Do all your watches have to tick certain/all your boxes?

Short answer is no…it depends on the watch and intended usage. I’m cool with a dress watch with zero lume or a slightly bigger diver as the function dictates it. Buy it and wear it if you like it because at the end of the day, the only opinion that matters is your own. Doesn’t need to be any more complicated than that.

No

No- i buy what i like. Mostly features and looks (for my casios). I d like to have all the different techniques, the knowledge of what happen at my wrist atm. I personally didn t care of somehow 'boxes' that are need to be filled.

Mostly I just buy based on looks and occasionally on spec. More of a heart than head person

Not every watch has to hit every item on my list of "good-to-haves", but some things get weighed very heavily. For example, a date complication is pretty useful for me, so I have to really like a watch that doesn't have one in order to go ahead and get it anyway.

I’m the opposite, no date weighs very heavily in favour of a watch for me. I do lately have a system of sorts, which mainly steers towards diversity (new makers, materials, complications, colours, case shapes) and features I like (no date, manual wind, QR bracelet/strap) and away from features I don’t like (day/date, date at 3, case size outside my range, low water resistance, too dressy…).

Of course like you, any watch that really takes my fancy can instantly blow all this reasoning away!

The price and the size... These 2 are essential details.

No. Very few of my watches tick more than one box. I collect watches that interest me and that's the only box required. I don't wear most of my watches.

I used to have a few rules I tried to follow but I’ve failed that, and now the only thing I keep to is not spending too much on them (keeping the too much pretty vague). Otherwise I go by a combination if looks and specs, meaning I like a watch to tick certain boxes but if I really like how it feels I can forget some of the specs.

No - it just has to put a smile on my face when I look at my wrist.

The watch doesn’t have to tick every single box and pass with flying colors. There is wiggly room in certain departments and acceptions to rules depend on the purpose of the Watch. My MoonSwatch is a perfect example of the picture I’m painting.

No, that’s good though; else you wouldn’t collect different watches. And I’d go as far as it will never happen because when you come closer to your ideal watch your expectations also grow.

IMHO, the most important element in the purchase of a watch is passion. Does it set your heart on fire or not? All the other considerations are secondary. 😎

My motto buy what make you happy. I like to look at the second hand sweeping around

No. Impossible to achieve

Indeed.

There ARE boxes that if checked, will keep me -from- buying though, even if I really like the watch.

• too expensive for my wallet

• too big 45+ or too small 37-

• too expensive for what you get-poor value

• Daniel Wellingtons name on the dial.😆

I lean into quality microbrands that aren't cynical cash grabs. Ones that reflect the personality of the creator. These tend to check all the boxes for me: Sapphire, quality, the care taken with the case and bracelet, a well-regarded (and easy to maintain) movement, and a price that's attainable. I have a large wrist (8.25"), so I can wear almost anything comfortably. I avoid cases that are too small, however.

So I have a mix of micros and the Seiko/Citizens/Tissot/Bulovas of the world. Enjoy them all.

Yes, but only recently.

Found I was buying too many & not making the most of those I already own & enjoy wearing.

Ive got a couple of my Grails (SM300 & Aqua Terra) so any potential purchases are measured against those.

Really trying to minimise my collection, rather have fewer higher quality pieces than loads of average ones.

Discipline!!! 🤣

Nope, sometimes I just get something wacky. Take for example my homage if you will to Warhammer40K or my obnoxiously big Maratac Digi. (Which at $30US is a steal, especially considering the Ti NATO it comes on is most of the MSRP... 😂)

I Do like those Maratacs, but they are 'uge.

If you ticked all the boxes with one watch, why would you want others? 🤔 For me it's about having choice, and to focus that choice on different things at different times, I.e. each feature of each watch. Lume at night, WR when in the water, robustness while out and about, presence in foral situations, etc. Each watch has its own individual beauty whether expensive or affordable. 😁

I don't have a single watch in my collection that ticks all of the boxes. If I could find such a beast, I might be able to finally stop collecting.

I agree on the 'affordable or expensive' sentiment... and choice. But, you can definitely tick all your boxes and still want or have a different watch. Also ... I'm not advocating that everyone needs all their boxes ticked. I'm just asking what others feel/do.

I try to tick all my boxes on every watch. I feel that for whatever reason, some just aren't achieved or satisfied. I usually sell the watch off at that point. I have been collecting for nearly 15 years and I have whittled my process down... I used to be a serial flipper. Trying to tick all the boxes (for me), helps me to keep the watch longer... and lose less money on the transaction.

Occasionally I have a watch that doesn't tick them all, but is weighted pretty heavily in one of the other areas that is ticked. That is often when my internal scales dilemma on whether it should stick around takes over.

First and foremost, the watch must connect with me visually. My eyeballs aren’t aroused, then it’s a no go! Dimension, brand, movement, value/price come after…🤙❤️

No, depend on the watch, i dont need lume in a dress watch but is very important in Divers, Hamilton khaki field have a very bad lume but i love it, some of mi chronos dont have lume and i love it also

i tend to look for a good #lume these days, the stronger the better 👍

The last sentence.

This is the box-check post, so let's check them. Regarding Aragon watches at aragonwatch.com

-Quality microbrand. Check.

-Aren't cynical cash grabs. Check.

-Reflect the personality of the creator. Double check.

-Sapphire. Usually.

-Quality. Check.

-Careful case and bracelet. Check.

-Easy to maintain movement (many have Seiko NH36, some have Swiss). Check.

-Price that's attainable. Double check. My Aragon Divemaster 42 was $139.

-Large wrist. Double check. The smallest Aragon is 42mm.

Conclusion: You are a textbook Aragon customer. Go to aragonwatch.com and prepare to be amazed.

Umm. Thanks. This feels like this was part of an Aragon marketing KPI that needed to be hit. But nice watches. 👍