How long do you wait before moving on to a different watch?

Good question, I moved on lately from one I really wanted because it just wasn’t available to buy after nearly 9 or 10 months of trying to get it. I just take it as it shouldn’t be, so I let it go. Might still pick it up if I ever stumble onto it, but it’s off my list.

Been waiting for a skydweller since it was announced. I have no issues waiting as long as it takes.

When AliExpress 11-11 sales are ON 🤣😂😆

Thank you. Same here out of the two I want the cheaper if you can call it that is calling me more but the more expensive watch it’s only like $510 more isn’t something I’d wear all the time ( no pun intended).

Gotta respect that 🫡 hope you got it someday.

Totally depends on financial alignment. If that wasn't an issue, realistically I think I will be buying a new watch once a month.

Any option for less than a week? 🤔

I don’t like to accumulate too many watches. I find that after about 4-5 months, if I haven’t bought the watch, I move onto something else. I typically only buy one watch every 18 months or so, so there are plenty of watches I’ve lusted after but eventually moved on from.

4-5 days..

Well - this question isn't fair for someone (me) with the attention span of a goldfish

#wristpervert

I voted 5-8 months. This applies if I find a new watch that I like that is in production. My normal mode of purchase is that I discover a watch out of production that I really want. I'll chase it until I find it at a price that I feel is reasonable and then I snap it up.

I've never waited for availability, but taste - if it stays. For cheaper pieces, a few weeks is enough. For my Seiko, I waited almost two years and I almost missed it, because it's been discontinued.

And then there are watches I sort of expect brands to release in the near future. If they don't, I've saved money. If they do, I strike immediately.

I have a target I hunt and collect,think we are speaking on different levels here but it took me four years to find good example of seiko qt snowflake,and was researching and searching my grand seiko first a lot longer than that,I don't have a time limit I have a mission,this is part of my enjoyment or insanity or pain or bit of the three 😂if your talking about waiting lists,there on my miss list not my hit list 👍

There is a wait time?

I’ve wanted a Rolex E2 polar dial for 40 years …. I am a father and grandfather now so priorities still get in the way ……

I buy 99% of my watches used. I have a list on my computer that probably has 30-40 different reference numbers of watches I’d like to try sometime. The hunt is an enjoyable part of the hobby for me. Sometimes I come across one quickly and others I’ve been searching for a few years now.

Depends. I’ve gone years between watches. But right now, mainly because a good friend recently got into watches and we have been talking about them everyday, I’ve really got the buying itch. I’m down bad for watches, as the kids would say.

I don’t move on, I rotate.

Very good question.

I’ve been through the motions with this a bit. I’ve bought 3 watches: A Longines Hydroconquest (39mm) (my first mechanical), a Tudor Black Bay 36mm (bought as a life milestone and have memories of the best year of my life tied to it) and a Seiko 6139 Chronograph from the early 70s.

Despite it being my first mechanical and getting a fair bit of wrist time, I don’t think the Hydro will stay in my collection as I bought it on a whim because I was sick of constantly flitting between different watches that I liked. The Seiko Speedtimer was simply because I wanted a chronograph and didn’t want to wait until I was in a position to purchase the one I really wanted.

When I handle my Black Bay 36, a watch that spoke to me for a very long time before I bought it and is tied it to a specific point in my life, I feel a strong connection to everything about it and I just simply would never sell it. I don’t t regret any of my other purchases (as it’s all part of the “journey”) but I definitely think I’d be waiting a long time before pulling the trigger on my next piece despite falling in love with new pieces on a weekly basis.

Grab it if it is limited and you could safely afford it, you could wear it whenever once you have it.

Well, the two I'm waiting on are Rolexes...at MSRP...so....

In other cases, about 6 months or until I see one and reject it.

Only one watch left I really want. I Will never let it go, or afford it. When my Real estate taxes kick in I will get the homage. But its been my passion for decades.