“Exit Watch”…is there such a thing?

I don’t think there’s any such thing, only people who decide they can be satisfied with one watch.

Exit watch…. Nahhh. Exit collection… possibly… 😂

It's the watch you buy right before time's up.

It’s a term often used, however I suspect it probably depends upon the individual. I don’t expect to have an exit watch (unless for the reason given above) as I am always finding new and interesting watches. As long as I can afford without making sacrifices in other areas of my life, and I still have an interest in all things watches, then I don’t anticipate buying an exit watch any time soon.

It might not be feasible to have an exit watch but I like the notion behind it. A goal gives the journey meaning. It's not needed to enjoy the trip. You can take your time, stop and enjoy view, buy the souvenirs, meet some locals at pitstops, but for all of it to be worthwhile you have to have a destination in mind. "On the road to nowhere" will get you exactly there, nowhere.

For me, my exit watch is one of the trinity. Just one, any one.

I would not use the term friend to describe what my regular sales agent at my go to multi brand ad has become but he is more than some git whose family owns the operation selling me watches. We do not socialize because our relationship is founded on commerce but we do chat about matters beyond the timepieces he can sell to me. The last visit we discussed the Laurent Ferrier classic moonphase a watch that I am tempted to pursue, it would necessarily for me be an exit watch from buying but not the hobby. They have placed an order for the LF but expect to receive no more than one each year, for fun G. pulled out a gold Parmigiani moonphase, perpetual retrograde that he could sell for 115k cad. I really like the watch ticks a lot of boxes, including finally buying a watch from a brand that I respect a lot. It would be an exit watch, my wife would kill me if I showed up at home with it on my wrist.

The older you become, the closer the concept becomes a reality.

I would have said yes a few years ago, but now, definitely not.

In the past, I genuinely believed the more expensive a watch, the better it was. That meant, if I acquired a Lange or Patek, I would have reached the pinnacle of the watch game, so no point carrying on.

Now, I still think very expensive watches can be special, but having handled Richard Mille and APs, I’ve realised that expensive can also be “meh!”. So while I still have grail watches, I know they’re not “exit” pieces, as there’s no “final boss” of the watch game.

There’s always a new watch that could catch my eye, be that a micro brand like an Ordain, an “entry level” model from a brand I love, like the Omega Aqua Terra 38mm, or simply a new Seiko that’s going to get me excited about acquiring a new watch.

I may have already bought my last watch and don’t even know it yet. As I get closer to retirement, hoarding money seems a bigger priority than hoarding watches.

We never really know when we’re going to do anything for the last time anyway. The last piece of pizza, the last kiss, the last breath… none of us can predict any of it so best to enjoy what’s already here.

There’s only 1 exit watch and it’s that last one you buy before you either Die or go bankrupt 😂

The exit watch is the last one you have bought before being fed up with losing 40% on each watch you resell to get the next one.

I’m going to have an exit watch I’m retiring from work in the next few months and I’m going to buy myself and my wife a watch each to celebrate and I will be done unless I sell off a few to maybe get one more. Not sure exactly what this exit watch will be yet. Might now I am officially old get a Rolex as it seems like a retirement watch either an explorer 1 or a yatch master

I agree with @JamesTil6569. We don’t exit by thinking about individual watches. We exit the practice of collecting.

I stopped collecting marvel comics in the late 1980s when I couldn’t keep up with the proliferation of titles. I stopped collecting books and art when I relocated from one country to another (then was on and off for the next 20 years).

Ultimately one has to extract oneself from the pastime, or get booted out. That might be due to circumstances (like not being able to afford comics as a teenager). Alternatively we just grow out of it - or get bored of it - and move on to other things.

I'd probs swap everything I have now for a 5326g.

My grandpa had one watch & was buried with it

So I know it's possible

Love that piece 🤩

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