 is a really chic watch with a classic touch ! I love mine and wish you luck in your endeavours ! Best, 😊
Do you want that watch I bought you two years ago??
😳 Was the question my beloved put to me this Tuesday. WHAT WATCH? I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY WATCH! I showed you some pictures. OH, OK! My other half bought me this watch on an impulse in 2022 after receiving marketing emails from Bucherer. My obviously indignan...
I know exactly what you mean!
I too was gifted that same timepiece by a loved one, and it is because of that history that I will always cherish and find it forever beautiful! ...
How about that! Fantastic!!
It really is an unexpected delight. In pictures I dismissed it, yet now in the flesh I am captivated with it. Life is odd sometimes. 😀
It will be interesting to see this thread next year!
How close we are to our opinions 🤷♂️ For me, I want to add a rose gold colored case. Right now all I have is steel, Ti and WG. Colored gold is a little bright for me, so I will likely start with a Leather strap vs bracelet (a day date in RG olive dial wo...
I guess in addition
Seeing white dial explorer 2 in here, I plan to tell my ad I'd like one. No rush or idea how long for that, which is fine. So maybe not 2024. Also will probably wait until w&w before doing anything because if they make a VC tradionelle small seconds with ...
Yes this is YOUR doing 🤣
That I'd buy whenever I get the call, the RG one, that I need to determine with more accuracy.
I completely agree …
This edition of WristScan will be very interesting to review again next January. I like your choices, especially the beautiful Vacheron. Congratulations on getting a 992 Carrera T, probably the best car Porsche make today for pure enjoyment. This is my Po...
No, but I do have a few…
It’s a nice touch to see your car being built. I must tell you a story one day about seeing a different car that I ordered being built in Italy.
You get a few on their online portal.
I only got 2, some get 4. It shows the assembly process. ...
No watch targets for '24 . . .
. . . mostly because discretionary funds have already been allocated to another project. That could change if Omega delivers an irresistible novelty. Besides the pool cues I'm still avidly collecting . . . [bocote shaft] . . . there's a slim chance I'll d...
I love your response here Art! You are making me question if I should just enjoy my recent addition instead of chasing for more ☺️
I seem to keep readjusting the composition of my collection every two years or so
When I started collecting vintage Omega, my goal was to own . . .
. . . at least one reference of every chronometer movement they made. When I accomplished that feat a few years ago, the drive to accumulate dissipated. I'm like the guy at the all-you-can-eat pizza buffet. That last slice of mushroom olive pie is temptin...
Hello dear Art: Beautiful example of Marine Omega you show here. You know I have an special fondness for this little historic watch from Omega.
Cue collecting seems to be fascinating. The beauty of wood combination of colors and grains in an instrument for playing pool with them. A custom made guitar? That would be wonderful! Like you, I´m also wishing some new tempting offering from Omega this y...
I'd really rather have a Ranchero or Rail homage, Abel, with . . .
. . . a manual winding movement, but wouldn't rule out a Speedy Pro. ;-)
Agree with you that Omega offering a Ranchero homage would be wonderful, of course with a manual wind movement! It was a shame the extraordinary trilogy model for the Rail was ...
... produced with an automatic movement. Let´s see what Omega has in their hands to surprise us during this year 2024! Best cordial regards, Abel
Looking like a loud year 😁
And you seem to be retiring earlier than the trio on your first picture 😂 Keeping fingers crossed 🤞🏻
Currently waiting for two watches that i hope will get on my wrist soon .
One of them is a Blue Mad1 The other one I don’t have any pics yet because its a unique piece with a personal touch. Currently on my wrist this amazing and uber cool Sarpaneva that i have on loan from my Friend and fellow member. Something i hope to add t...
MAD targets ;-)) …
Hello my friend, The blue version looks very cool. Which colour is your favourite ?
Sublime Sarpaneva, and one that’s MAD 😁
The pun is lame, I know but the pieces are wonderful! Looking forward to seeing your piece unique 👌🏻👍🏻🤞🏻
Hello dear Captain! Very interesting Theme this weekend.
