Brandon Skinner
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So many pearls of wisdom already said...
...but one more if I may add.
Whenever you make the leap and buy your first "real" piece... make sure to KEEP IT!
Your first love years later might look like the worst purchase of your life, but one day it will be fun to laugh at yourself and wonder, WHAT WAS I THINKING?!
Sometimes your first piece is a GREAT piece, yet its oh so easy to get out with the old and in with the new. I've fallen out of love with something my collection many times, only to find my love has rekindled many months or years down the road. I sold my first real watch and it cost me double the second time around 
It's an expensive hobby and a nice little trade value can be tempting, but keeping your first piece will allow you to see where you came from and marks the beginning of your incredible horological journey.
It's an expensive hobby and a nice little trade value can be tempting, but keeping your first piece will allow you to see where you came from and marks the beginning of your incredible horological journey.
Finish this sentence...
"If there was just one piece of advice I could give to someone starting out in this hobby/madness, it would be..." Cheers, pplater. ...
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This post gets the pplater memorial award...
...for fierce loyalty and great common sense. Thanks Tim! Cheers, pplater.
Wow, an award from pplater...
Thank you. Not sure it was that amazing, however I'll happily take it ;) Sorry not to respond til now, am in Basel and just logged on to PuristpPro. Enjoyed good times last night with our very own MTF and Magnus! Cheers, Tim
Enjoy the journey.
It will be an adventure of a life time. You can make as simple or as complicated as you want. Your tastes will change and mature with time so don\'t rush take your time. Bill
"Take your time", Bill?...
Are you messing with our minds, or are you just naturally incisive? ;-) Cheers, pplater.
I will take that as a compliment?
I think in our little Purist community there are many fringe benefits namely friendships around our crazy passion. Bill
You must, you must!...
You must take it a as compliment, Bill! ( ...if that's how you read it :-) ) It's been said so many times, but there's a reason for that: the friendships that emerge from here really are gold. Cheers, pplater.
Friendship - Sums it it up well
I agree we do cultivate some interesting friendships like pen pals of bygone years. Lucky for us we can doi the everyday by just sneaking a few minutes or "more" everyday and do it with a smile know that many are enjoying the same friendships though not y...
True that...
The exponential difference enlivened by technology on sites such as this, though, is that one can make and keep up with many friends across the globe: having that many 'pen-pals' in the days of yore would have induced terminal writer's cramp and postage-b...
Aha - consensus from the man...
...who spends more time at GTG's with his fan club than he does at the office! (Given the chance, who wouldn't?) Love your work, Nico. Cheers, pplater.
We could...
...if only they would give us watches instead of selling us watches. Cheers, pplater.
Be careful.
Don't believe in words like "rare", "NOS", "unpolished" etc. Just enjoy the journey. Cheers, Nilo
And the salesperson is only lying...
...if his/her lips are moving, yes? :-) Cheers, pplater.
Don't do it... :)
OK... well maybe a little but don't get carried away and stay away from orange... already taken :) Cheers Andrew
Andrew, as if YOU are in any position..
..to say "Don't get carried away" !!! And orange being taken? First: ROFLMAO! Second: who would have guessed? BTW, did you ever tell us WHY orange? Cheers, pplater.
This from "Honest Salman"...
...the "man of the people"! :-) :-) :-) (You are owed a PM - coming soon). Cheers, pplater.
Never...
log into PPro It may cost you marriage, job and sanity Keep your marbles :) D
"Just pick a string and pull it to see where you come too..."
The journey is bringing us from one watch to another in a quite random way. The accumulation of these experiences defines our tastes and next steps. Nice topic Pplater. Cheers, Mark
Get a life without taking one
or becoming somebody else. There are many "out there" who want to buy their way into one. There are many who can easily memorize facts and number - and calibers - to become qualified experts. As for any real feelings? Sorry, it's just me again, Walter Whi...
Hey, not so hard on yourself...
After all, even Walter White has a 'watch thing', so those views are just as valid as any! Cheers, pplater. ...
A Movado chronograph
and a nice one at that! It is actually being used for a purpose. Cheers, Walter
Apparently, there's a whole story...
...around the watch in the show, all in the cause of product placement. Has any watch been as heavily 'placed' over the years as the Monaco? Cheers, pplater.
From the Internet
According to Ariel Adams of ablogtowatch, Tag Heuer was approached by somebody on behalf of the prop department of Breaking Bad. "T his was not a paid placement" - according to someone Ariel had contacted himself at Tag Heuer. Whatever the agreement, the ...
"Look at me carefully....
... and, if you like what you see, welcome. It's a world full of wonders!"
Hmmmm, now who else...
...said something just like that. Oh, that's right! This guy - It must be true! :-) Cheers, pplater. ...
If , during your watch journey
you lose interest and emotion for a watch you have, let it go. Don't let it sit around in a safe or drawer. Recycle it. Find a new watch to cherish, and let the watch you liquidate be someone else's happiness. All the best H.
Absolutely!...
