What do you do after you've purchased your grail Rolex?

[jedperkins]

Originally Posted by djpatrick35

I have recently had a similar realization. When I buy a new watch, I can't get it off my wrist usually for a period for 6 months or so and then slowly, the rest of my watches come back into the rotation.

Having just acquired my first Rolex about six months ago, my Breitling and Omegas are slowly, but surely, finding their way back onto my wrist after months of gathering dust in the watch box while my Explorer II was the ONLY thing I would wear.

But I have found something strange that finally buying a Rolex has done to me that's different than the others - I literally never wear the Orises and Ball watches that got me here. I can't bring myself to wear the "lower level" pieces in my collection knowing that beautiful Rolex is sitting there in my box.

I am with you about not wearing my lower level watches any longer. I am getting ready to sell my Ocean 7 GMT, Oris Artix Chronometer, and my 6 week old Glycine Incursore Ltd. DLC and put the receipts into my sub c fund. That will leave me with:
* Omega Bond blue wave dial on a bracelet
* Omega PO 45.5 on rubber (2500 cal, not the new model).
* Ball Trainmaster 120 rose gold with grey dial. A beautiful watch and a 50th birthday present from my wife
* Rolex DJII with silver diamond dial
* Rolex sub c (hopefully later this year)
* Hamilton Flight Timer A/D quartz as my beater watch

Both the Omegas are the two watches that Daniel Craig wore in Casino Royale. I didn't buy them for that reason, but do kind of like that fact 😊

Three divers, two dress watches, and 1 beater. With that, I hope that I am done "collecting"

Jed