Jizz - or why I chose the C11.....

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Re: Jizz - or why I chose the C11.....

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scooter wrote:I have to say that my curiosity was aroused as I opened this thread.

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Mine too :oops:
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Re: Jizz - or why I chose the C11.....

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This jizz thing.... it all sounds a bit emotional to me.

My watches are selected by reference to a fixed list of criteria, including size, material, colour, brand, technical specification, price and proven, statistical reliability.




























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I bought the POLM because of the way the dial reflects the light.
I bought the Orange PO because it brightens up a dull day.
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I bought the Sinn 358 because the 50th anniversary of Sinn coincides with my own 50th.
I bought the Speedmaster 50th because the box is mahoosive.
I bought the Supermarine and the UX in case I go swimming.
I bought the Black Bay because the bezel is a nice colour.
I bought the Rolex Explorer because I can't add 1 to GMT to get to CET.
And I bought the rest of 'em because I liked 'em.
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Re: Jizz - or why I chose the C11.....

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^^^

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I nearly had a jizz moment with the Steinhart Le Mans GT Heritage Chrono earlier today but, due to a moment of impotence, suffered from premature withdrawal :shock: .

Backing away from continued innuendo, I know what you mean. It was "click, view, I really like that"... no rational thought, unconscious made decision in seconds. Got distracted by something else for 10 minutes and the more rational mind kicked in with the intention of looking back later... now too late :(.
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i think one of the important things to remember is that everything is extremely magnified when we look at photos. watches look different on the wrist, and sometimes things that seem like they'd annoy you are just minor. and occasionally something you think will be no big deal just doesn't work for you on the wrist.
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The only real thing that puts me off any watch is a cyclops window... After that it's all emotional. :)

I know that when I'm looking for a new watch (hell, when am I not?) I am not usually looking for just one "style" - one that fits a list of specifications.

I'm looking for one that scratches the itch! :)
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Re: Jizz - or why I chose the C11.....

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AliBar wrote:I nearly had a jizz moment with the Steinhart Le Mans GT Heritage Chrono earlier today but, due to a moment of impotence, suffered from premature withdrawal :shock: .
the jizz effect is definitely pre-rational. i'd guess that some of the 'rational' stuff always kicks in fairly quickly - even if it's just thinking about how you can afford to buy the thing! i'd also suspect - and this is what i'm kind of angling at - that for seasoned watch collectors the 'rational' stuff that follows is obviously way more informed and broad-ranging than it was for me when i chose my watch. but i'm getting from you all that in fact we all seem to share the jizz experience.

(and if the jizz experience is universal i'd suggest that there really is no escape from the asylum!) :lol:
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Re: Jizz - or why I chose the C11.....

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I think ultimately people are either going to buy a watch because:

1. they really like how it looks, feels, its coolness factor, the lume, the awesomeness of the movement or its decoration, or for all manner of other subjective reasons; or

2. (whether they really like it or are not 100% sure), they think it's a good investment or low-risk because there will be a ready 2nd-hand market at respectable prices if they do decide to let it go.

I tend to acquire a watch for the former rather than the latter reason.

However, because I'm at a point where my watch collection is pretty big, I do ask myself first if a particular watch I like fills a hole in my collection or is sufficiently different from other watches in my collection.

Thus, when I had some shopping vouchers to spend on a watch, my shortlist consisted of watches with complications hitherto not found in my collection. I did find other watches I really liked, but consciously said no to them because they were too similar to what I already had.

Ditto my recent acquisition of a rectangular vintage Longines. I decided to hold off circular vintage watches, no matter how pretty, because I had too many already.

Of course, when something really grabs you, you'll always find some way to distinguish your new acquisition from those already in your collection :)
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Re: Jizz - or why I chose the C11.....

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This is a really good thread: I'm a bit of a reluctant birder (only going there for the beer with my mates, who vie on calibre of their spotting scopes in the way we lot obsess over the evenness of the patina on our 5513s...) but jizz is a perfect choice to describe what people mean in both disciplines. Watches and birding, that is 8)
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gwells wrote:i think one of the important things to remember is that everything is extremely magnified when we look at photos. watches look different on the wrist, and sometimes things that seem like they'd annoy you are just minor. and occasionally something you think will be no big deal just doesn't work for you on the wrist.
This is a pearl of wisdom that I've learned to my detriment and benefit a few times. Thanks for the reminder.
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Re: Jizz - or why I chose the C11.....

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asqwerth wrote: Of course, when something really grabs you, you'll always find some way to distinguish your new acquisition from those already in your collection :)
I definitely see this around the asylum! Some of the posts i appreciate most are the ones where people take a bit of time and space to get down the thought processes behind an aquisition (of course I also love the INCOMING! posts too where people are excited as kids at Christmas....). I think what you see sometimes are people trying to rationalise the irrational perhaps?? In other words, maybe the jizz effect is quite powerful after all.

Kip said a while back that every purchase of a watch is a moment of insanity - the Jizz effect for me is definitely not rational. However, the opposite of 'rational' doesn't have to be 'irrational' - I'd say that 'non-rational' things are happening when we find a watch that 'scratches an itch'.
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Re: Jizz - or why I chose the C11.....

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I try to keep my watches away from jizz. I usually take my watch off beforehand.
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welcome to the forum Dufresne! :wave:
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