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View Poll Results: Making a connection with your watch...or is it just another form of currency?
I buy my watches for the long term 71 71.00%
I regularly buy and flip my watches 7 7.00%
I do a little bit of both 11 11.00%
I don't really think about it and have fun 11 11.00%
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Old 20 August 2010, 09:23 AM   #1
Eric88
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Making a connection with your watch...or is it just another form of currency?

Hey folks,

I've noticed an uptick in the posts like "thinning the collection," or "I've found the one and only," or "I once owned 40 watches and now I have just 2." There are also some folks lucky enough to say, "I bought this watch in 1966 and have worn it every day since then." These posts have become enough of a trend that I wanted to spin it a slightly different way based on my own experiences and get thoughts from the forum.

I have bought, traded, sold, re-purchased and flipped many, many watches. I have not kept so many of them. Each one that comes into the collection represents a few months of "wow!" and then all of a sudden becomes the target of my ADD fickle watch flipping habit. I've gradually expanded the collection to the point where I can move through some nicer watches by way of selling one or two as the mood strikes me. It is all a lot of fun and I enjoy it as a hobby and way to blow off some steam and relax.

However, I have started getting sad about rotating watches, believe it or not. Here's why. I really cherish my watch, whichever one I'm wearing...I also cherish my life's experiences, whether it be a fun vacation trip, a short excursion to go canoeing with the kids, a bike ride, even a business trip, whatever. I have noticed that I've started to file away a mental note of which watch was with me when I did XX. I still have vivid memories from last summer with my orange PO. And some from the fall with the 2254.50 (I don't have these Omegas any longer). Yet more from this summer with the Rolex Sub and the GMT Master (still have these).

The sad part is that I think I'd be happier if ALL these memories included just one watch. It is like the watch can help me relive some of my memories and when I'm constantly rotating and ultimately flipping watches, I'm actually flipping away some memories or diluting them. This sounds crazy, I'm sure. It all leads me to this point...I think I might need to thin my collection to one uber nice watch and a beater. Then just step back a bit from the forums and the constant "what can I buy next?" speculation. What do you think? Do you connect with your watches and build memories with them? Or do you move through them regularly?

The poll may not cover all options, but I tried to hit the main dimensions.
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