What has been your biggest watch regrets in the last 5 years.
Before I continue I’m aware not all of us have had any regrets in Watch buying or collecting but for those of Us myself included what is your biggest regrets in the last 5 years? I’m only limiting it to the last 5 years because I figured that’s when most watch collectors tend to buy their grail or dream watch. Ok I’ll give my regrets in no particular order.
1) Buying too many watches on Aliexpress great watches and the prices are always reasonable but for the amount I’ve spent on there, I could have spent my money elsewhere.
2) Buying every watch I ever fell in love with off TV shopping channels I’m looking at you (Invicta). If you were to ask me what brand do you own the most of? Invicta would be it. Say what you will about them but the brand knows how to sell watches.
3) Buying too many impulse watches. I really don’t hate anything I have ATM, but there are times I look at them and say WTF was I thinking? I have SpongeBob, Mickey Mouse, DC and Marvel watches all from Invicta see #2 ^
I had a conversation with a saleswoman this past Saturday while looking at some Seiko Divers I told her I was just browsing and I just had purchased a watch a week prior. She says nothing wrong with window shopping lol. I responded by telling her I have over 50+ watches and only 5% get worn because I can’t sell the other 95% because they hold very little to no resale value.
Anyways those are my biggest Watch regrets I’ve had in the last 5 years. What are yours?
Hi Everyone Im just your average watch collector I wouldn’t say I own or even have anything “Expensive” I usually collect brands like Citizen, Seiko, Mostly Invicta and other brands. Besides watches I...
Selling my Tudor Pelagos FXD 😮
Not insuring certain watches. Unfortunately, I was held at gunpoint once and the thief took my Rolex. Make sure you insure certain watches, especially ones that are prominent in the watch community.
Not buying the white gold blue dial Day Date with domestic day wheel for 15 KEuro. I thought it was crazy money (it still is).
Not insuring certain watches. Unfortunately, I was held at gunpoint once and the thief took my Rolex. Make sure you insure certain watches, especially ones that are prominent in the watch community.
Sorry to hear that. Some people are just scumbags. I hope the person got arrested and is beyond bars
With respect, your regrets seem to encompass your entire approach (or could be summed up by “lack of impulse control”). I certainly had this at the beginning but I managed to rein it in before I got to anything approaching 50 watches. I know you’re not asking for advice but could you aim to reduce the collection down to a certain number (like 15) even accepting the low resale value?
My main regret in the last 5 years is not spending enough time understanding what makes watches wear the way they do and therefore being too strict about diameter as a limiting factor of what size to buy. I now understand that lug to lug, height and weight have as much to do with how a watch wears. Not to mention dial and bezel size, colour etc.
Buying a Seiko mod just to be buying a watch. #regret
Regrets?
I've had a few...
But then again, too few to mention.
Buying the same watch again in different colours or slight variations, and collecting a certain number of each brand for the sake of filling another watchbox.
Apart from that, specifically, a couple of Citron and Slazenger (made by the same company) were a bit too cheap to be enjoyable even as "everyday" watches. Just poor quality and very low price point which doomed them to be consigned to the local charity shop after a long period of not being worn ever again.
I think I should have bought a Seiko at some point but never did. I regret that because now I'm unlikely to ever buy one.
I wish I'd bought more Swatch watches and fewer Casios too.
With respect, your regrets seem to encompass your entire approach (or could be summed up by “lack of impulse control”). I certainly had this at the beginning but I managed to rein it in before I got to anything approaching 50 watches. I know you’re not asking for advice but could you aim to reduce the collection down to a certain number (like 15) even accepting the low resale value?
My main regret in the last 5 years is not spending enough time understanding what makes watches wear the way they do and therefore being too strict about diameter as a limiting factor of what size to buy. I now understand that lug to lug, height and weight have as much to do with how a watch wears. Not to mention dial and bezel size, colour etc.
I have thought of taking a hit in reselling the ones I don wear my problem is finding the right buyers. Some watches I got dirt cheap so reselling them won’t make me much money. I’m slowly trying to wind down my buying habits.