A very wise prescription - it is all too easy to lose sight of 'restraint' and become unduly possessive at the expense of moderation. Now, please 'walk the talk' and liquidate your sensational filigree dial Patek in this direction! :-) Cheers, pplater.
But my emotion and interest
in this piece are still very much strong. While I can't imagine letting it go,ever, I would be happy to share more pictures. Thanks for your kind words Pplater! All the best H.
Thank you for that offer, Thornteq...
Please do bring on more pictures: too many would be not enough. Perhaps you could tell its story for the readers of this thread also? Cheers, pplater.
I posted a few pics
try this link. As far as the story of the watch, purely by chance and a few months after basel 2012 I came across a small blue book highlighting the novelties for that year. I remember it was dome clocks and some other pieces, and then towards the end th...
I'm thinking this is a good idea. Please send money
and I will send one of my interesting "safe queen" watches back. But can I bear to part with them? What kind of collector would I be then? I think of watches like they are my children and I am their dad... (Note to would-be collectors: beware this is madn...
I can confirm that
You are real collector and all your watches are your babies ;) Cordially yours Damjan
If it's still interesting
to you and u still enjoy the watch then don't recycle. When on starts the journey of watch collecting they may Make a choice which does not hold the same feeling, as ones taste and collection develops. I know I have made a few of those choices on my journ...
Shhhhh!...
(Art! What on Earth do you think you're doing??? This is ONE secret we shouldn't be sharing with anyone!) "He didn't mean that folks; move on, there's nothing to see here. Just poor old Art, rambling again". ;-) Cheers, pplater.
If vintage: "Make your homework"...
And make it yourself, don't just google and take first this you read as true. Best Blomman
"Unless the first Google you read...
...is written by blomman, in which case you can take it as Gospel and bank on it". Cheers, pplater.
...to chart your own course.
Others' opinions are all well and good, but ultimately you've got to live with the piece on your wrist, so find your sweet spot. It's easy to get caught up in what other people are buying, but I think you get the greatest satisfaction from wearing watches...
Hey, folks, it breathes!...
Hey Daos, where've you been? How've you been? Hopefully all is well in your universe? Great to see you posting - and posting such erudite thoughts. Cheers, pplater.
:-)
I'm well, and like to pop in here and there to make sure you boys are not causing too much of a ruckus! :-) Daos
How one knows he made..
post a la good old PPro times? When Daos honor him with replay Well done mate well done ;) Best D
LOL! :-)
You are so silly! I hope things are well in your neck of the woods! :-) Daos
;) ... as I say when in mm neck of woods....
I've seen better times but I surely seen worst times Last year was pretty demanding .....mentally All is well now Post some more dear Daos don't be a stranger ;) Yours Damjan
Find a Dealer who is not exactly the same...
Had it not been my good fortune to strike it lucky on this count, what we share together here would never have come to mean as much to me as it does.
Since you ask, pplater
I have been very fortunate to find a dealer who: 1. started showing me watches that cost 250x years ago, when I was buying watches that cost 10x, and when he already knew I would never be a 250x guy, just to help me learn what the real limits of our share...
Loved number 2, BD...
That falls into the category of "you know you've made it when..." Kudos to your dealer. We may have to start a thread of 'great dealer stories' - what do you think? Cheers, pplater.
Not sure I can manage just one
but here's a few I picked up along the way. These mostly relate to vintage watches. Better to have the part and search for the watch, than have the watch and search for the part. If the mark on the dial bothers you when you buy it, in a year from now you ...
Pure gold dear Eitan
Rose Gold moreover :) Thank you for sharing this words of wisdom applicable as well outside not only vintage watches but watches in general Your D
Make your own way
follow your nature and your passion. I read a similar post at the very beginning of my journey. It advised about starting win small, humble pieces and powering up/ upgrading gradually etc. I did just the opposite. That very first piece set the tone for th...
well written - excellent advice ztirual...
...always buy your last piece. friends/relationship (in life) the most important aspect
"Listen to the Nun!!"
Seriously, Pplater. you have quite the cult following :) So how would YOU finish your own sentence? Enquiring minds want to know! Best to you, NickO
Hah!...
[The nun blushes...] That will take a bit of thought, Nick: watch this space! Cheers, pplater. ...
Terrible gag!...
That's holy inappropriate - we'll have nun of that here, thank you! ;-) Cheers, pplater.
I guess it was expecting too much...
...for my completion of your sentence to lead to a rapturous reception, but yes perhaps it's best to pull a veil over this entire episode ...
So many pearls of wisdom already said...
...but one more if I may add. Whenever you make the leap and buy your first "real" piece... make sure to KEEP IT! Your first love years later might look like the worst purchase of your life, but one day it will be fun to laugh at yourself and wonder, WHAT...
Great advice!...
May we see that first piece (second time around...)? Cheers, pplater.
PAM27C
Bought it the first time used for $2100, sold it for $2400 a year later and thought I was a genius... buying a watch and making money on some watch no one had ever heard of! Fast forward 10 years and I bought another PAM27C for "only" $4,800. ...
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