Horological Meandering

First, love my AD and they've been quite good to me and my wife for about a decade, but recently it seems they lost the plot. Like many here, been migrating away from typical mass-produced mainstream brands and, considering decades as a collector, like ma...  

Develop a relationship with a dealer that you trust, and go from there. You like independents? There are dealers that move, quietly, a lot of watches from independents (including with provisions that buyer cannot sell for “x” years or cannot sell until “y... 

The best thing for me was meeting with other collectors and watchmakers directly, no harm in slowing down and enjoying what you have 😊👍 PS: I forgot to Add, Vintage Watches have been extremely rewarding and challenging, highly recommend it

Agree in slowing down, it's been 7 months since... wife even offered to offset Snoopy costs, tho thanked her and passed. To be sure, these are all just fun items of joy, to admire.... Wife suggested i get a fun car, but in my prime-ish have been there, do... 

111 Years Old, Takes a Lickin and Keeps on Tickin 😁 ...  

I’ve got more joy from collecting and hunting vintage watches than any of my prior collecting phases. Rewards time and research.

(you're looking for something not boring and durable), I don't think you'll find what you're looking for in the bargains of the mainstream secondary market. Aiming for an MB&F Sequential Evo and finding another AD seems more likely to satisfy you. But I c...  

The highly technical side of horology is very impressive. U.N deserves far more marketshare from the technical guys. They have great ideas, and almost got their little music box watch long ago, if it was able to be heard. Love their ideas, tho desire a bi... 

Seeing this on Facebook about once or twice a week (various designs like the U.N.). Looks about the same, though yes technically a bit different. Maybe U.N should take this into account when discussing their new designs? ...  

but UN should definitely pay attention to them and search for something more original!

Am sure you know we see exceptional look-alikes of many brands that make typical movements. Yes, even the industrialized Trio brands, which shows how easy it is to make some of their mass-produced retail products. This is where MB&F, Brette, Kari, and oth...  

I went through this just recently , i even thought i was done with watches, no feelings , terrible. But then a right watch, right time and boom. As for right watch, the sky is the limit. Good luck my friend, looking forward to look at your posts, always e... 

The market is changing, i'm here waiting for that special, rare timepiece let go by weak hands.

happy hunt

I’m coming around more and more to the simplicity of just picking a side. It’s something I’ve always been opposed to, preferring to be broad and more varied and not concentrating on a single person, name, brand. But, I think the time has come to narrow th... 

But the waiting is.....

This resonates with so many of us. The relationship with an AD is built on trust and when that trust starts to fade it's hard to ignore. The good news is the independent watchmaking world has never been stronger. There are incredible pieces out there from... 

Agree about the change in direction, and yes the Sequential Evo seems to be part of this new direction. Was first PP, then Rolex and fun pieces, and now migrating to MB&F, H. Moser, etc. Guess it's time to 'thin the herd', give a few to family members as ... 

I’m coming around more and more to the simplicity of just picking a side. It’s something I’ve always been opposed to, preferring to be broad and more varied and not concentrating on a single person, name, brand. But, I think the time has come to narrow th... 

I apologize for this stream of consciousness post I'm about to make, but, for what it's worth (probably not much), it gives my perspective on your dilemma. From my understanding, you are bored with your collection, which manly of us experience. When I fee... 

Guess, and it's me, been 7 months since... and it'll be another six-ish months before Sequential Evo achieved. Your quote is excellent, tho there's a non-logical true-ism.... “After a time, you may find that ‘having’ is not so pleasing a thing after all a... 

Having been in retailer & consumer my whole life, I find a lot of dealers do not run their business well and do not treat customers well. I believe this is because they have been "in the right time at the right place" with the COVID run up and now hav... 

i tried MODA years ago, but seeing timepieces trade like used cars.... guess there's still a bit of ye ol' romatic in me... and yes i know for fact that's co$t me. The old "My AD has been really good to me, so i might overpay, tho they do come through, us... 

It is a little weird to see LOL. I like EWC, they shipped quickly and were easy to work with. I would happily buy from them again and funny enough, I was just looking at the 3940 they have in-stock but I think I should wait a bit before adding anytrhing L... 

If it was the 1987, it's sold. Did you get it?

My search hasn’t been successful, I think

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Honestly speaking, I think that watchmaking is NOT just polishing, there must be more. Design, complications, innovations. I recognise the craftsmanship but I think that those super finished time only add nothing but hype

Even TAG Heuer is doing technical horology as they enter F1 sponsorship. Technical horology is very interesting... but, for me, it has no soul. Super grand complications are nice, tho be aware of how some brands/types are fragile and service costs / wait ... 

Horological machines and legacy machines are the best examples, another player is obviously Urwerk. Trying to walk different paths and saving a lot of money, you could have a look at Jiro Katayama aka Otsuka Lotec or Behrens.

and continue to get Rolex and independents from them including Roger Smith and Krayon. I also buy direct from Simon Brette, Kari Voutilainen, Sylvain Pinaud, Dann Phimphrachanh and Petermann Bedat. I don't see them as mutually exclusive. I think it's a go... 

Perhaps, migrate away from their limited-availability M___ stores to their W__ side of the company? Wife and i had a wonderful visit within their Las Vegas location. BTW, this thread is not just me, as **my wife first made mentions months ago** , she felt...