Goodbye, white gold sub... hello?

[bobernet]

Something very strange has happened the last year. I have lost my wandering eye. I downsized my collection a fair bit about a year ago. I had too many watches I was collecting, but not wearing. I bought a white gold meteorite Day-Date that I've wanted for a while, and I bought a white gold sub. Since that time, the DD has dominated my wrist.

We went mountain biking, hot tubbing, dirt biking, boating, skiing, working and playing, and through the vast majority of it, I wore my DD. I went to Brisbane, Hong Kong, Dublin, Paris... great opportunities to use my GMT IIc. It stayed on the winder, and I wore the DD.

Every time I wore the Sub it was prefaced by thinking, "I have a $40,000 watch on the winder... I should probably wear it sometimes."

So, I've sold the blue Sub. I am selling the GMT. I am selling my Speedmaster. I am getting rid of everything except a sentimental DJ, a G-Shock, and my DD.

There's a part of me that says I really need a good sport watch, and I may get a Platona this summer. Or maybe I'll turn into one of those "old guys with one nice watch."

Thanks for listening to me ramble, and chime in if you've "lost that loving feeling" and downsized without regret.

And the "this thread is worthless without a pic" pic...