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·Horological Hivemind:
It’s taken me years to get my bearings in this hobby and for my tastes to develop and mellow with greater knowledge and experience. But I’m beginning to feel like I finally know what’s out there and what I like. And to settle upon a collection strategy of sorts.
I think I’d like to organize a collection around the concept of materials. That is, one watch each in a range of case metals/materials. I’m already on my way. This appeals to the science nerd in me.
I want a fair amount of diversity in complications, styles, eras, etc, too, but such variability matters less than the material thing.
I tend to go for uncommon/limited pieces—I don’t feel any compulsion to cover the “standards.” All that really matters is that I like it. Any brand, macro or micro.
Here’s what I’m thinking:
Steel: my Rio Seamaster 300pro
White gold: my Aqua Terra 150m
Yellow/rose gold: an incoming 1956 IWC dress watch
Plastic/synthetic: my Garmin instinct
Platinum?
Titanium?
Ceramic?
Curious if folks have any suggestions. I don’t have a GMT or chronograph at the moment, and am tempted to pick up the new Timex titanium GMT that I posted about recently—it’s sharp, and could fill a niche for travel/beater. And there are plenty of ceramic Speedies out there to choose from. Platinum would likely be a culminating purchase years from now… maybe a preowned DayDate 36, though I’ve sort of sworn off Rolex.
It’s taken me years to get my bearings in this hobby and for my tastes to develop and mellow with greater knowledge and experience. But I’m beginning to feel like I finally know what’s out there and what I like. And to settle upon a collection strategy of sorts.
I think I’d like to organize a collection around the concept of materials. That is, one watch each in a range of case metals/materials. I’m already on my way. This appeals to the science nerd in me.
I want a fair amount of diversity in complications, styles, eras, etc, too, but such variability matters less than the material thing.
I tend to go for uncommon/limited pieces—I don’t feel any compulsion to cover the “standards.” All that really matters is that I like it. Any brand, macro or micro.
Here’s what I’m thinking:
Steel: my Rio Seamaster 300pro
White gold: my Aqua Terra 150m
Yellow/rose gold: an incoming 1956 IWC dress watch
Plastic/synthetic: my Garmin instinct
Platinum?
Titanium?
Ceramic?
Curious if folks have any suggestions. I don’t have a GMT or chronograph at the moment, and am tempted to pick up the new Timex titanium GMT that I posted about recently—it’s sharp, and could fill a niche for travel/beater. And there are plenty of ceramic Speedies out there to choose from. Platinum would likely be a culminating purchase years from now… maybe a preowned DayDate 36, though I’ve sort of sworn off Rolex.
