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How to own two automatics?

Yehoshua
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Hi. I'm considering adding a 300m to my Aqua Terra and that's it! Because I presently can.

BUT regarding servicing, that's what irks me. Two watches to maintain. Seems outrageous when I think of the doubled investments.
I imagine that I'll have the possibility to set aside one of the future worn-out Omegas aside indefinitely with absolutely no need to service it if I find maintaining two watches a financial (or psychological) burden. And most probably there will always be parts and whatever.
This is how it's done, right? Or maybe I should call the thing off....

(Where I live we don't own multiple watches for different "outfits". I just like the way each of these looks in its own right).
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Tim Plains
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Wait until your AT wears out, throw it in the trash, buy the 300m, problem solved.
 
DaveK
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You might want to get a quartz model instead. Lower price point and less maintenance.

You can send me all the other watches that you find burdensome 😁

What dystopian village do you live in where one watch is considered enough 😲 ?
 
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You always need a spare, right?

As for owning two, try owning 20. 😀 If these are both Omega coaxials, you have about five years before either need to be serviced. Take a nominal sum and put it in a savings account, cookie jar, coffee can, whatever. When the time comes for service, you will have the money to do it.
 
cvalue13
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I think what the kind members are trying to say is: they all have an affliction, rendering them incapable of a good or serious answer to your question 😁
 
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Yehoshua Yehoshua
Two watches to maintain. Seems outrageous when I think of the doubled investments.

This guy's trying to introduce rational thought into the hobby. Boo this man!

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cvalue13
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Service costs are a real consideration for any mechanical watch purchase, and obviously additive with multiple watches.

If there’s a silver lining to be had here, OP, it’s two things: modern watches tend to present a less challenging service prospect (parts and competency being relatively ubiquitous), and a company like Omega provides relatively cheap service costs and infrequent intervals.

There are vintage watches requiring a scavenger hunt for parts before sending the watch to a single guy in Kansas that only communicates by telegraph; then there are modern watches with service costs 6-8X of Omega’s prices, and that may take “only” 6 months to complete.

Which is probably why the topic of service considerations is here met with humor and cognitive dissonance.
 
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cvalue13 cvalue13
cognitive dissonance.

It's a requirement to be a watch collector!
 
Yehoshua
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DaveK DaveK
You might want to get a quartz model instead. Lower price point and less maintenance.

You can send me all the other watches that you find burdensome 😁

What dystopian village do you live in where one watch is considered enough 😲 ?
Jerusalem, Israel.
 
Yehoshua
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DaveK DaveK
You might want to get a quartz model instead. Lower price point and less maintenance.

You can send me all the other watches that you find burdensome 😁

What dystopian village do you live in where one watch is considered enough 😲 ?
If I could find one with bgw3 lume....
 
Yehoshua
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Archer Archer
It's a requirement to be a watch collector!
It's would indeed be easier without the cognitive dissonance. That's the thing.
 
Yehoshua
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That's it. I personally don't know anyone with an expensive watch, let alone two expensive watches. Then all of the sudden there's me, contemplating two of them.
 
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Yehoshua Yehoshua
That's it. I personally don't know anyone with an expensive watch, let alone two expensive watches. Then all of the sudden there's me, contemplating two of them.

I met someone the other day wearing the same Rolex they have had since 1969 and it has never been serviced......I just had a 176.007 serviced (new to me) from 1972 and my watchmaker said it had never been opened. Both watches badly needed a service but still worked (only just in the case of the Omega)
For a modern watch some would say wear it until it slows or stops and then a full manufacturers service will sort it out. If you can afford it the proper way is to service it every 5/10 years depending on the recommendations and amount of wear. Even if you store a watch the lubricants will dry out in the end. If you go for a regular service a third party watchmaker will have more chance to keep it running (cheaper) with minimal parts. Leave it longer and the manufacturer service will cost more but cover most parts from fair wear and tear..... don’t overthink it ;0)
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Yehoshua
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Omegafanman Omegafanman
I met someone the other day wearing the same Rolex they have had since 1969 and it has never been serviced......I just had a 176.007 serviced (new to me) from 1972 and my watchmaker said it had never been opened. Both watches badly needed a service but still work (only just in the case of the Omega)
For a modern watch some would say wear it until it slows or stops and then a full manufacturers service will sort it out. If you can afford it the proper way is to service it every 5/10 years depending on the recommendations and amount of wear. Even if you store a watch the lubricants will dry out in the end. If you go for a regular service a third party watchmaker will have more chance to keep in running (cheaper) with minimal parts. Leave it longer and the manufacturer service will cost more but cover most parts from fair wear and tear..... don’t overthink it ;0)
Thank you.
 
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Yehoshua Yehoshua
BUT regarding servicing, that's what irks me. Two watches to maintain. Seems outrageous when I think of the doubled investments.

If you can't afford the maintenance then don't buy a second watch. But there's no reason to get angry about it. 😕
 
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Yehoshua Yehoshua
That's it. I personally don't know anyone with an expensive watch, let alone two expensive watches. Then all of the sudden there's me, contemplating two of them.
First world problems…
 
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