As is Life, The Watch & The Art of Compromise...

as such, how do you negotiate the pathway?

You love the watch but the movement isn't very accurate or frankly it's just bullshit; the movement is a beast but the case is huge (or the opposite); you love the movement and the case size but the dial color eats away at your soul; you want it but the bracelet or clasp kills some small part of you; the lugs bother you while the dial and movement endear you; it's all nearly perfect but the watch isn't legible for your eyes; you would sell your Aunt for the watch but the lume - and you're a Lume Lord - ain't happening; everything is more perfect than your wedding night but the case is as thicc as the backside of a 1991 Chrysler minivan; and finally... you want the watch ~ as much as you wanted front row/VIP/Meet-n-Greet tickets to see your favorite band until you got to the concert and realized the only original member left in the band is the manager ~ until it's paid for and on your wrist.

Do you own/can you own Perfection or is Perfection code for "I compromised my way into loving it"?

I tell my wife there is, me... and that she's lucky - very lucky - she landed him. And she agrees... but that's only because she's sleeping and I manually nod her head up & down after having this one-sided conversation with her.

One word - Speedmaster (or is that two words shoved together?) For me it has it all and is the one watch I always go back to.

If I find a watch I’m really head-over-heels about (but isn’t your head always over your heels?…), I assess the deficits that make me unhappy, and then I find a donor watch or scavenge for parts to get it where I want it to be.

There are so many fυcked-up things that we encounter in life on a regular basis; if these little things can bring you an ounce of joy, I say go all the way, barring bankruptcy, divorce, alcoholism, high winds, drought, severe itching, or dehydration.

Just buy what you like….it’s easy.

As in the thread below. Buy a lot of watches and you get the best of all

https://omegaforums.net/threads/found-it-fun-without-a-date-or-a-brand.38423/

Why i love vintage watches….

/ ˈwɑ biˈsɑ bi / PHONETIC RESPELLING. noun. a Japanese aesthetic concept that finds beauty and serenity in objects, landscapes, designs, etc., that are simple, imperfect, and impermanent: It's the philosophy of wabi-sabi, which delights in the tarnish on an ancient silver bowl and the old uneven cobblestones.

Never been tempted to go down the lume rabbit hole? What shade of brown or beige it is; whether new watches should or should not have “vintage”; whether it’s flat, wobbly, puffy; cracked or intact; leave it alone or restore it; original or re-applied? What fun you’re missing…