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22 September 2020, 09:27 PM | #1 |
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Should every watch give you “That Feeling”
A question for you guys. You know “that feeling” you get when you wear a certain watch. When you can’t stop staring at and it always excites you and makes you feel good. Well I have had my sky dweller, with white dial for over a year now and I wear it almost every day for at least some period of the day, I usually change watches a couple times a day. And I still have that feeling even though I’ve worn it so much and the bracelet has long stopped squeaking I love it. I’m wearing my sky dweller with my gym clothes right now, just finished (didn’t wear it btw put it back on after) and I still think it looks great. I have quite a few watches I posted my collection a little while ago if you want to check it out, some watches much more expensive than this one. Across the range of my collection I don’t get that feeling with every other watch. Sometimes I fancy to wear something different but they just feel a bit meh sometimes compared to others (and I’m talking all Rolex). Not to say I don’t like them I love them all just don’t get that same feeling. How do you guys feel About this do you think every watch in your collection should give you that special feeling or do you think it’s ok to have some which don’t? |
22 September 2020, 09:36 PM | #2 |
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I love all my watches and up until January this year rotated and wore them equally. Then I got this.
It's not that I don't still love all my watches, or that they don't all get a turn, it's just that I can't seem to avoid wanting to go straight to the Sky Dweller. When I visited my AD in June, I discovered a cure. Or is it merely an alternative illness? |
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This never gave me that feeling
I bought it and wasn’t sure. It it’s one of the few watches that seriously grew on me over about 2 weeks. Now it’s my fav Speedmaster and I have a few different types I’d say the WG Daytona on oyster flex gives me that feeling. It just feels right So for me, I love all my watches but only a few are a wow moment every time for me. And that speedy never was at the start but definitely is now |
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I’ve had mine since last year March and every time I look at it I’m simply “wowed”. I’ve got an SD43 which I like but doesn’t give me that wow factor or feeling. Been on the waitlist for a SS BLRO for the last 2 years and recently got to try one on for the first time and couldn’t believe how underwhelmed I was. To answer your question, I’ve got a few Rolex’s that I love and enjoy wearing but only a couple of them give me that feeling, but I still enjoy wearing all of them Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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22 September 2020, 10:42 PM | #8 |
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This is kinda the point I was getting at, thinking should I only keep the ones that give me that feeling and try to sell some and replace with others that do. Even though I love them all there’s only a few that feel really special to me.
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22 September 2020, 10:59 PM | #10 |
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Looks great on you.
All my watches give me either “that feeling” or evoke some memories/thoughts. |
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Makes sense! I guess it all also depends on your situation, which by yours it looks like you just buy what you like to wear and not really trying to build a themed collection. I say move some on and make way for others. I might even do the same! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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22 September 2020, 11:39 PM | #13 |
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For me "that feeling" actually grows as I wear a watch. Whenever I change watches it takes me a few days to acclimate to my new one. Once I get used a to a new watch on my wrist the feeling grows and it actually becomes difficult to take it off and switch. lol
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New to Rolex and the one watch I have gives me the feeling, looking to add another reference but I don't know if I will ever have the same feeling towards the next as getting the first Rolex is special, especially as its its a Bluesy.
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22 September 2020, 11:43 PM | #15 |
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Yes, only keep those that excite me or have a special history in my life. But I have learned that I need to put a watch down for a month or two, then try it again to make sure that the feeling is gone. If ti is gone, the watch is gone.
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I know what OP is feeling. Had this watch so far for half a year and everytime i put it on i can't help feeling like my days a little better and brighter.
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Wearing my makes me feel excited and a bit proud I must say....hahahah
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All opinions don’t count until the “new” watch is at least one full year old. This honeymoon high can warp your brain. It’s also what keeps the addict constantly flipping and looking for the next “new” watch.
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I got this one 7 months ago and can't take it off. It is destroying my Sub C for wrist time, so much so I may sell it and buy a cheap beater for the very rare time I need one.
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Here is what no one will admit....That feeling wears off. Its the quick dopamine rush from having something new, and it goes away. There has not been a watch I have owned since the early 80's that I have not wanted another and the initial rush of the new watch fades. Its the meaning associated with the watch-built not by being in the safe, but built by wearing daily through the years and becomes associated with the important people, places, and events in our lives. This is what makes a watch a keeper, and the feeling that develops over the years is a different feeling than when one first buys the watch. Its like an old friend, you think about how many things have changes, look down at the wrist and it keeps ticking away unchanged save for a few more wrinkles lol. Thats very different than the new watch feeling. |
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23 September 2020, 12:22 AM | #25 |
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I know exactly what you’re talking about. Here are my pieces that give me that feeling.
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If it doesn't give you "that feeling", why would you buy it or keep it?
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23 September 2020, 12:37 AM | #28 |
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Nooo switched it to a seiko before I left home, which gets worn for all of two minutes before I get to the gym and put it in the locker as I don’t train with one on. Finish training seiko back on, get home sky dweller back on. Lol.
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I keep a dashboard on Chrono 24 with the watches in my collection, plus all the ones i am seriously considering. For me to buy a watch it has to stay on my dashboard for a year straight. If after a year, i still want it, and like looking at it everyday on the dashboard, then i buy it.
This system hasn't let me down yet. I do the same with cars. If only i had done that with women ha. |
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