The Hobby and self imposed Limits.
Hey guys. I want to talk about methods to limit ones excess in this hobby.
After collecting some Casios, I took a look at what there is outside. I saw that there is a large market of affordable and nice watches that I could potentially buy.
After another time and some other purchases, I slowly came up with a few guidelines that I follow to prevent excess in watches and money spend:
One watch per brand (Casio being excluded, since it was too late for that already).
Try to vary designs and colors.
No color variation of a watch that I already own. Choose the color you want and live with it.
Stay under 1000 CHF, when over that 2000 CHF is a hard Limit.
If I like a watch, look around for a discount first.
Set a budget for a year (2000 CHF for this year)
As said, those are guidelines and nor hard rules, but they served me well untill now.
So, do you have some kind of limit? Do you buy and spend as you like?
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I will not expand my collection, and will rather see if I can improve on the existing mods. I may sell of give away what I don't really like, and just tinker with some movements I haven't used yet. As far as the number of watches are concerned, I can safely say that I own enough.
I’m at my limit now but I want another one so I guess I will have them revise my limit again. The one I want costs more than any I have. I expect many of you have been where I am now. Does it lead to more serious drugs?
When I first got into the hobby I caught the november sale on Aliexpress and had some real good scores, but then I kept looking 'just in case' for sales and marketplace finds and would put down maybe $50 for vintage finds every 2 weeks or so... added up quick, although I'm the type who'd say a $500 watch is pretty much a hard max for the next 5 years. I built up quite a few so now my rule is resell chaff 3:1 until i have no junkers and my wearable rotation is around 10. If I started fresh, I'd fill a 10x watch box and make that my hard cap.
Though I’ve admired watches for decades, I made the move to having more than one/collecting them only in the past month or two. There is so much variety, so much to admire, so much to learn, so much to WANT! I was warned that this can become a runaway train of an interest/hobby and I can totally see it now that I am living it. Guidelines—whatever you chose for them to be—are absolutely a must.
I’m at my limit now but I want another one so I guess I will have them revise my limit again. The one I want costs more than any I have. I expect many of you have been where I am now. Does it lead to more serious drugs?
Sadly it seems NOT to be the gateway to better time management.
I’ve been doing a “one major watch purchase per year” for the past few years. Previously I would get 3-5 per year which usually summed up to the price of one really good watch. Since then I’ve seen my collection get smaller from 15 down to about 5 but each get more wrist time.
I own five watches. That’s my self imposed limit.
I’ve not broken any rules or limits.
I have a savings account that is purely dedicated towards watches where deposit money every month. I can decide if I want to take money from it for a cheaper watch or if I save it for a bigger purchase. - That way I don’t buy anything just because I like the color way or because it’s cheap…but it makes my think about what I actually want.
Just keep going til the money runs out.
I don't buy watches I can't try on first
I avoid watches (especially expensive ones) that are not being factory regulated to a standard justified by a price.
No fakes
No 3rd party copycats.
My wife approves the budget, so no strict rules here 😀
I don’t see the point in limiting ourselves to 1 watch per brand. Let’s say your favorite chronograph is a Speedy and your favorite diver is a Seamaster. You already own the Speedy. Do you really want to buy a diver that isn’t a Seamaster even though the Seamaster is your favorite diver?
I don’t see the point in limiting ourselves to 1 watch per brand. Let’s say your favorite chronograph is a Speedy and your favorite diver is a Seamaster. You already own the Speedy. Do you really want to buy a diver that isn’t a Seamaster even though the Seamaster is your favorite diver?
If I were at this point, I would decide what my favourite of those two watches was.
The Idea is to not have ten Seikos and seven Citicens and five Tissots...you get the idea. I also have a limited storagespace and I want to make the best out of it. I do that by experiencing different brands.
You dont have to see the point, I do. Then again, those are guidelines, not laws.
If I were at this point, I would decide what my favourite of those two watches was.
The Idea is to not have ten Seikos and seven Citicens and five Tissots...you get the idea. I also have a limited storagespace and I want to make the best out of it. I do that by experiencing different brands.
You dont have to see the point, I do. Then again, those are guidelines, not laws.
Fair enough!