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 Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject: No New Watches for 2008 !!! |
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I have decided that I am not going to purchase any new watches this year..
Now by new, I mean brand spankin' new....not a nice piece that needs my proper attention and has been waiting a few years (or decades) for me to come along..
I see now that I cannot possibly wear all the watches I have and do them justice - from a wear/use perspective.. The best I can do is give them all good tune-ups, replace the worn parts and ready them for the next generation..and possibly refurbish a few to add to that list.. But, why buy a new one that will probably not log more than a few hours of wrist time before I end up in Watch Paradise....
Does this seem reasonable.. ???
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steve
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Nothing like new IMHO!
"Pleasure Costs"
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uncle aj
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So LNIB is acceptable.    |
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| uncle aj wrote: | | So LNIB is acceptable. |
 Well, I'm not going to do this thing "cold turkey"..
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uncle aj
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Tools wrote: | | uncle aj wrote: | | So LNIB is acceptable. |
Well, I'm not going to do this thing "cold turkey"..
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BruceS
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Hi guys,
Adrian found me on WUS and told me about his new site. Thought I'd pipe into this thread as, for once in my life, I can say with pretty good confidence, "no watches in 2008". I've not even thought about buying new watches, and continue to sell off a lot of my collection.
I used to sometimes wear 5 different watches in a day, now I might wear the same one for 6 weeks (like I did with my Precista PRS-14 recently). I switched to a Seiko SKX-009 after that time and am over a week with it now, after getting it running really well. Maybe I'll try to best the 6 weeks!
Anyway, after a lot of years blowing money on watches, I have other priorities now, besides the fact that I'm now a poor stay at home dad, lol. So, I can safely say, no watches in 2008!
Nice forum you have here Adrian!
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uncle aj
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Bruce you old scoundrel, it's about time you settled down and kept to one watch.
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BruceS
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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| uncle aj wrote: | | Bruce you old scoundrel, it's about time you settled down and kept to one watch. |
Poverty will do that to you mate. :) Actually, it's great to wear one watch for long periods. Gives me a chance to bond with it, so to speak. Where I used to obsess over watches, now I hardly notice them, so long as they run well. Now and then I look at it with a little smile and think, nice watch! |
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| BruceS wrote: | | uncle aj wrote: | | Bruce you old scoundrel, it's about time you settled down and kept to one watch. |
Poverty will do that to you mate. :) Actually, it's great to wear one watch for long periods. Gives me a chance to bond with it, so to speak. Where I used to obsess over watches, now I hardly notice them, so long as they run well. Now and then I look at it with a little smile and think, nice watch! |
Just as long as you don't start stroking them whilst saying "Nice watch." and give them names. 
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| uncle aj wrote: | | BruceS wrote: | | uncle aj wrote: | | Bruce you old scoundrel, it's about time you settled down and kept to one watch. |
Poverty will do that to you mate. :) Actually, it's great to wear one watch for long periods. Gives me a chance to bond with it, so to speak. Where I used to obsess over watches, now I hardly notice them, so long as they run well. Now and then I look at it with a little smile and think, nice watch! |
Just as long as you don't start stroking them whilst saying "Nice watch." and give them names. |
No worries. I don't do that anymore. JJ scared me with his stories. |
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