MichaelH

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Paranoid watch collecting

I have always been into watches but only recently have I been able to afford "luxury" watches. My luxury collection is small with 9 pieces so far and...
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Mistakes, flippers, or story tellers

I see a lot of FSOT posts on other platforms from folks that have "worn only once" or "just purchased a month ago from AD" or "bought it and it just d...
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Just joined this site

Hello fellow watch enthusiasts. Looking forward to chatting with you all sharing opinions, experiences, dreams, and learnings. I am hoping this is a m...
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Recent Comments

commented on Advice: first major watch purchase ·

Hey, I wouldn't discount your Seiko's as being part of your collection. Regardless of which one you end up purchasing, you will wear your Seiko's so consider how the new watch will interact with your rotation. I like diversity in my collection. If your Seiko's are divers, go with the Longines. If your Seiko's are Presage's, go with the Tudor.  

commented on EDC (every day clock) ·

Here's mine! Yours is in much better condition! 

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commented on What's Everyone Do for a living? ·

I run a company that manufactures power conversion equipment such as power supplies, inverters, chargers, DC-DC converters, and solar charge controllers.

commented on "Bang-for-your-buck" Brands | Watch Giveaway ·

I am going to go with Tissot and Frederique Constant for bang for the buck at the moment.

commented on Grail Watch ·
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commented on How do people use their collections? ·

It took me awhile to get here! I'm likely a bit older than you as my kids are all out of highschool now and one's almost done with university. I'm sure you'll get here too around the same timeframe. Enjoy the ride 

commented on How do people use their collections? ·

When I got seriously (read: could afford) into this hobby, my first watch was an Omega DeVille to commemorate a career advancement/milestone. This is my only three hander with date dress watch and very understated. From there, I decided that I will stick to one watch per brand and one watch per complication. 

Well I've found that this self imposed rule is very difficult to uphold. 

There are so many great watches from each brand that it is very difficult to stick to just one. However, I am sticking to this for now as it limits my collection size. I can see me breaking this though sometime in the future. 

The one watch per complication is not doable. For example, almost all my watches have a date complication. So I've made a diversion from this rule slightly and the rule became one watch for each purpose or uniqueness. So, I have a dress watch. I wanted a chrono so I decided that the Zenith El Primiro was the one for my collection but it easily could have been the Speedy. But since I had an Omega already, the Speedy was off the table. I have a one hander (Meistersinger), a mechanical alarm (Panerai), a GMT (Grand Seiko), a diver (Seiko-this one's almost a cheat due to the GS but these are my rules ;->), a rectangular (JLC), the value piece (Tissot) and a digital (Casio).