The 2014 reflections post had an interesting side bar that I think deserves its own thread...

I have a few new year's resolutions of my own...
I'd be interested in hearing the quests of the rest of you guys...

#1. targets from the current available models...

#2. Basel '15 wish list ...


I'll Start ..

1. MD watch (not necessarily a 'wish' more of a definite (2015 will commemorate 10 yrs of practice)
2. one of the TT offerings - torn between the '57 and the Sm300
3. vintage sm300 in excellent condition
4. another Speedmaster professional (damn these things are addicting) -- I may ask for advice on this one -
Apollo 45th, Gemini IV, or (merciful god in heaven above) TinTin ( @repoman ) should get a commision...


- Basel Wish list -

I already know about a few models coming... so not a very fair fight..

But, I will say.... at least one is a must have...

I will say that come Basel...Many will be thrilled like never before...

some will be frustrated,
few will be disappointed...


Either way, I think that 2015 will be a great year...

a final Prediction (Just call me Kreskin) ... Many of us will actually get together face to face ...

 

Targets from available models:

1. GSOTM (counting that as currently available as it seems to be dribbling out now)
2. '57 Speedmaster with white dial

Basel Wish List:

Only one - a stainless steel Tresor.

 

There's a possibility I'll be getting something very special at the end of 2014 that would preclude any 2015 purchases...so my 2015 wishlist might be empty! We'll see...

(But if it wasn't empty, then DSOTM, GSOTM, Gemini IV, and 3575.20 would be on the wishlist...)

 

Son of a bitch!! 3575.20......

I may need to edit my list...


I think we'll all look back at this one...and the current asking prices...and kick ourselves....good call.. this is a steal right now!

The rest are no-brainers... Although I'ma little saddened to see the DSOTM on your list... knowing that you had one...

Just imagine a 2015 without Regret....

 

Stainless Tresor.....I agree ...would looooove to see it, and my pocketbook would as well... but I think that whenever a model is made in white Gold...it likely won't see stainless life... (look at the X2 fiasco...)

I think the strategy is to keep Tresor preserved on a Precious metal pedestal... although I've been wrong before (just ask my wife)...


Still...I hope that the clous de Paris dial finds its way onto more accessible models... Imagine an hour vision with Clous de Paris...

 

I really need to stop visiting this message board.

 

Damn, Speedy Metorite.

 

@Superdoc, why don't you just call it things I'm going to buy in 2015.

 

#1 Very tough call w/ the selection pool being limited to the current catalog: my short list is the Aventurine, GSOTM, SM300 Titanium, and Tresor... with my final choice being: GSOTM

#2 Honestly, I'm too new at this, and I'm already overwhelmed with the current catalog, as well as some grails from the past..... I can't even wrap my mind around what is coming next. BUT! I like to play along so I took a look at what NASA anniversaries are coming up in 2015 to try and get some inspiration, and I copied some of the more interesting ones below... so my answer here is, a Speedy Pro limited edition, anniversary, 50yr Gemini IV, blue pigmented meteorite dial in a ceramic Speedy pro case, 1965 pieces.


Interesting NASA manned space flight anniversaries in 2015:

50 yr: Gemini Titan 3, with astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young aboard. Launched 9:24 a.m., EST, Cape Canaveral, Fla. First manned Gemini flight for 3 orbits of the earth lasting 4 hours and 53 minutes. First person to eat a corned beef sandwich in space: Virgil Grissom. First U.S. two-person flight. First manual maneuvers in orbit.

45 yr: Apollo 13 launched on its ill-fated flight to the moon. Crew: James A. Lovell Jr., John L. Swigert Jr., and Fred W. Haise Jr. aborted the mission after the service module oxygen tank ruptured on April 13.

50 yr: Gemini Titan 4 launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. at 11:16 a.m., EDT. Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White aboard the Gemini 4 spacecraft. White makes the first U.S. extravehicular excursion 4 hours and 18 minutes into the flight.

50 yr: Gemini 5 (GT-5), launched on a Titan II, 10:00 a.m., EDT, Cape Canaveral, Fla.. Astronauts Gordon L. Cooper, Jr. and Charles “Pete” P. Conrad, Jr. complete an eight day mission.

50 yr: Gemini Titan 7 launched by Titan 2, 2:30 p.m., EST, Cape Canaveral, Fla. Astronauts Frank Borman and James A. Lovell, Jr. on a 14-day mission.

50 yr: Gemini Titan 6 launched by Titan 2, 8:37 a.m., EST, Cape Canaveral, Fla. Astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford; rendezvous mission with GT-7.

 

+1 on Speedmaster Soyuz (Meteorite)! WANT!

Also thinking a birth year Rolex Submariner (1985) and Planet Ocean (big bright orange one!)

 

2015?


..... more vintage.

 

How 'bout a most simple wish for all: Health and Happiness. Watches come and go, but these are most precious.
Don't get me wrong, it's always better when "watches come" ;-)

 

BAN HIM......

 

Ok - Ok, I guess it depends on how sick and how unhappy ;-(

 

Well what if it's a Patek Repeater? Then maybe if you're not deathly ill or absolutely miserable?

 

very rare and highly collectible!

this one with box and papers!


(sorry to derail the thread, ok, back to business!)