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On my way to London for business; have arranged meeting with a seller for a swap...I look forward to the new watch...but letting go my Journe Bleu is really giving me bad feeling; should I just "miss" the plane? What if I have remorse after?...can I still back off at the last minute when being presented the new one...

what you're trading against...

Bad weather in London! Will probably get rebooked on a later one.
Is that a sign!!?
I did approach the seller, had to add some $ for the trade.
Still, cannot avoid this feeling, I have it on my wrist now and it's like the first time I'm wearing it, keep looking at it thinking it's so beautiful..

watches have the dratted propensity to evoke the wrong feelings at the wrong time...
Magnus

I knew I had just to wrap the Bleu and bring it in a box out of my view, still have decided to strap it on and suffer...sweet torture..

Best wishes

Alkiro

On the other hand I made a choice when approaching the seller. Guess I will meet him, have a look at the other one, compare them and either make the swap, either tell him I'll pay in full for the new one! Again, should not have strapped this today..

I wish you to take the right decision. May be when you will have the other watch on your wrist, you will be totally convinced in swapping your FP Journe... or not!

Best wishes

Alkiro

I believe the Chronometre Bleu is a keeper and is one of the best 3 handed manual watches available in the market (Roger Smith, Philip Dufour and Kari Voutilainen are at a different level in terms of price, exclusitivity and movement finish). Irrespective of what other watch you will be getting, you should keep this watch and perhaps sell off something else from your collection if you need to finance the deal. And yes I agree with you that this is the Journe to have not just for the rare case finish, the exquisite movement, the changing colour of the dial, the accuracy, the wearable size at 39mm, the demand that constantly exceeds supply......................

Have a safe flight. The fog will clear. I work from the 32nd floor in London and I cannot see a thing outside but this has been the norm for the last 4 days and it tends to clear by 11am.

Best wishes,

Sham

 

I really THINK you are right...let's see what I FEEL when seeing both watches together. The one am looking for also highly coveted, discontinued and a little marvel...
The more I wait the more I feel I will come back home full handed..

My feeling is that you are having temporary regret.
You initially were happy to trade this away but now because the day is near you are "being emotional" about it (in a good way
Just remember why you initially were happy to dispense with this watch to trade - and how exciting the new watch will b.

Also, worst comes to worst: thus Bleu is a current model and you will always be able to pick one up again

Enjoy the new watch and ever forwards!!!

Although I thought the Bleu was no longer in production?

The bleu is definitely still in production but has a long waiting list. What is not in production are the 38mm models which have been discontinued. Pity really as they were a good size.

 

Why did they stop making it?

It's 39mm.
The 38mm Chronometre Souvrain and Octa models are discontinued, 40mm is the size now, with the Octa Divine men's model available at 42mm. This is what people were asking for and buying.

Best wishes

Alkiro

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But I know you would like it
Both watches are completely different, except for the color

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I do have a 5070G.
But you are looking in the right direction my dear Dr Kol..

and 5270G with blue dial would rock & roll. 

In every instance however, the seller has been a great person, and once home with the new piece no regrets whatsoever. 

I think it will be a last minute decision, once I confront the new one!

Having that kind of feelings, a trade is not a good idea. Perhaps later when you are sure.

There seem to be strong fog in London and planes cannot land. Not sure how long I'll be trapped in zurich airport, but have to go there for business.
Worse case I will do it "Ala Dr. Kol", bring both watches back home!

I feel that often we change just in order to change plus in order to get new experience. No! I am not speaking about women. This time...

Than getting back a watch, for sure!
My plane is finally leaving in 1 hour; let's see the candidate side to side with the Journe a make a call...might come back with a watch on each wrist!

But sometimes it's the only opportunity. 

9 years ago my daughter was born and...long story short...I had to sell my Porsche 911 997.1, decision that I started to regret soon after. The regret was aggravated every time I saw one passing by. The remorse grew year after year and so is my daughter. This year, she will soon be nine and "guess what?", I pushed the button again:

That is my biggest worry, my attention is most of the times drawn to the resonance, tourbillon, octa-line...but I feel the Bleu might be THE Journe to own on the long run (well, tourbillon 1st generation too)...
Plus I got the Bleu at such a great price 4 years ago. Well that also makes "cheaper" the trade I have in mind.
Am supposed to meet the seller at 18h today, so -if my plane leaves- will soon know what to do!

BTW, what a great car, I can understand you went back to it!