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Dear Joe: How nice to know more about you, your profession, your collecting thoughts!...
... I have a big respect for your opinions about collecting and understood how a mature collector you are when you decided to thin your collection (even if it included saying good by to some fantastic vintage Rolex you owned!) to give your collection the direction you wished to go.
I enjoyed so much reading this interview which as in your posts show again that mature approach to collecting.
As you well say the stories and the people behind the watches are the best part of the enjoyment of this hobby. And PuristS offer us this opportunity of sharing our passion and meeting wonderful people like you! I wish to meet you personally some day soon!
Thank you for sharing with us this interview and again congrats to Damjan for his idea of producing this series!
All the best, Abel.
POTM - April - Baron
Dear PuristS New month... new Purist of the month Back to Europe again after January POTM and CC to meet our first Moderator POTM in this series This month is "my" month and I'm especially happy and proud to present Baron Here we go friends let's see what...
Completely agree.
A great guy and a knowledgeable collector. And of course, great taste.
too kind......
......was great to meet you last year....and looking forward to next one
Wow, Hedge fund manager, now it explains all those super nice watches :)
I always tell people to go against me in any stock market decision. Any moment, just do the opposite of what I do and you will guarantee to make $$$. It will be amazing to tap into the minds of the rare few who can make the right decisions in market....ma...
Raymond....
....very kind of you. Yes, I would swap the watches in a blink for 5 extra minutes.
Dear Baron, patience IS a virtue
Then there are parameters that will conduct the period of time you need to have patience. Years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds............. Indeed, the best part of this community IS the friends found among all the watches. Best Blomman
Blomman....
......my dear friend. You have many wonderful qualities. But on this issue, we must disagree. Patience is an excuse! See you soon.
OK, if you say so.... I say.....
Pink Gold Geophysic. Patience IS a virtue. See you soon, dear friend. Looking forward. Best Blomman
Joe is a gentleman, and yes, as he wrote, someone I consider as a brother.
I love the way he sees things, with this inimitable touch of british humour. What interests me a lot is what he thinks about the evolution of a collection. Giving a direction to a collection, reflecting the evolution of our own tastes. And his collection ...
Brother....
like Bastardo brother!? Joe...if we haven't had him we would have to invent him
I remember well....
.....meeting you in 2009......you said I looked like Elvis Costello. I have always felt more Bill Gates or possibly Wolverine. Yep....no question you and I have been through some stuff. 2011...aggggh. Switzerland. London. Paris. Some fantastic times.........
Really is too long.
I can see a 5110P GTG in Paris. I can see one or two other members of the 5110 Club joining.
Joe you are a true gentleman collector
It is an honour to know and meet up with you I love your academic approach but you also have a passionate side which can trump the very though out way you collect We can all learn a lot from this true purist Julian
Very kind Julian....
.....i always look forward to our London gtg. You show tremendous thought and focus in your collecting. I try to be like you in focus....but then always lapse back into me with the impulse. My former boss always told me to shoot first and ask questions la...
What a quote..!
"Patience is a virtue?”……no it is not.
This is a lie perpetuated by people who have holes in their watch collections" ))))) I will remember that for long time! Thanks Joe and hope to meet you one day. Best regards
Excellent!
Will do that next time I fly to UK. Or if you ever visit Hong Kong first )))) Warmest regards, Seeks
I like these POTM posts
It's very interesting to learn more about people who contribute so much to our forum and what makes them "tick" as collectors. Regards. Kev.
Honor and pleasure is ours Joe
Some families are big some even bigger and some have only 4 members Yours D
Thanks fro providing that extra insight
I had to smile when I read your Timex story as the same happened to me, perhaps a couple of years later, not so sure anymore Great food for thought and thanks again for sharing. Best, CC
Loving the POTM posts
And this one is no exception. What an enjoyable read! I also enjoyed your comment Joe about consolidating after 5 and 10 years. I'm in my 5th year, and yes, you're absolutely spot-on. What insight!
It was the wisdom of a friend so I should take no credit
But has been fairly accurate for me too.
Love you stories.
Respect how you have a focused approach to collecting. I still think you are patient enough in the way you build up your collection. That JLC from your Dad is so beautiful. It's a beautiful watch in its own right. And the sentimental factor makes it even ...
Thanks to both of you!
The series is a wonderful mechanism to get to know the fellow Purists better and it's another great installment! So thanks to Joe for baring lots and to Damjan for having launched this excellent platform!
There are enough significant Purists for years :)
Really looking forward to each new instalment
Dear Joe: How nice to know more about you, your profession, your collecting thoughts!...
... I have a big respect for your opinions about collecting and understood how a mature collector you are when you decided to thin your collection (even if it included saying good by to some fantastic vintage Rolex you owned!) to give your collection the ...
Joe's been our partner in crime on Wrist Scan . . .
. . . since the team was formed, but I'd no idea he was a clinical criminologist. Little wonder he's so insightful! (Into our motivations, that is . . . no criminals here, I trust.) Art