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28 November 2021, 10:00 PM | #1 |
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What kind of watch buyer are you?
I've also realized that on a few occasions, when I couldn't secure a piece, I was able to easily move on and really didn't look back - so probably wasn't that important after all. What kind of watch buyer are you? |
28 November 2021, 10:26 PM | #2 |
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28 November 2021, 10:38 PM | #3 |
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28 November 2021, 10:54 PM | #4 |
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I am a buy what I want, when I want and under some constraints for as much or little as I want. It has always been about the watches and sometimes I buy a watch because I have always wanted it and know that it will not stick in the collection. I always try to figure out the values so I do not get crushed on a flip out but sometimes I will buy it anyway. I see this watch hobby as just that, fun but not free.
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But I too, similar to stated above, am dormant.
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29 November 2021, 12:51 AM | #7 |
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No other way to candy coat this...
. . . . . I'm a mechanical timepiece slut. Could be a watch, or table clock, wall clock.....
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29 November 2021, 02:36 AM | #9 |
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If I see what I like and it's in my price range and if the money is in the bank, I'll buy it then and there. If not, I'll keep saving.
I don't buy grey and I don't pay premiums, because, one, it's a matter of principle, two, the premium almost always puts the watch out of my price range, and three, my hobby is not driven by a sense of desperation.
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Yep. Well said. That’s me!
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29 November 2021, 04:12 AM | #11 |
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Completely impulse buyer. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t.
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29 November 2021, 06:53 AM | #13 |
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I impulsively buy cheap watches and carefully research and buy more expensive ones.
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Paul... Paging Paul.
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Impulse buyer, if my mind is set on one I get it the same day
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29 November 2021, 11:51 AM | #17 |
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2 3 I tend to fall into each of those depending on the year or whenever an itch occurs. Sometimes I will clear out an entire collection and have no watch at all.
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29 November 2021, 12:16 PM | #18 | |
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Wow. Sounds like a lot of movement. Happy to see i’m not alone with impulse buys. A few weeks ago i was dead set on adding an offshore to my collection. Not long after the AD showed me a PP 5905P. Was never on my radar but convinced myself to add it within a day. I did circulate a short post in the PP forum but if i want to be honest i was probably looking for some justification/support for what i had already decided… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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For those who are currently dormant, is it a matter of not being too excited about anything right now, current market or wanting to sit out for awhile?
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29 November 2021, 12:53 PM | #20 |
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Definitely #3. Buying a watch is a big decision for me and I don’t enter into it lightly. I always go into owning a watch with the idea I’ll never sell it. It hasn’t always worked out that way, but I definitely put a lot of thought into it.
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29 November 2021, 08:21 PM | #21 |
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Bit of a mixed bag for me - I generally only target one at a time and I focus on that one having done my proper research making sure it's the right choice.
I always buy with the intention of keeping that watch forever so it's important for me to get it right. Having said that, nothing right now is on my radar. I'll probably sit it out for a couple of years until my 40th and go for a much bigger purchase. |
29 November 2021, 08:49 PM | #22 | |
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I don't buy watches for investment purposes, but I do see them as a relative store of value and I have no faith that today's $100k+ 5711 won't be back to MSRP in 5 years or so. So while I'm willing to lose money from MSRP for my hobby, I'm unwilling to take a total bath on a current production watch that's been marked up 100+%. I'm patient and don't follow hype and frankly don't want the attention that a "hype" watch would bring to my wrist either. |
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