Why do I wish so deeply to only own one watch?
I can't get it out of my head. You might have noticed that I keep coming back to this topic.
I guess it's both the voice of reason and the romantic in me.
It doesn't make sense to have more than I need. And this watch does the basics and that all I really need. It is versitile enough that I can use it for every occasion.
I will never be satisfied it seems, so why keep chasing after watch after wtch?
But also how I should spend my time wearing the piece I love. Sharing experiences and give it meaning and value that way. I want this to be the watch that is associated with me.
Some of the allure of mechanical watches is that it's a throwback to when watches were tool that was needed and used. Not just exibition pieces, fashion statements or the equivalent of an expensive stampcollection.
The only thing that does stress me out is the feeling that I need a backup watch for emergency situations...
I’ve thought about this for a long time - to simplify life, reduce decisions, and finding happiness in the aging of a single-used watch (like an old leather wallet). A little romantic perhaps.
My issue is that I love shiny things and it’s very easy for family & loved ones to get me gifts, 😂
Good luck to you… rest assure which ever decision you make it will be the right one 🥃
I’ve thought about this for a long time - to simplify life, reduce decisions, and finding happiness in the aging of a single-used watch (like an old leather wallet). A little romantic perhaps.
My issue is that I love shiny things and it’s very easy for family & loved ones to get me gifts, 😂
Good luck to you… rest assure which ever decision you make it will be the right one 🥃
Thanks 😊
I think that having a backup might be the ticket to fall back into the watchmadness 🤔
But my wife has a very nice Seiko diver I can borrow if it a crisis 😅
I like watches.
Always have and never ,ever wondered why. I just do. I spend my time enjoying my multiple watches and don't really have the time to overthink it.
Mine is not to question why, mine is but to wind or die.
The BB36 is a beautiful watch. I have that model and i’ve raised your one watch question to myself several times. I can’t do it. I need at least a Casio 5600/5610 around too for those times i know i’m in for a rough and tumble or extra wet kind of day. Also, there’s too many great watches around not to enjoy at least a few different variations depending on your mood for the day. Minimalism isn’t about having less. It’s about owning just those things that you have a true need for in your life OR those things that bring you joy. The premise is to get rid of the unused clutter. I have 13 watches. I could get down to 8 and be happy with such a collection, but i have sentimental attachment to the overflow. The memories attached to them bring me happiness. I’m going to keep them at least until those feelings pass. Don’t stress or feel guilty about experiencing a little joy from watches. Enjoy them and share that joy with others. Sharing joy is not selfishness or gluttony. It’s one of the great pleasures in life.
I like watches.
Always have and never ,ever wondered why. I just do. I spend my time enjoying my multiple watches and don't really have the time to overthink it.
Mine is not to question why, mine is but to wind or die.
Perhaps I should stop overthinking
There are days that I have to limit myself to buying only one watch at a time.
The BB36 is a beautiful watch. I have that model and i’ve raised your one watch question to myself several times. I can’t do it. I need at least a Casio 5600/5610 around too for those times i know i’m in for a rough and tumble or extra wet kind of day. Also, there’s too many great watches around not to enjoy at least a few different variations depending on your mood for the day. Minimalism isn’t about having less. It’s about owning just those things that you have a true need for in your life OR those things that bring you joy. The premise is to get rid of the unused clutter. I have 13 watches. I could get down to 8 and be happy with such a collection, but i have sentimental attachment to the overflow. The memories attached to them bring me happiness. I’m going to keep them at least until those feelings pass. Don’t stress or feel guilty about experiencing a little joy from watches. Enjoy them and share that joy with others. Sharing joy is not selfishness or gluttony. It’s one of the great pleasures in life.
I don't feel guilty. But I feel that maybe this would be right for me. Give me a deeper satisfaction, more meaningful watchexperience 🤔
I find that the decisions that is hard or that I don't want to take is the crossroads that betters my life and that could be case here too 🤔
There are days that I have to limit myself to buying only one watch at a time.
The struggle is real 😅
I don't feel guilty. But I feel that maybe this would be right for me. Give me a deeper satisfaction, more meaningful watchexperience 🤔
I find that the decisions that is hard or that I don't want to take is the crossroads that betters my life and that could be case here too 🤔
If that’s how you feel, then go with it. Try it out. If having one watch works for you, stick with it. There’s no reason you can’t go back to being a multiple watch kind of guy in the future if the one watch thing turns out not to be for you.
Honest question, what "emergency situations" would come up that require a watch?
If you actually require a watch, it makes a lot of sense to have a spare quartz around for when it's needed. A Casio or Timex digital watch is cheap enought o not be wasted money, and they aren't "nice" enough to distract you from wearing the one you love.
The other thing to do if you genuinely want to be content with one watch, is don't browse/participate in watch social media. Due to human nature, if you immerse yourself in the watch hobby, something new, different, exciting, etc., will pop up, and you'll feel like you need to try it. It's just how humans are wired.
You can have the best of both worlds…get a second watch and a bunch of different straps and you’ll have infinite combinations! The Tudor looks like an absolute strap monster.
