Thank you very much!

Sorry for not replying, I have terrible reception here and will read them all later. I'm no longer worried as have been in the sea a few times now!

It is without a doubt a watch full of heritage, but reminds me of a luxury car that hasn't moved with the times and now only looks suitable for weddings and funerals while other 'young upstarts' are better value and more desirable.

It's not that I wouldn't want one, but it's so far down the desirability scale that I could never imagine spending that money on one with so many more desirable alternatives at better prices.

But each to their own, it has a market and if they enjoy them then that's great too of course!

Generally I'll grab my BB Pro, but my CWC also gets a lot of wrist time.

Having said all that I'm wearing a Junghans Max Bill today because it suits my outfit...

I can see your angle, it's a wrangle between instant gratification and achieving a long term goal. For all my posturing I would 99 times out of 100 go for instant gratification! 🤣

I think it's a state of mind rather than a number?

You could have someone with two watches that consider themselves a collector and someone with 20 that considers they are an enthusiast?

To me, and I'm sure others will disagree, a collector of anything tends to keep their collection safely locked away for their own occasional viewing, handling their collection with gloves and ensuring they remain pristine, whereas an enthusiast will tend to use their watches and give them all some wear.

I have four watches (although with strap changes it feels like more) and consider myself an enthusiast.

I'm a big fan of the CWC divers, these are / were issued to the Royal Navy (metal and grey) and SBS (the black ones). Currently saving for one myself, I like the history with this manufacturer and currently own one of their field watches.

There are also quartz versions of the Royal Navy diver at around £500 less than the autos.

But (BUT!) if you have your heart set on the Tudor save your money and wait, otherwise all you're doing is making the time you can afford one even further away!