[SOTC] Completed it mate
After about 2 years of collecting watches I feel that I've reached the "perfect" collection for me. In that time I've experienced dozens of watches, including some relatively "higher end" ones like a breitling superocean, tudor bb58 and seiko mm300. I've come to the realisation that although I liked those watches, I feel a lot more comfortable wearing watches around and below the $2000 USD threshold and aren't as worried about scratching them up. My collection consists of:
Sinn 104 St Sa I MG: This is my most expensive watch and the one I wear the most. To be perfectly honest this could easily be a one watch collection and works for every situation.
Nomos Club Campus 713: I wear this at uni a lot as the name of the watch would indicate. I've got it on this great NATO strap that I feel suits it really well.
Seiko SPB143: A darling of the online watch community for a reason and another contender for a one watch collection. I've got it on a seiko rubber strap that gives it more vintage vibes over the bracelet.
Orient Kamasu: My beater watch. I've never been a fan of the look of most G-Shocks and was happy to find a automatic watch from a big Japanese manufacturer, with sapphire crystal, for about $120 USD preowned.
Swiss Military Hanowa Ace Chrono 6-4251.13.007. This watch stands out a fair bit in my collection at 44mm, but it's definitely my most special. This was a gift from my parents when we went on a family trip to Europe. Getting a swiss watch in Switzerland was really cool and I'll never let it go.
Seiko SUR315P: A great 36mm Seiko that gives off grand seiko vibes at a small budget. I've got this on a hirsch leather strap and use it as my dress watch. It could also be easily worn as a daily with 100m WR.
If you've made it to the end, thanks for looking :) Also hope some of you got the inbetweeners reference haha
Great collection
Nice and Congrats on finding peace of mind with collecting… love the Seiko btw !!
Great collection
Thanks :)
Nice and Congrats on finding peace of mind with collecting… love the Seiko btw !!
Thanks and which one? Haha
Thanks and which one? Haha
The others are Great too but this one just look so clean to me…
The others are Great too but this one just look so clean to me…
Yep I agree sometimes less is more
Cool Collection here. Got everything covered and plenty money left for Beer 👍
Cool Collection here. Got everything covered and plenty money left for Beer 👍
Thanks and that's exactly how I plan to spend it!! Haha
That Nomos on the Nato just pops, I have the same watch but honestly that strap you have yours on makes the watch look WAY better.
That Nomos on the Nato just pops, I have the same watch but honestly that strap you have yours on makes the watch look WAY better.
Cheers mate. Yep I liked the strap it came on but felt a nato would suit it better especialy with the infamous lug/strap gap. I got this one from Sydney strap co for reference :)
Nice collection! I understand where you’re coming from with the price but not in the sense you mean, I’m worried of wearing flashy watches in case I get robbed! that’s why the watches I’ve personally bought and buy are always less flashy. The nomos looks spectacular!
I feel like getting to "the end" in watch collecting isn't a thing. At least for me. I thought it'd end once I got my grail watch. I got it a few months ago, and am already looking to buy new watches. I hope you've got the discipline to be at "the end".
Nice collection! I understand where you’re coming from with the price but not in the sense you mean, I’m worried of wearing flashy watches in case I get robbed! that’s why the watches I’ve personally bought and buy are always less flashy. The nomos looks spectacular!
Thanks! and yep I get where you're coming from as well. Luckily Melbourne still seems to be quite safe.
I feel like getting to "the end" in watch collecting isn't a thing. At least for me. I thought it'd end once I got my grail watch. I got it a few months ago, and am already looking to buy new watches. I hope you've got the discipline to be at "the end".
Yeah I completely get what you mean. I know this won't be collection forever, but I don't see my self chopping and changing it in a while. If I start making more money once I leave uni, then I might start looking back at luxury watches.
That's awesome. ... So, what are you buying next?
Wow I got almost 20 watches I'm trying my upmost not to go over I'm keeping a tight 12 the others are gift, fun wear and travel watches. But that what you got there is very cool single digits.
That's awesome. ... So, what are you buying next?
A Patek when I'm 50! Haha
Wow I got almost 20 watches I'm trying my upmost not to go over I'm keeping a tight 12 the others are gift, fun wear and travel watches. But that what you got there is very cool single digits.
Thanks very much, and you do you :)