johnswatch1
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Enjoyable and exciting?
Like many others the purchase of my watch was through the grey route as dealers were quoting me waiting lists of up to a year.
the sale has to be conducted through the internet which takes a lot away from the experience.
My purchase didn't celebrate any particualr event - I simply wanted to step up to the haute horlogerie top table.
Patek and emotion start of chapter 3?
Time is of itself fascinating: the notion of time, the passing of time, the way it maps out or lives. Observing the moving parts in a mechanical watch is captivating; time can control the way in which we go about our lives. With the arrival of the digital...
Whilst u agree with you mostly, there is an element of scarcity
.....that you fail to account for. Most if the desirable Pateks are not available at the ADS, but from gray dealers. So imagine I am gonna celebrate an fortuitous and happy family event, you walk into the AD, and you have to wait 6 months before delivery!...
For all the trouble you have to go through to commerate any special
event, why consider a PP then. Seriously! And your 5056P, the event must not have been that special LOL
It was to celebrate signing new deal
With the firm. And as it would turn out, it was a bitter sweet experience in hindsight. Best, Horo
Ah.. For me, my 5056P
represented the start of a madness and for this particular watch, also the incidental meeting of a good but quirky friend LOL
Am sure that quirky friend reciprocate the friendship ;)-
That's always the incidental subplot in our horological journeys. Best, Horo
Well... maybe you are right.
But when I bought mine, it was not related to any specific event. Nothing to celebrate, just to have the pleasure to wear it... I bought it in Spain so I met friends there and we had a wonderful diner. So it is related a posteriori to good memories... Fx
Emotion and justifcation
just to clarify that isnt myself purchasing the watch just felt that thread was a good insight... also perhaps emotion is used to help justify a purchase
The personal and emotional event has been .... me.
I rationalized the purchase of additional watches to commemorate events but the fact of the matter is that I wanted them and the event was a convenient justification for the purchase. Then, of course the marketing campaign just added fuel to the fire beca...
Enjoyable and exciting?
Like many others the purchase of my watch was through the grey route as dealers were quoting me waiting lists of up to a year. the sale has to be conducted through the internet which takes a lot away from the experience. My purchase didn't celebrate any p...