I loved it when I first saw it and was excited that I picked it up.... then after wearing it twice, it kinda is meh now.... anyone else coming off the honeymoon? Was going to sell it and buy a Batman or Pepsi, but someone I feel like a traitor doing that......Timepiece collecting is such a fickle hobby...
I tend to agree with those who say that it takes a bit longer to get bored with a watch. Having said that, it happens, and forgive me for saying so but it sounds like you made an impulse buy. Let he who has not done that on this forum cast the first stone! Anyway, a watch has to be very special if one is to hold it for a lifetime. I find that the watches I will keep forever have sentimental meaning attached to them. Having worn those watches for a long period of time, and having had them with me during the special events in my life adds quite a bit to the story of the watch and the reason it is a keeper. Days and weeks will never establish such a bond.
I loved it when I first saw it and was excited that I picked it up.... then after wearing it twice, it kinda is meh now.... anyone else coming off the honeymoon? Was going to sell it and buy a Batman or Pepsi, but somehow I feel like a traitor doing that......Timepiece collecting is such a fickle hobby...
It's a bit soon to write it off. Yes, there was a lot of buildup over this watch so it is natural that you are coming off the sugar high. Set it aside for awhile and revisit in a month or so, if after 6 to 12 months you still feel the same way let it go. No need to rush into liquidating it, the values are holding fine now and should for awhile.
It's also possible that you loved the "idea" of the watch but it really doesn't do anything for you in the metal. I have a few watches in my collection that will eventually get purged for that very reason- I love them in concept or design, but something just doesn't work for me on a gut level. I have others that sat for years in my watch drawer and I was resigned to sell, put them on for a day and they became favorites and are back in regular rotation (my Navitimer comes to mind and taking it off the bracelet and putting it on a strap did it for me). And there are also watches that feel more comfortable for some reason in the colder months than the warmer....its all very illogical, but such is taste, ergonomics, love, etc.
Hang on to it for a few months, try it in the winter months, and again next summer- if you don't bond with it, you don't bond with it- then sell it. Nothing wrong with that.
I loved it when I first saw it and was excited that I picked it up.... then after wearing it twice, it kinda is meh now.... anyone else coming off the honeymoon? Was going to sell it and buy a Batman or Pepsi, but somehow I feel like a traitor doing that......Timepiece collecting is such a fickle hobby...
Thought I’d chime in on this. I thought quite hard about getting one, but in the end went with the Apollo 8 DSOTM. To me I thought I’d rather be “mooned” by the
moon...Rather than by Buzz. Besides having seen that photo about half a million
Times ( Footprint included) I kinda Like the moon on my wrist. Both sides.
Now that Jomashop is discounting the Buzz watch the investment thrill will lose its’ lustre...unless you keep it unworn in your bedroom closet shrine and focus on the long view. Me, I wear my 8 on full moon weeks accompanied by my Pink Floyd sound track in the background.
See you on the other side...
give it a chance😀