There were times I purchased watches too close to one another. Now I’m spacing out more. Haven’t gotten a new watch in a year.
Buying three field watches before I learned my tastes leaned more into expedition style watches and dive watches.
Nothing related to whole watches but cheap AliExpress components, watch hands, dials and cases in particular. The degree that a bad case with a bad movement holder can mess up a watch project cannot be understated. The watch hands look nice, but can arrive twisted, bent, or sized for a different movement.
You get what you pay for, which is even more painful if AliExpress is the only one selling the component you need.
Not buying a Speedmaster 5 years ago when I first got interested in one, only to be faced with the post-pandemic price hike now... Ugh...
1. Not understanding soon enough that =<40mm watches are the best size.
2. Buying my first automatic seiko online. It’s a good watch overall, but a 42 mm dress style watch can feel like a plate on my wrist sometimes.
3. Didn’t find out about second hand watch market soon enough
But you know, No Ragrets. This regrets is hard earned lessons for me in my watch collecting journey ✌️
My biggest regret was buying my 2nd watch. My first watch was an Oris Aquis, I owned it maybe 5-6 years and was super content with it being a 1 watch collection. Then COVID happened, I caught it and had the 14 day quarantine in my basement. During that quarantine I started watching The Urban Gentry and Bark & Jack on YouTube. By the end of the 2 weeks, I had bought 2 new watches (SKX off eBay & Tag Heuer AquaRacer) - the rest is history. I got over COVID, but not the real disease of dive watch addiction.
Buying a Tissot Le Locle without trying it on in person. It wore large and looked way worse in person to me than in pictures.
Settling for a Rolex instead of the Steinhart I really wanted.
Not being able to buy that silly Tony the Tiger mod that was up for sale because of my stupid financial crisis. I really wanted that.
Not being able to buy that silly Tony the Tiger mod that was up for sale because of my stupid financial crisis. I really wanted that.
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A guy on the Watch forum recently made three watches using new old stock Tony the Tiger novelty watch faces from the 70s except he made a dress watch a dive watch and a field watch using fairly decent components. He sold one of them on auction I really wanted one of them for my mostly 70s collection. But I had to buy new tires for my car, and my great grandfather’s pocketwatch came back from the repair shop at the same time leaving me with literally nothing to spend. I couldn’t afford to leave the house let alone bid on watches. I literally spent the entire month looking out the window eating baloney sandwiches. And frankly I was lucky to have the bologna sandwiches.
A guy on the Watch forum recently made three watches using new old stock Tony the Tiger novelty watch faces from the 70s except he made a dress watch a dive watch and a field watch using fairly decent components. He sold one of them on auction I really wanted one of them for my mostly 70s collection. But I had to buy new tires for my car, and my great grandfather’s pocketwatch came back from the repair shop at the same time leaving me with literally nothing to spend. I couldn’t afford to leave the house let alone bid on watches. I literally spent the entire month looking out the window eating baloney sandwiches. And frankly I was lucky to have the bologna sandwiches.
Now I’m really interested to see what these watches looked like.
Now I’m really interested to see what these watches looked like.
I only have the picture of the one. The field watch and the diver I can’t find maybe the guy who made them will see the post and show you.
I only have the picture of the one. The field watch and the diver I can’t find maybe the guy who made them will see the post and show you.
Ok that’s badass I can see why you wanted one. Funny thing is I just bought a box of Frosted Flakes lol.
Selling my 2002 Seamaster 300 because I was bored during COVID. Absolute moron😡
Not buying Tutima Saxon One when It was slghtly above 1k euro.
Choosing a Xeric Surprise mystery package deal WHAT A HUNK OF JUNK I GOT !
I will use it as a Table level and its too ugly for that,
anyone wants it? $200
Getting into watches in the first place. This is an expensive addicti...er expensive hobby!
Buying too many watches too many too quickly, I don't regret any of my purchases I just don't know how to space them through my days and wear them in a way that justifies my purchases