Arrivals, What Did You Buy Recently?(Watches)

A thing of utter beauty. Great pics too !

Thanks. Apparently it was abandoned in a drawer for about 30 years. Just a pity the polish police took it into custody at some point.

I have been looking for a Carrera 2447N for a long time and finally found a beauty...she is in route!

@CajunTiger where did you find that beauty?

from a fellow collector.

Incoming Lemania Valjoux 😀

Finally.

Just washed ashore! Thanks to great OF member peatnick.

Black Textured Seamaster.

When you trip over a $100 bottle of port selling for $72, you snag a case! After a quick email about bottle condition, it's plain to see there are no issues from the photo they sent.




I see a bottle of Potel Clos de la Roche in the back that I might have to inquire about. 😉

I've grabbed my jacket and I'm on my way over Dennis.

Makes me thirsty. Question about wine as a hobby: right now I enjoy wine but know very little. I've considered educating myself but I fear that it will become an obsession on the level (and expense) of my watch hobby. So should I throw caution and $$ to the wind and dive in head first or should I just remain blissfully ignorant enjoying $25 bottles of wine without knowing what I'm missing?

Swing on by! We'll do a semi-vertical of Graham's - 1966, 1970, 1977, 1983, 1985, and 2003. Then we'll get Windy to hook us up to IV fluids until we regain consciousness. 😲 😜


It very well might. There are about 350 bottles in my house now, with 2 racks and 3 wine refrigerators. Some for drinking now, some that will be within their peak window in the next 3 - 8 years, and others that will age for 10+ years at least. Luckily, for the price of one AT Skyfall you can get a mix of several cases of VERY nice Port, Burgundy, Riesling, and Cabernet Sauvignon.


There is no substitute for actually opening and drinking a large mix at first to know which varieties, brands, and vintages you like. However, a little help from an experienced person in the business will speed your learning curve. See if there's a local wine club too. Windy & I go to ours every 2 or 3 weeks. Everyone brings a bottle and it becomes community property as soon as it touches the table. We tried some bottles that I would have never even heard of which we now stock on the rack. We also tried some very expensive and hyped bottles that didn't tickle our fancy so that saved us quite a bit of money. It's very relaxed and informal, plus it's held at a fantastic steak house.

You might also be surprised to find there are $25 bottles that are excellent wines. There are quite a few in that range ($20 - $30) that we cellar by the case..... either Cab or Riesling. There's also a LOT of garbage at that price point. Anyone can spend $200+ on a bottle and odds are it will be good. It's trickier and takes knowledge (or extreme luck) to have a $20 bill in your pocket and get change. We did a Cab-off for sub-$15 bottles from 2012. 2 out of more than a dozen brands made the cut: Columbia Crest and H3 / Horse Heaven Hills. Got 6 of each now laying down for a couple years. Honorary mention went to Sebastiani Sonoma which was good but didn't have the aging potential of the other 2. The rest were anywhere from uninspiring to awful.

Lastly, resist the temptation to go overboard at first. You're tastes will change as you get deeper into the hobby, and you'll want to have available funds. As much as you like a bottle, don't buy more than 6 at a time, and 3 would be saner. It's not like you won't be able to find that particular year ever again.