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1 November 2014, 05:23 AM | #121 | |
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1 November 2014, 06:18 AM | #122 | |
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1 November 2014, 06:26 AM | #123 | |
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Lol. 3 or 4 is the norm; if you go to number 5 you will be immediately kicked out And me too the 5711 I also prefer blue; is just with the 5726 Sent from the 3-4 Watches Philosophy Company headquarters
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1 November 2014, 10:50 AM | #124 | |
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Or maybe in your case is a true change in taste; but in my case I think is just a balance problem that can be easily balanced.
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2 November 2014, 04:16 AM | #125 |
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Thank you Jorge, this is a truly fascinating thread.
My "collection" is up to 6 Rolex...which is more than enough. The penny dropped last week when I was in an AD trying on the New WG GMT. I happened to be wearing my BLNR at the time, and looking at the BLRO all I could think was "why?" I have my heart set on an AP 15400....and am seriously considering a PP 5167 down the road. I can see 3 or 4 Rolex being flipped in the near future....
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2 November 2014, 05:42 AM | #126 |
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Don't know why but white dial Nautilus don't do anything for me, saw the 5711 and 5726 in white and I find them very boring, the blue, grey, brown and other dials I like much more...
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2 November 2014, 09:56 AM | #127 | |
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I am slowly falling for the AP 15400....and am wanting to love the Aquanaut (but not there yet)... As an aside....it's not easy, this business of spending money without wasting any.
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2 November 2014, 01:39 PM | #128 | |
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3 November 2014, 12:38 AM | #129 |
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This thread made me rethink my whole collection. I'm going to go from 8 to 4 asap.
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3 November 2014, 01:19 AM | #130 |
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I could live with 2 watches: Hulk and 5070P or 5170 (since 5070's are hard to find). Or in third place a Platona.
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3 November 2014, 01:23 AM | #131 |
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This thread making me think I need to add more Patek...5070 hmmmm.
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3 November 2014, 02:51 AM | #132 | |
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You are welcome Clive. I know it doesn't apply to all. But if it makes a heck of a lot of sense to me, it should apply to many. Is fun to wear your grails all the time. Sent from the 3-4 Watches Philosophy Company headquarters
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3 November 2014, 08:19 AM | #133 |
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This is a great thread. I am too looking at shrining down the collection.
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I agree and love this thread. I recently went down to 4 watches and it's actually a lot less stressful deciding which one to put on in the morning. I now have a system for which one to wear and when.
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3 November 2014, 10:00 AM | #135 | ||
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3 November 2014, 12:35 PM | #136 |
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This is one of the best posts that I have read on the forum. As someone fairly new to the hobby, it is possible to get caught up in the "more is better" mindset. I have had watches that I acquired and then felt obligated to wear, so this message really connects with me - have pieces that always speak to you for the situation, and everything else can go.
Thanks for taking the time to share your experience. This may be the first post ever on the forum that saves me money! (That may be wishful thinking) |
3 November 2014, 12:56 PM | #137 | |
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8 November 2014, 10:17 AM | #138 |
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I need to learn from your experience mate! Way too many watches I have and not enough wrist time with them!
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10 November 2014, 02:00 PM | #139 |
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I finally changed my signature, it's a little long of course but if you were to do the same thing it would probably be a whole page
Anyways wanted to thank you for making me understand that for me, exactly like you, less is better, it felt not right having great watches, IMO, sitting in the bank safe but I was thinking that they are great and flipping them would be stupid and I would loose money, of course I am loosing money but not too much as I got them all new but at good prices, but I feel much better knowing that these pieces will make someone happy, and they will be living a watche's life, getting wrist time and not aging slowly in the dark of a metal bank safe, which is not IMO where a watch should be, except if you are an investor and plan to keep them for 10 or more years before selling them for more, but that's not me, I invested in real estate but not in watches |
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PS: Hope you don't mind if I attributed myself the job of vice president of your "3 watch company", I work for cheap, after all I seem to be the first follower of the cult, but surely not the last
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10 November 2014, 04:39 PM | #141 |
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Believe me, I was like Jorge, even if I didn't have so many and such impressive pieces, but I just went from 9 to 3 and I feel much much better, more isn't always better for everyone
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11 November 2014, 11:08 AM | #143 | |
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I can't say that I am on remission, as it is really a relief for me to have gone down from 9 to 3, and I really feel much better and enjoying much more the pieces that I have left, and it's clear that I will not go to level 4 of the cult before a very very long time, of course I am always thinking when I like a watch would I really love to have it, would it really stay and have it's place with the other 3, and if I would decide to take the step it wouldn't be before the deadline I fixed for myself, which is minimum 1 to 2 years, but I find myself very content with my trio and it's very possible that I will decide to stick to it, but if not I would contemplate AP RO, don't know which one as IMO the 15202 is probably my fav but having a 5712-1A it would again IMO be too much in the same league, or PP Nautilus 5726, probably on strap, even if in theory I prefer the bracelet version but having 2 1A models would be too close for a 4 piece collection, or maybe if I decide to cross the line to a more dressy piece one day an ALS, but only time will tell and if I continue to be satisfied with my 3 and only 3, which I think should very likely be the case as I think my trio is just perfect for me, and I will only consider adding a 4th if I really want it for a long time and need it |
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13 November 2014, 05:17 PM | #144 |
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Sorry for awful pic but 4 it is:)
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13 November 2014, 09:13 PM | #146 |
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Pretty damn close to the perfect foursome...
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13 November 2014, 09:30 PM | #147 |
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Awesome 4 , love your new addition. That 5170 is Sick And the number allocated for each brand is also my preference : 2 PP, 1 AP and 1 Rolex.
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14 November 2014, 09:34 AM | #148 | |
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I agree on the breakdown it feels like the right balance, but we could always tweak:) Metal, rubber , leather, SS, gold, date, dateless, bezel, genta, automatic, manual, black, brown, blue, white, lugholes, chrono, dot, stick, arabic, breguet |
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14 November 2014, 11:15 AM | #150 | |
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Conversion from hoarding all brands to Patek
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Absolutely But at this point there is not many options that I would be interested. Either they are not good enough to push me to flip or if they are, they are well above budget.
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