Other than this site, are there other resources (online or otherwise) the forum can recommend for someone new to collecting to learn? I checked the messages boards but i didn't see a compressive list of recommended resources so I thought I would go right to the experts. Thanks for your help!

 

Scouter?

Lots of great info here - just learning Speedys myself - welcome aboard!

 

Desmond's blog about collecting vintage Constellations is where I started.
http://omega-constellation-collectors.blogspot.com

 

http://speedmaster101.com/ is great for vintage Speedies. Covers up to 145.022-78.

 

Moon Watch Only / Universal Geneve by Sala and other books are well worth the investment if you intend to collect.

 

I appreciate the suggestions. Man that speedmaster101 site was a wealth of knowledge! I spent an hour last night there alone. As I get more into this I can definitely see myself purchasing the Moon Watch Only book in the future...crazy it's a 4-6 month shipping time on that from Amazon. If anyone has any other suggestions (other online watch forums/sites, magazines that would be worth getting a subscription, ect) please keep them coming! Thanks again for your help.

 

http://chronomaddox.com

 

Just bought both from Hodinkee.

 

Good resources here:
http://www.watchtalkforums.info/forums/content.php?r=494-Horology-101-understanding-your-watch
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f66/article-mechanical-watch-basics-ulackfocus-506133.html
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f2/smoke-mirrors-part-1-eta-grades-explained-458060.html
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f66/smoke-mirrors-part-2-eta-modifications-upgrades-501831.html
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f295/how-find-value-your-watch-436469.html
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f2/5-most-influential-important-automatics-428194.html

 

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm definitely interested in omega and plan on starting my collection with a SM AT I'm purchasing today. Unfortunately I'm near New Orleans and the closed AD or OB to me is Houston which is over a 5 hour drive (and that's with good traffic). I will try my local library and see what is available there. Thanks again.

 

Thanks for this. I went down the rabbit hole last night with your first link and that was a ton of good info for someone like me...some of it was a bit too technical for me at this point but I read it nonetheless...have to start learning it at some point! I will continue to mine those links over the weekend. Btw I found two magazines (watchtime and IW) ld either of those be worth a subscription? Thanks for your help!

 

I 've occasionally purchased glossy watch magazines to read on a long plane flight. They do a nice job covering new watches and new technology, but I think you can get the same coverage from any one of the watch-focused sites and blogs such as Hodinkee, A Blog to Watch, Monochrome, and Fratello among many others. You might be interested in subscribing to their (free) newsletters. My interests are tied to vintage watches, so I find watch forums, auction catalogs, reference books and vintage-oriented blogs to be better sources of information then magazines for what I'm looking for.

By the way, those links were all authored by forum moderator @ulackfocus for your reading pleasure.

 

Yeah, that was back when I liked n00bs.