I'd like to get down to two. For me it has to do with having fewer things to maintain. I have 4 right now and I think of them as "spots" in the collection (Digital, Vintage, Dive, etc...) so if I want a new watch I try to make it fill the spot and swap out the current one.
I am already in too deep to ever get down to just one watch.
Maybe if I could have afforded the Speedy in the first place, it might be different.
Yeah, probably not. 😂
It's ideal to own only one watch. It's cost effective. But as watch enthusiasts, we have the tendency to explore and to experience different watches; the different dials, functionality, case sizes, materials, heritage, etc.
Every time I pick a new watch I feel a deep sense of satisfaction that I live in a world where I can have what I want and not being restricted to just what I need.
I like watches.
Always have and never ,ever wondered why. I just do. I spend my time enjoying my multiple watches and don't really have the time to overthink it.
Mine is not to question why, mine is but to wind or die.
Put that on a t-shirt, sir! lol
I guess it depends on what kind of watches your into; if luxury brands are the thing that car-meet makes sense. If your a value watch, micro-brand, or vintage watch; aka $200-$1000 watch fan like myself this place is like trying to diet while hanging out in a Candy Store or Bakery lol.
So if I own a cheap Daihatsu I will lust for my neighbors Lada? More so if I had a Ferrari and my neighbor a Bently?
I think it's about perspective 🤔 Plain and simple
I have this same conundrum with the Sinn U50. A watch I can afford based on wants but absolutely not a need.
Well... I'm not keeping my most expensive watch. I don't need it. But I like it. And I want to use it and enjoy it as much as possible 😊
I still love watches and I'm not heading for the monestary just yet😜
I hear ya. I hate the fact I am compelled to collect multiple watches. I have discovered it a weakness of impulsivity that taxes me in so many ways. The older I get, the more I strive to strip away the excesses of acquisitions through the years that been nothing more than the proverbial ball and chain.
I'm luck that way. I sell or throw/give away anything I don't enjoy, use or suspect I actually will use for down the line. Clutter stresses le out. Problem is that I sometimes get rid of thing a bit too soon, but hey 😅
Well said! I had this passion before I lost my 1 watch. Then I had to fill the void and no watch would.
Well said! I had this passion before I lost my 1 watch. Then I had to fill the void and no watch would.
Sounds dramatic 💔 What watch was it?
Issue for me is I have emotional and sentimental attachment to multiple watches already. So a one watch collection is off the table for me. I’m also not one to sell, maybe gift, but I can’t seem to bring myself to sell anything.
Issue for me is I have emotional and sentimental attachment to multiple watches already. So a one watch collection is off the table for me. I’m also not one to sell, maybe gift, but I can’t seem to bring myself to sell anything.
As long as what you enjoy 😊 It's positives with every way to view and handle this hobby.
I have something similar and a bit cheaper :-D
The watch content is what fuels all this, well said... But I can't stop the dopamine drip 😂
I think if you like/love watches owning one is next to impossible and why anyway? You do what feels right for you and don’t over think it. You can always sell it if you take that route and end up regretting it.
I think if you like/love watches owning one is next to impossible and why anyway? You do what feels right for you and don’t over think it. You can always sell it if you take that route and end up regretting it.
It will be 2 watches 😊 I think much of the hobby is about enjoy watches without owning. I don't see it as impossible.
I think for me it comes down to the fact... for many of our fathers and grandfathers, any one of our watches would have been easily a one-watch "collection". For so many guys of a certain era (the era we tend to love watches from?) their tool watches were their dress watches and visa versa. Add to that concept, the watches so many wore in the military, came home from tours of duty to just keep on wearing their same watches to the store, garage, church and work. In turn, I (and probably a lot of you) obsess over minutiae about our collections and daily-wearers vs dress vs sporty and leather or bracelet, exhibition or sterile, auto or manual, polywatch or sapphire, and wrist sizes and watch heights... and just complete nonsense. At times... when I'm thinking clearly, I get pretty disgusted with it all. But in the next moment I'm "nah, this is so fun!"
I think for me it comes down to the fact... for many of our fathers and grandfathers, any one of our watches would have been easily a one-watch "collection". For so many guys of a certain era (the era we tend to love watches from?) their tool watches were their dress watches and visa versa. Add to that concept, the watches so many wore in the military, came home from tours of duty to just keep on wearing their same watches to the store, garage, church and work. In turn, I (and probably a lot of you) obsess over minutiae about our collections and daily-wearers vs dress vs sporty and leather or bracelet, exhibition or sterile, auto or manual, polywatch or sapphire, and wrist sizes and watch heights... and just complete nonsense. At times... when I'm thinking clearly, I get pretty disgusted with it all. But in the next moment I'm "nah, this is so fun!"
This is all true and certainly things I think about. But the guys were not watch enthusiasts, just watch owners. I see nothing wrong with either. The question is can I be a "1" watch guy and still and be enthusiast 🤔
This is all true and certainly things I think about. But the guys were not watch enthusiasts, just watch owners. I see nothing wrong with either. The question is can I be a "1" watch guy and still and be enthusiast 🤔
Maybe there’s a happy medium… we need to figure out what that is. I’ve been thinking about going down to three. Maybe less impulse buys and use things like this app to help you decide what that is.