Best way to start a collection

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Re: Best way to start a collection

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You don’t have to jump in and buy everything on day one. There will be a watch you think you love today, but once you’ve worn it for a while there will be something you aren’t sure about and will not wear it as often as you once did.

This is all part of the journey and working out what works for you. If you are new to this and want to try everything all at once then second hand or watches bought in he sale might be a good way to get started. That way if you decide to sell at a later date you won’t lose as much money.

Enjoy experimenting though, it’s all part of the fun.
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biggus_richus wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 5:21 pm Buy the watches you love and don't feel the need to conform (hence feel free to disregard this reply entirely) or pigeon hole. But most importantly, wear them and enjoy them.
My thoughts exactly. I say the extent of your plan simply needs to be buy watches you love, not buy watches to tick boxes of what you think ought to be in a collection.
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Brilliant & kind advice - thanks all, much appreciated!
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Your taste will change along the journey. So the best way to start in my opinion is to get what you like now and discover your style.
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dulamea wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:22 pm Your taste will change along the journey.
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It was CW that started me on the slippery slope of having a watch collection. The C60 was being advertised, went on the website and there it was :shock: the C60 Ombre! My first seriously good quality watch and at a decent price. Since then I have accrued a C8 power reserve, C9 in green and C5, along with a Smiths A404. None of them are daily users, but neither are they for special occasions, just wake up and whatever mood I'm in dictates what I wear. The main thing is I enjoy wearing and looking at all of them, hopefully you do the same.
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Three pages in, I’m a bit late to the party but here goes:

Like you, I need boundaries, but after being at this for a while I’d advise just setting one - Don’t buy anything unless you can afford it. Other than that, boundaries are just words! Here’s some examples:

When I started collecting I vowed - No more than two of any brand in my collection ~ I have 13 CWs with another on the way.

When they moved the wordmark to 9 O’clock I vowed I would never EVER buy one ~ I have three and they are all amongst my favourites.

When watches started to get smaller I vowed I could never wear a watch under 42mm, 40mm at a push. ~ I have at least four under 40mm with my Sealander GMT being in my all time top three.

Since I first got smitten by watches as a boy in 1976, I have always loathed any form of skeletonisation of a watch. Why would I want to see the workings through the front where a beautiful dial should be? Through the back - yes, but not the front. ~ The Bel Canto came along and now I can’t think of anything else. Everything else just seems dull. (See my thread ‘The Bel Canto has ruined everything’). Sadly it falls under my only unbreakable rule, but it is testing that rule on a daily basis!)

As others have said, enjoy it, go with the flow, only buy what you like and what you will regularly wear and remember that everything you think you know about what you like is wrong!

Strap in and enjoy the ride.
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Re: Best way to start a collection

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Brilliant advice, thanks all 😊
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