Patek Philippe

When I got my first hand me down from Dad. 

I would prefer a watch lover, yes other will view us as watch nut not ourself

Cheers,

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Richard.

when my savings account is so low there's no way it can satisfy my lust for a new moonphase chronograph.  I'll just have to recycle my inventory, or plain go cold turkey.  Ugh-h-h-h.

I'm still in the denial stage .

cheers

PAt

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dangerous virus....

everyone else is TOO conservative.

of course in the beginning my car was only 800 dollars so that made it pretty easy LOL

watches gave me the most pleasure in my life..............Sad but true.......

As for when????????  about 20 years ago......

M.

 

I was thirteen ... my mother's budhist and after his death she wanted to give all his possesions

to the monks at the temple..( didn't understand at the time). I stole my father's Seiko from the pile the to be given away

.... I remeber how heavy it was and how bright it was at night while laying in bed. It was the only thing left of my father that

was still alive and I wanted to keep that Seiko forever, I knew at thirteen that if I kept the watch on or kept it moving that it will never stop

didn't understand why, and didn't really care at the time. All I knew was that that watch gave me comfort... my mother always knew that I have taken the watch but never said anything, she let me kept it for a while... until one day she told me I had to let it go.. It was the only way to move on. It was tough, and trust me, I did not want to give it away.. but I did... since then I have awlays loved watches. In a strange way it gave me a sense of comfort I can never explain

 

after I realized just how valuable "TIME" really is. Once that moment in "time" has passed it can never be replaced. I try to make each moment in "TIME" as precious as possible. You see I justed proved it -- am a "certified nut" whom happens to love watches and life.

to warehouse all the watches and its accompanying boxes and need a excel spreadsheet to keep track.

I don't think I've come to that point just yet. (wink, wink)

Of course, if I WASN'T one, I guess I'd be using the internet for other things than participating in this forum! LOL



Aloha,

Bob

Actually, it probably hit me after I bought my 3rd Patek and kept moving up the limit - I realized I could be driving a turbo porsche for what I had invested in my collection.  But then the car would just depreciate over time, and so I keep on buying.  Love this hobby!

it did for me to pick out what clothing to wear and after winding and setting all of them only to find that I was late for work again.  And, if I was going out of town for a few days.....nothing short of agony.

But now, I consider myself to be in recovery, or I think I am, or I believe that I am, or feel like I am....when did you say the new perpetual calendar may be available?

It's like anything collectible, once you start it grabs you hard and it's not just watches.  I play at the game of golf, not very good by any stretch of the imagination but I have more putters than Carter's has little liver pills and still adding!

I'l  bet my dressing time has doubled since I got the watch bug.  When I started matching the watch, cufflinks, belt buckle and pen......I even bought a rose gold wedding band to rotate with my platinum - I had to admit I had fallen off the deep end!

Now, more often than not, I start by deciding what watch I feel like wearing and then build everything else off of that.  My wife just shakes her head....

Steve

My wife and I were walking in the city and saw a nice Aston Martin.  I commented that this might be a nice acquisition but then she pointed out that between the maintenance, storage costs, and general overhead, it would be preferable if I just spent the funds on a watch.  Thinking that this was a quite reasonable suggestion I suddenly realized that perhaps I had both become a WaCo (Watch Collector; polite term, ahem) and found true marital bliss.  Isn't it so? 

at around 7 or 8. i had just received my first timex (in 1978) and couldn't take my eyes off the dial. i was actually thrown out of my class for staring at my watch!!

aged about 18 months old, my parents were at a loss to know how to entertain me. I diodn't really like toys. I did love clocks. In fact, whnever i saw one i would scream "Tic Toc" at the top of my voice in excitement. One day they took me to London Zoo. After about 2 hours of looking at all the animals (in silence), I suddenly saw the Zoo clock....i errupted into an enormous and iconic "Tic Toc" tirade.

 

So, i guess i started at 18 months.

hmmm probably around 15. i saved all my baby-sitting money (babysat the two boys down the block) to purchase a Tag Heuer 2000. Rarely went out to parties with my friends, just saved the money in a blue Fossil (watch again!!) tin. From there, I just went up the ladder.... Tag...Breitling....Cartier...JLC...Patek. The Patek overhaul service could have easily bought me a new Breitling but just seeing the Patek on my wrist brings me such joy. I am considering a 3940 but not for awhile. I also tried on a 3970 and was absolutely enamored (do wish it had a PR). Such an incredible watch!

But before I realized I had the obsession, I always loved watches. A Flik-Flak (first watch), a few Swiss Army watches, Casio swimmer (big swimmienr back in the day), Fossil Blue I bought on a flight back from Germany at 13, Fossil Titanium Chronograph...then the Tag....

When I began noticing ads for watches in magazines and wanting them. When I noticed school friends wearing nice watches. When I realized that I was going to work my a$$ off to earn the money to buy the nicest watch within reason that I could afford. When I traveled by bus just before Christmas to the watch store in the nearest city with a huge wad of cash burning a hole in my pocket. When the salesman told me the watch I wanted in the window cost a lot of money. When I took it home and unwrapped it and unpacked it on the bed and put it on. That Tissot PR516 with the "Gruyere" steel bracelet lasted 10 years until it made it's bid for freedom from my wrist whilst biking, only to lose its life under the wheels of an 18-wheeler truck...And that gave me a chance to move on to other and better watches.

I knew I meant Emmental and not Gruyere - so much for brain function!