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Great list, we may have some items in common ...
But, as you know I'm prefer new watches and let then to be converted on vintage on my wrist.
I don't have a list because I take, when doable, what shows up.
One recent example is the watch that I'm wearing. It was never ever on my wish list but ... I'm lovin it.
More about it later on the week.
Cheers,
Nilo
Now, on the never say never chapter, if a Milspec showed up ...
When a wish list turns into a nightmare
That is what came into my mind when I reviewed the watches I am currently hunting.... Here are a few examples. Blancpain: FF 3 / 6 / 9 / 12: Bronze Milspec: " Barakuda ": Breitling: Unitime: Superocean Chrono first generation: IWC Ref 666, a must have for...
During the Christmas holiday ...
due to its atmosphere,I too tend to dream a lot,to fantasise,to get excited and dreamy about my wish list.....Its natural,its lovely I still have the buzz about it and I hope this passion will carry on for years to come. I just came to the realisation tha...
"Have less . . .
. . . enjoy more." :-) The discipline of self-imposed limits is its own reward. Restrictively, Art
I cannot imagine you...
...reducing your desires to just 10 pieces! :-) Even I can't do that, and I think my wishlist is much smaller than most! :-) Daos
Great list, we may have some items in common ...
But, as you know I'm prefer new watches and let then to be converted on vintage on my wrist. I don't have a list because I take, when doable, what shows up. One recent example is the watch that I'm wearing. It was never ever on my wish list but ... I'm lo...
Aaah, you see? You are entering a dangerous world.
The world of seduction, fatal attraction... Best, my dear friend. Nicolas
I always keep telling myself ...
... don't even think of a wish list ... i think of only ONE watch i might acquire in 2013 ... but now you showed us your wishlist and every one of them looks so appealing (and unattainable) ... ... soooo, i am just as confused as you are my friend .. toug...
You have gone part of the way ...
... in just being able to hold and photograph some of these rare beauties. I would be content with even that. But I understand how they grab the subconscious and drive the passion. I hope your horological dreams come true, or at least some of them, in 201...
I know, I know. I think I am able to catch a few of these targets.
And yes, I was lucky to be able to take pictures of most of them... We'll see how all this will lead me. I think we all have this kind of dilemma... Shall we complain? Life would not be life if we didn't have dreams to feed it. Best, my friend. And thanks...
Ten Major List (TML)
now that is one I'm dying to see ;) If you could be so kind in this Xmas time? Most curiously Damjan
Which of these ones do you want to see in the real?
I fear it will take some time to be able to put my hands on one of them.... But who knows? Best, My Dear Damjan. Nicolas
OK, you just gave me some nightmares! ;)
Many of these beauties I recognize from my own list... The Geophysic Cross Hair and the Patek 3417 alone will give me nightmares for the rest of this year! ;) Stunning photos, my friend! And before I forget - thank you for all your hard work here, this ye...
That doesn't surprsie me, Blomman. We have such close tastes. ;)
Thank you for the kind words. Much appreciated. All the best. Nicolas
So many beauties you could hold ....
As you know I'm not a vintage specialist but even I can realize what those represent. Maybe the best thing I could wish you is to always have at least one from your list you don't possess :) (refilling the list is not forbiden) Merry christmas Parisian ne...
LOL. But in a certain way, you are true.
As we always discover new things, with which we fall in love. Merry Xmas. If you have the time, we may take a glass ( or two... ) :) Best, Nicolas
Nicolas, this is sweat dream not nightmare!
The nightmare is: you found those watches but you have insufficient fund to buy because you need to pay so much taxes to the Government. Regards Ling
Giving ourselves a limit
Giving ourselves a limit eg: '10 major watches' provides us a focus, to maximise the use of our money, and prevents the sometimes inevitable transformation from a hobbyist/collector to a hoarder. Although its pretty hard, and fiscally impossible for most ...
I have much less watches than this gentleman has compact discs.
But I also have a huge collection of discs.... Aren't we nut? :) Best, Nicolas
A dilemma but not a new one...
I guess when we all first started collecting, there was a natural choice....we bought the watch we wanted most. Once that watch was in the collection then when money was available and another watch was calling to be part of the collection, then the second...
Dear Baron Von Pile' em ' high and short....
I am very happy to " count " you among my friends. I am realistic, and called myself a lost case. I feel I really am a lost case. In my prime youth, I had to collect girlfriends, it was the same phenomenon, I had to get all of them. :) :) :) I thought tha...
ahhhh...
.....so you have a long history of this curse too! I think I would like to bet on which way this will turn out....10 watches or viral? I know where my money is..... I think there is beauty in the fact that a collection is never complete. I really do. Just...
I fail to see the problem
if you really got them all in 2012 wouldn't you be a bit overwhelmed with giving them all their due wristtime? And having a bunch of goals for the coming year(s) sounds better to me than having nothing left, or only things that are out of the question. An...
This wish list could well be an ideal collection, too, Andreas.
The question is not to get all of them in one year or even 5 years... This is just impossible, as the hunting time and the funds are not realistic. If I was only 30 years old, that is what I would hunt, because I would have 30 more years to find them all....
Not a easy answer.
I have decided that with owning houses, boats and cars that one of each is great, two is a pain and three jis ust nuts but I cannot and will not apply these rules to watches. Watches are much easier to store and care for. Plus watches bring us all togethe...
Time for therapy, indeed.
I had a big conversation with one of my friends, today, and we agreed to say that Passion is a lot of pleasure, but mainly a pain. We are always in the search of the Grail, we always have doubts, we learn everyday, and we have to ponder what we think to b...
Ok, let's play that game.
But tell me, once you arrive to Rolex and JLC, or Patek... Which one would you select? Hmmmm? Best, Nicolas
Like I said it only last for week.
You see I have this European friend who will stop at nothing to show me many fine sample that I should add to my collection. ;) This is what happen. On JLC T: I have conclude my collection with 1 reverso, 1 memo, 1 chrono, and 1 MUT. I think I'm done :) T...
don't fight it
Nicolas, I understand you too well. My wish list is also getting longer (rather than shorter). My advice: don't fight it, it's like when you are caught in the sea in a very strong current - expert advice is there to let go and drift with the current, and ...
you say that because you own some of those which are in my list! :))))
My friend, This is a question which haunts me for a long time, now. I was happy to find some of these marvels, which are not in my list anymore, then, and I arrived at this conclusion that ending a collection is something really exciting. Summing it even ...