Nice cases! You could probably trade those for a rusted out ‘85 Subaru!

 

In all seriousness, I think there have been some good points made here and the mods have laid down the rules- so I’m content with either taking it elsewhere, or going private if a fellow member shares their mutual interest in something- it’s just not as easy as-
I have this and want a watch- who’s game?

 

The way the UK is going, it won't be long before cash sales will be prohibited as that will fall into the category of swapping collectors items (notes) for a watch.

 

It would be nice - I've got LOTS of stuff I want to liquidate into more watches. Antique firearms, carbide mining/caving lamps, etc. Although most of it was more inheritance than hobby.

 

I’m a beekeeper. Anyone want to trade a watch for raw honey? What if I throw in a few thousand bees?

 

That sounds more like a threat than a promise!

 

I’m going to wager I’d not find a ton of interest in the punk rock records I’ve been offloading on Discogs to fund my watch purchases.

 

You would actually be surprised- we have all kinds here and don’t forget that punk in the 80’s is CEO in the ‘20’s

 

I’m using the broad sense of “punk” loosely... currently selling mostly late 90s and early 2000s hardcore and “screamo” records from bands with names like, forcefedglass, Usurp Synapse, and Knee Deep In The Dead. If those are your jams, free shipping for any OF members! haha

 

I think I have seen some OF members talk about punk band named like this:
Radium Death Wish
Bloody fingers
Mangled Hairspring
Stuck Springbars
Polished to Death
Cat Pissed on My Speedy

 

That last one reminds me of a thread I saw once - maybe on WUS but I can't recall for sure. Buyer receives watch he bought from seller on the forum, and posts that the watch is in the box, along with some poop. Goes on a rant and the seller claims as he was packing up the watch, his cat must have taken a crap in there and he didn't notice...

 

It is interesting to see what people collect. My wife recently sold some of my old concert tees on eBay for modest money. I just found one I got at a dead show years ago, the shirt is a “Fall out from the Phil Zone” shirt meaning Phil Lesh the bass player for the Grateful Dead. Of course my wife went online and found this shirt for sale from 200-380 dollars. Now that’s what people are asking I don’t what they go for. I had to hide the shirt as I know she will put it on eBay. Even though I didn’t know I had it for the past 10 years I still remember buying that shirt at a three day Grateful Dead show camp out and my buddy who later died in an accident was with me. Bottom line it has some sentimental value to me. I had no idea these had become collectable things. I have a pic I’ll enclose not trying to trade it it’s just funny what people are into. Some of these collectors make us watch collectors look damn near normal, 300 for an old shirt? No thank you

 

Interesting thread . . .

I've seen a (very loose) connection between amateur radio operators, audiophiles, classic car owners, watch collectors and . . .

. . . those who participate in the 1:32 scale live steam model hobby.



What you see in the background above is a 1:32 scale model of "La Divine," the SNCF 232-U! that one may find here retired:



The "little guy" looks like this:



Cars?


I'm not sure where I would go to trade any of my live steam models for watches and vice versa.

 

LOL

 

Ya I still feel bad about that

 

Wild model I have a friend who is very much into model building like that. I’m always impressed I just don’t have the patience. Very cool looking train.

 

Now what would be an equivalent watch trade for a steam locomotive?

 

In the eyes of the beholder, I reckon.

The Aster model of the SNCF 232 U1 sitting on my bookcase is worth about the same as an Enicar Sherpa Graph early reference in good to excellent condition +/- to the right person, of course.

 

I was thinking the full size one.
And would DHL ship that? Would PayPal back any payment difference?
All the possibilities....

 

So deserving of an under avatar tag-line for JwR

@dsio @Trev @cicindela