Hand made watch cabinet

wombat24

1 year ago

For 35 years I only had one watch – a Rolex Submariner I bought in memory of my Dad, but when COVID hit, I did what a lot of people did, and went boredom shopping on-line.

I soon discovered the fascinating world of watches and the wanna-be engineer in me loved the different complications that are available in watches, so I decided to collect watch complications – GMT, Diver, Regulator dial, power reserve and so on.

It didn’t take me long to find Jomashop but oh, did I spend time there! It took weeks of research, hand-rubbing and intellectual masturbation before I chose the perfect first watch for my collection.

Two or three years later and my lust for watches outgrew my “Made in Amazon” watch boxes, and I knew that I had to do something before I ended up penniless, sleeping on cardboard outside an Authorized Dealer, with my watches in a shopping trolley.

I decided to build a watch case that could only accommodate 30 watches, that way I’m forced by real estate to limit my compulsion. If I want another watch, I’ll have to sell one first. And, as some of my early choices were, let’s say, a learning experience, I don’t see that as a problem. Buying four 39mm watches sight unseen was very silly in retrospect, when a 42mm suits me better! They are nice watches though.

One of my many hobbies is furniture making, and so I designed and built this cabinet. Made from Cherry with Purpleheart accents, I’m very happy with the way it suits my décor and coddles my collection.

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