And interesting to read and view our participants’ targets for 2024. In my sights I presently have just one watch: a Speedmaster CB case which would “complete” my collection of vintage Speedys. Of course I’m sure other watches will come but they won’t be...
Hi Abel.
Sounds like you’ve got your priorities right. The problem with picking a retirement date is that you’ve got to give serious thought to what you’re going to do next. It’s much easier to get up each day and carry on with the same routine. Spending time with...
Hello Timeout! It looks that we both are going through similar journey this year. Absolutely agree with your thoughts: we must be prepared to what we will do with our "fredom" time.
I have a good idea. I only wish that I will be able to make them reality. Yes, family and friends and traveling are my priority. Let´s enjoy my friend. The best of good luck in your retirement. Abel
Hello dear friend …
It’s good to hear that you have decided to retire and enjoy life to the fullest. I can’t wait to be your get away driver ! As for the CB case Speedmaster I look forward to seeing it on your wrist. Best regards Captain ...
I think you don’t only need garlic…
But a fully loaded credit card as well 😂 Congratulations on retirement! Seems to be quite a theme for 2024! Sadly still many years away from me 😉 Some fantastic shots, as always, Abel!
Ha ha ha!! Agree! Garlic and a loaded credit card! Lol! Thank you so much for your kind comments and compliments dear KM!
Don´t be sad for being far from retirement! I now wish I were young and far from that. Enjoy so much my dear friend. Have a great year dear KM! Best wishes! Abel
Thanks so much for the kind words, Abel!
We’re all at different stages and as much as I would not like to go back, I also don’t want to skip forward 😊👍🏻
Hello, my dear friend !.. Thx for sharing your “2024 vision “ !
That CB Speedy Vintage sounds very desirable for you, but even most importantly wishing you a good and healthy year, also for your returement, which sounds like containing a number of attractive travels and seeing friends, flooding their playgrounds.. BTW...
Hello dear friend HS for your so kind comments and good wishes!
I’m happy to know you like my 5508 Sub which is one of my favorite watches in my collection. Agree with you that most probably I will be tempted by some other watches beyond the CB Speedy during this year. Lol!! And hopefully I will be able to reach my re...
A nice theme for the start of 2024!
I actually feel quite contented right now, which is a wonderful feeling. Nothing I currently 'must have' for this year, but of course things can always change in this marvellous hobby of ours! ...
Quite right.
You can’t own ‘em all! Being satisfied beats being wealthy any day of the week. Enjoy the feeling - even if only temporary 🤣
Thanks, but sadly for our horological addiction (as you quite rightly said) it is very likely going to be temporary!
But it is a wonderful feeling right now nonetheless.
Happy New Year ...
to all Purists! For me, I'm pretty much content with what I have, so no "must have" targets. Although, from time to time I do think about this watch ... 😊 As of now, I'm still enjoying my last acquisition ... 🍻 ...
Nice state to have reached!
And I can certainly imagine, why the first one is still on the list - lovely piece 👌🏻👍🏻
Dear Cpt, congrats on your new ride!
My target for 2024 is to get the manufacturers to confirm delivery timeframe for a couple of watches ordered in 2022 LOL..otherwise nothing particular to aim for in 2024. However, I got a Rolex SD43 mm just before Xmas23 which was a watch I had in mind bu...
Thank you dear S.F …
Getting firm commitments from manufacturers is never easy, but we always hope ! The Sea Dweller is a great watch to have received. Enjoy !
Thks dear Abel!
I did not have a SD and found the previous series perhaps too similar in look to the Sub which i have. With the red font on this, it was the deciding factor for me. Wishing you a bountiful 2024 my friend 😉🥂
Now that sounds like…
Something that should be normal but sadly is not 😊🤷🏻♂️ Who knows, maybe at some point being treated more as a customer might be rediscovered by one or the other brand 😉😂
Two watches may be coming in, kinda surprising. One is inspired by a vintage Omega!
