One day just one watch

My last post was about shrinking my collection. And then this happened. I was visiting an AD which I hadn’t visited in a long time and asked them if they would have anything nice with steel gold for m

The first watch that left my collection was, to be honest, my favourite one, the yellowgold Day Date 40 with the white dial and Roman numerals. Why this one if it was my favourite one? Well, although

No joke, I have been looking at the different IWC Mark series for twenty years before I pulled the trigger this morning. I really liked the previous models but when they launched the Mark XX with the

Recession is imminent they say (who is they by the way), so after years of the special Rolex edition “For Exhibition Only” that you would see in windows and inside authorised dealers, times have defin

It has been over 6 months since my last post. Summer and autumn have come and gone and the last couple of days it was really cold in the Netherlands, as it is supposed to be in wintertime. I have stop

It has been a long time since i posted a new addition to my collection and to be honest i had given up on Rolex. A couple of weeks ago i visited Paris and stayed near the Elysee in the 8th arrondissem

I read an interesting story a while ago about a collector who after many years of collecting watches decided to sell everything except one. He had many brands in his collection from Patek Philippe to

After buying the VC FiftySix last week, the Rolex Cellini Dual Time kept going through my mind. I really love the combination of the brown dial and the everose gold. And although I prefer my watch to

Well, it sure has been a while since my last post and in the meantime i have started looking at other brands and non sports models now that Rolex watches are virtually impossible to buy here in the Ne

I really think I have reached the point of saturation if it comes to collecting watches. Normally I tend to switch watches at least twice a week. And sometimes even a couple of times a day. But with t

Well, after all the suggestions and feedback that I received on my latest post, I decided that the crown on my collection would no longer be the yellowgold Day Date 36 mm, but the rosegold Yachtmaster

Ever since I saw a yellowgold Rolex Day Date 36 mm with a white dial with Roman numerals for the first time over 30 years ago, it has become a sort of grail watch for me. Last September Rolex added th

Last Wednesday I received a phonecall from a jeweller I did not expect. They told me they had just received a shipment from Patek Philippe and there was a Aquanaut with my name on it and they asked me

Today I went to the Rolex AD in Amsterdam to try on a rosegold Cellini Time. I was curious to see it in real life and I must admit it is a beautiful dress watch, so I really considered buying it, but

This one....🤨I guess I really like it😬

My latest purchase is a watch with a great history and some clever innovations. I prefer the midsize version which, to me, has the overall cleanest look. Although it’s really different from what I nor

After my last purchase for my fiftieth birthday (the white Skydweller posted earlier) I received a call today if I was interested in buying the all new Submariner Date or the Seadweller Red. Hmmm...if

If you see these two white dials side by side you can really see the difference in white tones...see for yourself: Sky white versus polar white, which one do you prefer?

In 2020 i managed to buy a few watches which were on my list for some time. My latest acquisition was the White Sky-Dweller for my 50th birthday in November. I really love all my watches but I realise

This week I will be celebrating my fiftieth birthday and I asked my AD for a special watch, the Skydweller with the blue dial. Today I got the call. But there was one ‘but’, because the one with the b