Visions of watches spinning in my head!

[Otto]

For a long time, I was fairly satisfied with the state of my collection. I essentially declared victory. Since the Fall, however, I've had a lot of restlessness and indecision about my watches. I suspect several of you will find this situation familiar. I think I've had a severe case of timepiece vertigo since late summer! Symptoms?

I went with silver dial for my new DJ II, and it looks great (I think), but it is difficult for me to see the dial clearly in some lighting...but not in sunlight.(see below) I might switch to the black dial, which ran a close second when I bought the watch; but the jury is still out! I'm thinking of putting the white dial with Romans back on my DD II for this year. I'm looking for a new strap for my Daytona 116518. I gave up my GMT IIC and my strongly-desired 42 mm Explorer II (great watches, but I was restless). I've even thought of switching the black dial with gold subdials on my Daytona 116528 for a white dial; or maybe the reverse champagne dial with black subdials. I've come very close to buying a used 40 mm Polar Explorer II. I toyed with buying a Cartier Calibre instead of the DJ II. I've found myself hanging out more and more at the Patek display case in more than one store. I went through a two-day infatuation with a faded bezel Pepsi GMT. I sold the Explorer II to buy a Sub C, but changed my mind. I lusted after the no-date Sub for one afternoon, but choked at the point of purchase. I bought the DJ II and love it; except that when I wear contacts to correct for distance, I can't read the silver dial easily in normal interior light. I would have gone with the new 39 mm Explorer except the blacked out Arabic numerals challenge my eyes, too. Maybe it's time to sell most of my Rolex watches and get that Patek I've had in the back of my mind for years! Or maybe I just haven't found the perfect mix of Rolex watches, but am close. Or maybe I should just wear my glasses with progressive lens or get Lasik surgery. I've been through this before to some degree, but this severe timepiece vertigo attack is bothersome! But...it is a nice problem to have!

End of "venting"... Thanks for listening!