The first is a Pascal Coyon, with a custom dial. The dial is based on this lovely 30mm, 1928-ish Omega I found a picture of online (of a years-ago sold example): The dial will be not an exact replica, but inspired by this one and has been made by Metalem....
Hello Spangles …
The choice of a Pascal Coyon watch is an excellent target to achieve and I would live ti see the finished watch. Good luck with this project. Best regards Captain
Very interesting theme…
And a question I have been asking myself for a while. To be honest watch wise there is little to nothing that I absolutely must have, most of the watches on my want to list also residing in the collection already. A VC1921 in WG is still something I would...
Interesting to read your feelings about your 2024 Targets dear KM. It looks like they are more car oriented for the moment. Probably some watch temptations could appear along...
... the year, as it usually happens to us watch lovers. Your Seiko Izul is a watch which always amazes me viewing, A lot of character and unique design. I can well understand how much you enjoy it. Have a wonderful year dear friend KM, all the best for yo...
Thanks so much Abel!
As so often in life, if the family is happy, the rest will work out just fine 😊👍🏻
Vacheron target …
Hello dear friend, A Vacheron 1921 in WG would be a very nice choice. It’s a watch that has tempted me several times. I hope you enjoy the M3 Touring when it arrives. Best regards Captain
Thanks so much Captain!
So do I! As my wife doesn’t yet know what’s in store next I hope to get adequate driving time in it 😂👍🏻🤞🏻
Hmmh.. Let me see how to play..
At this very late stage.. Hopefully not too late, this time.. 😉 Targets ?..Not entirely clear as of this date.. But there are 1 or 2 Pateks, I am considering ( which means these as always are somewhta on the “wallet”-side of the process but there are also...
Big congrats dear friend HS for reaching your first Target …
… for 2024 so soon!!! This is a wonderful classic Rolex with a breathtaking dial. Enjoy in the best of good health! I also wish you that you’ll be able to achieve those other targets you mention in spite of the budget aspects this level of brand requires....
Hello dear HS …
Congratulations on getting your new Rolex. I really like the dial colour and texture. As you say it’s a GADA watch. Travel is a target that I think we can all agree is a good objective for 2024. Best Captain
Congratulations on already starting with the first addition for the year!
And great shots, as always! May it turn out to be a good year indeed!
Thx, dear KM for the kind comment !!..
.. And may the New Year also a good one for you !‘ Best, 😊😊
Dream Of Purple Passion! .... There Was A Plan... Orders Placed.... Delivery Times Set...
Many, many, and yes many months ago there was a dream of purple-dial delights..... Torsti Laine GG3 for the wife, an MB&F LM101, and as an added bonus, the Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto. Even the Wolf case for this trio has a purple lining. The Torsti...
My targets are …
Enjoy more vintage watches and drink lots of champagne ) .. I hope you will all join me ! Best Captain ...
Great shot and great wishes dear Captain!!
I join you raising my glass!! Cheers my dear friend!! 🥂🥂 Abel
I've mentioned before the 'exit watch' of my collection . . .
. . . could well be a Patek 9"'-90, imho the most exquisite movement of the Golden Age. Cheers, Cap! 🍻
Thanks Art …
This watch is very special to me and I will never part with it. I hope you get the PP you want.
His log-in is watch-guy.com. Julian is a long-term member of our community . . .
. . . and was profiled many years ago when we had a Purist Of The Month series. Resides in Australia and specializes in Patek 9"'-90 references; he has several, including a ref 5105. Here's his ref 522 cased in steel . . . . . . with pink gold veneer. Lus...
Continuing the ho-hum straps replacement
with exciting bespoke straps. The most recent Hermes saddle leather on My Airain Type 20. The dial and strap now shine in unison with the morning Sun. ...
Let's give a shout-out to our strap-maker Attila Aszodi . . .
. . . who turns our strap desires into reality. ;-)