Which pieces are sacrosanct, never to be risked?

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Re: Which pieces are sacrosanct, never to be risked?

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downer wrote: Mon Mar 01, 2021 3:11 pm I'd sell pretty much all of mine without too much hesitation. They're really just trinkets in the grand scheme of things.
Me too, only exception if they are gifts from friends or family.
Current collection incl Citizen, G-Shock, Rolex, Seiko, Sinn & Tag.

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Re: Which pieces are sacrosanct, never to be risked?

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Well, I started this hobby around 2008. Not knowing much at all(and still learning!!) about various brands, I came across some online posts about Hamiltons at the old WTF forum..I later came across a Hammy Khaki that I liked at a local(Austin, Tx) dealer..I decided to see if I could find one like it cheaper online..I stumbled upon an Overstock.com offering that I decided to jump on..well, I ended up getting a $499.00 Khaki chrono that soon became my everyday 'go to' choice in wrist wear for years...it has kept nearly perfect time ever since, and to this day, is my 1st choice when timing my 10-12 hour brisket smokes..here's a pic of it..I had it serviced last year, so it currently looks a little better than it does in this old pic..
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Re: Which pieces are sacrosanct, never to be risked?

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No particularly wry observations on this.

I've got three heirloom pieces of a Seiko digital quartz chronograph given to me by my parents for a birthday, 18th I think, a Seiko SQ100 that was a present in1990 from my late wife and an early 1950s Roidor that was my Grandfather's 25 years long service presentation from The Distillers Company. All three are sentimental value only.

Of my more recently acquired collection, I have several with memorable / sentimental attachment the most important of which is my C9 Me109 SPC, purchased in memoriam of my late wife with the serial number matching her birth year. I'd be loathe to part with my Breguet Type XX Aeronavale LE though.

Otherwise, as alluded to by others, they're only trinkets.

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I have a watch that was my grandfather's and my Citizen was a wedding gift from my wife so those would probably never leave. All the others could go if there was reason for it, I like them all, hence having them, but none have any real significance to my life. I could think of reasons why to keep them but in the end I probably couldn't even give some of them away!
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Re: Which pieces are sacrosanct, never to be risked?

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It's all about emotional connections I think. I only have one watch that qualifies.
I bought this Stowa Marine 36 from a friend of a friend almost new and quite perfect. He'd decided the idea of a "smaller watch" was better for him in the idea than the reality. Suits my skinny wrist just perfectly.

On the Tuesday after Easter last I collected the watch only to get home afterwards with the answering machine and email fairly ablaze with messages of how my mother had a fall in her nursing home in New Zealand and been taken to hospital. Long story short, she passed away on the Friday night. We were very close: I rang her every week and for at least an hour we bantered about anything at all. She remained one of my best friends.

So this one has an association with her and her passing that just doesn't quit and I will never part with it. That it is small, elegant and classically straight-forward is just SO fitting.
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