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Watch collectors?

Big_Daddy said:
Rolex guy here....Have 4 that I where off and on....
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Timex guy here. Have a $12 timex that I bought 30 years ago. Other than batteria changes over the years its been unflappable. It keeps time to within 1 minute every 6 months. What's not to like? "Takes a likkin and keeps on tickin!" like JCS used to say.
 
Nothing expensive. Mostly Tissot, Seiko, Torgeon, Bulova, Luminox, Alpina. Favs are Bulova Moon Watch, Alpina Big Date diver, Seiko "Pepsi" diver. The Pepsi diver is my beater watch. Wear it all the time. Plan to sell the rest eventually. Just can't decide which to let go of.
 
I've never wanted a watch till I started watching the X files and agent Mulder had some weird instances, and was raving about losing time.

I'm such a weirdo.
 
Have a few , not much for warring them ?
Found a Rolex years ago ! Sent it in for Cleaning and Repair. That was $$$ .
Found out a rare Model worth $$$ .
Have a Movado Museum , Seiko and Time X

Time X gets the most outings..
 
Borealis Scout Sniper watch for 8+ years. automatic, tritium, never missed a beat never replace a battery. Had luminox prior to it and hated having to replace battery every few years.
 
I have two Ball watches, a Fireman Racer in red, and an Engineer II GMT (doesn't show up any more on the Ball site); and a Fortis Cosmonaut GMT that is about 20 yrs old.
 
High end watches are nice and used to be a decent investment. Trouble is if you wear them they all require costly upkeep periodically. These days there is a legion of decent watches that compete well with the top end watches at moderate to bargain basement prices.
Citizen used to make great watches and probably still does. I have an old one that has required nothing but batteries over the years. The stem is starting to fail so I don't wear it much anymore.
Several years ago I bought my wife a Seiko Kinetic she liked. It went belly up in a short time. The little capacitor quit and to replace it would cost more than a new watch. I have no experience with the Eco Solar watches but I must wonder if they will be a flash in the pan too. Mechanicals are designed to fail.

As for wearing a watch; sure I still do. Always have so I keep wearing one out of habit I suppose.
 
jdh47 said:
High end watches are nice and used to be a decent investment. Trouble is if you wear them they all require costly upkeep periodically. These days there is a legion of decent watches that compete well with the top end watches at moderate to bargain basement prices.
Citizen used to make great watches and probably still does. I have an old one that has required nothing but batteries over the years. The stem is starting to fail so I don't wear it much anymore.
Several years ago I bought my wife a Seiko Kinetic she liked. It went belly up in a short time. The little capacitor quit and to replace it would cost more than a new watch. I have no experience with the Eco Solar watches but I must wonder if they will be a flash in the pan too. Mechanicals are designed to fail.

As for wearing a watch; sure I still do. Always have so I keep wearing one out of habit I suppose.
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Joe, My Citizen is an Eco Drive.Had no trouble until I had the China virus. In about 3 weeks it quit. A friend and client is the SW area Citizen guy said to wear it and move around. It is keeping excellent time. After my Dad retired he found that he had to take his watch off and move it around daily to keep it wound. This was the mid 70s.
 
I have a decent collection, restore and service pocket watches mostly late 1800's with some R.R. watches a few that are real rare as in there are only 10 in existance. Of course I have a couple of Rolex's but funny I rarely where a watch. photo of about 1/10 of collection and probably another 1000 here to finish. should keep me busy now that I have retired.... tremont collection.jpg
 
Why would there be any overlap at all between guys that spend big money on little mechanical gear trains originating 2-3 centuries ago, in the age of synchronized phone clocks, and big money on burning up custom rifles to say that yep, finally, those bullets sure did impact close together :)?

I don’t think anyone on here would like things like bullion, high end steel used in expensive knives, hardwood floors, articles made from leather and exotic hides, V-8 engines, prime beef, tube amplifiers, patinaed bronze sculptures, immovably heavy speakers, double-bricked homes or antique oak furniture.

Here’s the real question we can’t answer easily, if you can only keep your favorite watch or your favorite gun, which one would it be. (Not as black and white as it seems, if Biel Bienne is familiar.)
 
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