Restless night, can’t sleep so what does one do but mull over a watch collection and wonder what might follow next, but I’m also be reminded of where it all began for me.
In 2005 I bought a TAG Autavia, model CY2111 for £960. This was followed in 2007 by a TAG Monaco, calibre 17 for £1100, then in 2012 an Omega Railmaster CK 2914 for £3450. In February 2013 I bought a Copernicus Flagship Regulator for £1100, which was followed a month later by an Omega Planet Ocean 2500 for £2200. I made my sixth purchase in the June, a CW C900 Harrison Single Pusher Calibre JJ02 for £2450. Then in the same month I bought a Rolex GMT Master ii 116710 LN, Calibre 3186 for £4200. In July 2013 I came home with an Omega Professional Speedmaster, Moon Watch, for which I paid £2200. Eight watches that formed the beginnings of my watch collection. Many other watches have followed but these eight I can honestly say remain very special to me.
Restless night & the beginnings of a watch collection......
Restless night & the beginnings of a watch collection......
Richard
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Re: Restless night & the beginnings of a watch collection......
Watch before last was purchased at 3:15 a.m. on a sleepless night. Need to be reading a book instead of my phone.
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Re: Restless night & the beginnings of a watch collection......
Sandstorm was bought in the middle of a sleepless night. It’s when I do some of my best thinking!
Richard, it looks like your rate of watch acquisition picked up pretty quickly over those years!
Richard, it looks like your rate of watch acquisition picked up pretty quickly over those years!
watching you fail in your quest for a “one watch” has been great entertainment
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Re: Restless night & the beginnings of a watch collection......
^^^^ I too do my best thinking late into the night. I now seem to enjoy ordering watches in threes followed by a fallow year, 2021 is such a year. Before Christmas I placed an order for three TRIBUS watches.
Richard
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Re: Restless night & the beginnings of a watch collection......
An interesting analysis there, Richard. Your core collection of eight is absolutely superb.
I tend to think about watch purchases before I make them, and I usually make them during daylight hours. Having slowed down considerably, I have only bought two in the last couple of years. I may feel the beginnings of an itch in the spring or summer, of course.
I tend to think about watch purchases before I make them, and I usually make them during daylight hours. Having slowed down considerably, I have only bought two in the last couple of years. I may feel the beginnings of an itch in the spring or summer, of course.
Steve
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Re: Restless night & the beginnings of a watch collection......
Easy done.scampbell61 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 5:07 am Watch before last was purchased at 3:15 a.m. on a sleepless night. Need to be reading a book instead of my phone.
Richard
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Where do you think an itch might take you?Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:39 amI may feel the beginnings of an itch in the spring or summer, of course.
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Re: Restless night & the beginnings of a watch collection......
Richard - so you didn't make the purchases of your core eight in the wee small hours, merely that you were mulling them over.
My girlfriend is a bit of an insomniac, having nights when she can't get to sleep or, alternatively, wakes at 3:00am and that's it.
To put a humorous spin on the subject she sent me this a few days ago;-
Personally? I go to bed. Go to sleep. Wake up. Get up.
As to musing over my collection. Occasionally.
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My girlfriend is a bit of an insomniac, having nights when she can't get to sleep or, alternatively, wakes at 3:00am and that's it.
To put a humorous spin on the subject she sent me this a few days ago;-
Personally? I go to bed. Go to sleep. Wake up. Get up.
As to musing over my collection. Occasionally.
Guy
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Re: Restless night & the beginnings of a watch collection......
I’ll let you know when the time comes to scratch it.Richard D wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:57 amWhere do you think an itch might take you?Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:39 amI may feel the beginnings of an itch in the spring or summer, of course.
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Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. (Max Ehrmann)
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Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. (Max Ehrmann)
Re: Restless night & the beginnings of a watch collection......
^^^^ don’t scratch too long as that can be painful.
Richard
‘A gas station owned by Harland Sanders was the site of the first KFC in 1930. Motorists were served fried chicken at his own dining-room table.’
‘A gas station owned by Harland Sanders was the site of the first KFC in 1930. Motorists were served fried chicken at his own dining-room table.’
Re: Restless night & the beginnings of a watch collection......
Were they the three you had a hand in setting up Richard or did you order others as well?
About 6 Christopher Wards, Omega, Tudor, Halios, Breitling, Bremont, Rado, TAG Heuer, Nomos, Hamilton, Sternglas
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