Horological Meandering

Hi all... Curious as to how many of us here have the SAME watch in multiple iterations of such. While logic dictates that it should be best to spread one's collection by having different watches, I am also assuming that emotions sometimes overwhelm logic and some end up with say, 6 Datographs or 45 Daytonas or 95 Panerais or 40 Royal Oaks. Care to chime in if you see multiple iterations/different vintages of a same watch when you look in your drawer/safe?

Feel free to reply as moved to do so. Maybe a yes or no and if inclined, which brand or model that you have that you have multiples of same watch. Thanks a bunch and looking forward to getting an idea on how it is!!

Do allow me to start... YES-Lange/VH/Journe. This message has been edited by Rob on 2010-01-13 03:52:11

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... same watch, or watches from the same brand - i.e., when you say you have multiple FPJ, VH and Lange, do you mean multiple copies of the same watch?

In either case - does your wife have a sister? ;-)

 

Cheers,

pplater.

and in my case, its unfortunately multiple copies of same watch Curious to see how many others here are as poorly disciplined and demented as me.

IWC ref. 803A (one plain dial, one "Turler"-signed dial)
IWC ref. 810A (one silver dial, one anthracite dial)

. . . one for every season ;-) . . .

nt

do you have where you live?? LOL!

Richard

. . . you've gotta have a backup for each ;-) . . .

loving the rationale!!

until recently I had four...

nt

3 Omega Speedmasters and 3 Omega Seamaster 300's. i think 6 seamasters in total, but they have such a wide variety of models that i dont really count them as the same.

interesting question.

Graham

Have always admired your collection. Thanks again and apologize for not having been clearer in original post.

nt

5...6...7...and counting!

just from same brand? Thanks again for chiming in.

I don't have multiple copies of the same watch.

I assume you mean multiple watches of the same "model".. such as Lange 1, or Seamaster, or Resonance etc... Does having a Lange 1 and a Lange 1 moonphase count?

In any case, my answer is NO. I admit I'm way too greedy to stick to one model... I like nearly all things watches so I would rather have my eggs in different baskets So I prefer owning one (or max 2 pieces) of each of my favourite brands. However, in order to curb my enthusiasm to acquire all of them, I'm limiting myself to a maximum of 8 pieces, and no more than that. At the moment I'm on 4. But once I get there, if I want any new one, it'll have to take the place of an existing piece.

But I understand why some of us here have the same watch in different metals. Sometimes they do look very different (such as a dark and light colored dial) and obviously some models are so beautiful that the different variations look equally stunning in different ways!

and apologize for not being clear. Admire your discipline!! Thanks again for chiming in.... Congrats again on your DB15!!

I have:

4 Seiko 6309-704x's (various states of (dis)repair

2 Seiko 6015-811x's

2 Stocker and Yale 490's

2 Citizen Bullhead 8110s

4 Aqualands.

2 Omega 40's SS 26.5s

 

(This post just scared me, I didn't realise I had so many double-ups, and I'm not sure where they all are....)

thanks a lot and glad to have served as wake up call Thanks again....

5 Royal Oak Chronographs,

5 Royal Oak Offshores,

and a box to hold all 10. 

When you know what you like, why not specialize?

Incidentally, having a box one likes can be a useful crutch for limiting the number of  related watches.

Park

and when you have really found what you like and specialize, I think that makes the collection even more special as it goes further along. Thanks for sharing!!

to see a lot of new logics here on the forum...boxes as crutch limiters, backups for seasons I'm beginning to understand that wisdom is something that we never completely understand.

Someday I might get it and start specializing too

Richard

in my original post. I had somehow worded the parameters purposely so, to hopefully encourage more people to participate, in an effort to get a more accurate picture on whether many of us here have multiples/variants of one watch ie Royal Oak Jumbo, Royal Oak 15300 etc. Differences can be case metal, dial color, LE for a particular retailer. So in the earlier stated example, that would count as a yes and AP RO. Feel very free to share details of the nuances.

Major thanks to those who have replied to my unclear post and looking forward to hear from many others And yes, pplater, my wife does have a younger sister. As for MBF, Thanks again and looking forward to more sharing...

in that I won;t buy a Lange 1 in different case materials as an example.  I may have different models from say Lange or UN.  It's just me but I just want to try different things... but just for watches and not food .... wierd eh.

Maybe its becuase I'm still new to all this watch stuff and I'm exploring in an attempt to define what I really like ... or maybe.. I'm a watch playboy... woohoo LOL

am likewise new on this watch stuff and we all learning together. Great that you are already a watch playboy, am still stuck on the sidelines waiting to make the first move to ask her out.... LOL thanks for joining in and sharing your thoughts on the matter!!