Re: Collectables
Posted: Mon Mar 14 2022 9:25am
good for you blyth. 
you had me with this..
you had me with this..just read back to this. a lot changed since then.. i can’t even imagine just having those eight.
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Re: Collectables
Posted: Sun Mar 10 2024 10:05am
Re: Collectables
Posted: Sun Mar 10 2024 9:36pm
How many arms do you have? 
Re: Collectables
Posted: Mon Mar 11 2024 8:55am
funny you should ask as having received a new (old) watch 
on Saturday i took it with me on a trip away for the weekend and unpacked it, so to check it out, and compare it to the other watch i was wearing - same model, I’ve been ‘Schwatzkopfing’ most of the weekend.
i currently have 30+ watches. looking at another one this week. but looking to consolidate in the next few weeks, potentially to 15.
on Saturday i took it with me on a trip away for the weekend and unpacked it, so to check it out, and compare it to the other watch i was wearing - same model, I’ve been ‘Schwatzkopfing’ most of the weekend.i currently have 30+ watches. looking at another one this week. but looking to consolidate in the next few weeks, potentially to 15.
Re: Collectables
Posted: Mon Mar 11 2024 9:33am
I'm not exactly sure where my only watch is, haven't seen or used it for years, but that doesn't matter since I can find out the time from a mobile phone, or computer, or smart speaker, or car dashboard, or... wouldn't want to go back to wearing one! 
Re: Collectables
Posted: Mon Mar 11 2024 10:00am
no, fair enough. many people are the same
Re: Collectables
Posted: Mon Mar 11 2024 10:05am
Wearing a watch is not the point, making a quick buck or two is. Although why watches have any value at all in this day and age I fail to comprehend. Out of all the things in this world, it really is redundant. So many forgeries around as well. A very dodgy market.
Re: Collectables
Posted: Mon Mar 11 2024 11:02am
Re: Collectables
Posted: Mon Mar 11 2024 4:29pm
i'm not convinced i needed you to dive to my defence here blyth, but i appreciate it nonetheless
and when you say "the point" Richard, i'm not sure if you mean in society, or perhaps assume that that is my own motivation. i assume the former. but fwiw having worn one watch every day for 11 years, in 2021 i became more interested in watches and have studied, enthused about, collected, bought, sold and had repaired all sorts of watches. my collection does have a reasonable value now, and i've tended to make moves which make financial sense along the way, but 'making a buck' isn't the primary motivation. we all have jobs/businesses/investments for that.
and when you say "the point" Richard, i'm not sure if you mean in society, or perhaps assume that that is my own motivation. i assume the former. but fwiw having worn one watch every day for 11 years, in 2021 i became more interested in watches and have studied, enthused about, collected, bought, sold and had repaired all sorts of watches. my collection does have a reasonable value now, and i've tended to make moves which make financial sense along the way, but 'making a buck' isn't the primary motivation. we all have jobs/businesses/investments for that.
Re: Collectables
Posted: Wed Mar 13 2024 10:05am
So you are doing what all collectors should be doing. Buying what you love and if you are lucky can sell for a profit.planteria wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11 2024 4:29pmi'm not convinced i needed you to dive to my defence here blyth, but i appreciate it nonetheless
and when you say "the point" Richard, i'm not sure if you mean in society, or perhaps assume that that is my own motivation. i assume the former. but fwiw having worn one watch every day for 11 years, in 2021 i became more interested in watches and have studied, enthused about, collected, bought, sold and had repaired all sorts of watches. my collection does have a reasonable value now, and i've tended to make moves which make financial sense along the way, but 'making a buck' isn't the primary motivation. we all have jobs/businesses/investments for that.