Subexplorer[Moderator - WristScan]
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Hello dear friend Moritz!! Again: it is a big pleasure to have you hosting this week end! And with a great theme and superb watches to open the thread!
Jul 12, 2019,08:03 AM
Your theme will bring many thoughts and great shots from our colleagues I feel.
We are collectors, accumulators or just watch lovers. Something I wish to distinguish from those "investors" looking for an object (watches) to invest in and to speculate with a future profit pushing hard and up with prices in the last years as we can see in Auctions results and Internet portals.
So we know that one thing is "price" and another thing is "value" and we find that we cherish our timepieces just for the feelings they inspire on us. Feelings, stories behind them about past owners if vintage, about the hunting of the piece, etc. We love them regardless of what we have paid for them.
So it is easy to understand that our collection can comprise pieces of different "market prices", very high or very low, but with similar pleasure and pride in owning and wearing them.
I must confess that I don´t feel comfortable in investing in a single piece more than my usual "limit" of 10/12K, but in several special occassions I did the big jump after much "pillow consulting" during many night sessions.
By the other hand, I own many very low cost watches which give me a big big pleasure to view them on my wrist.
I am playing this week end with two examples of what I tried to explain above: My AP Royal Oak Jumbo white dial and my Chinese Air Force Model 1963 chronograph, two watches I love so much and spark joy and a smile every time I strap them on my wrist.
Have a nice weekend Moritz and all our dear friends here!!
All the best, Abel.