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M'Bob
·MSN's watches. The breadth and quality are so vast, it inspires one to up their horological game.
Influences on your current collection?
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lillatroll
·I am a child of the 70s and just love the bold designs of the watches from that era. I also like the technological aspect with the watches from that time period such as the megaquartz, f300 and LED movements.
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abrod520
·I was influenced by
who was influenced by
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Foo2rama
··Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can.Ablogtoread was an influence to me. Ablogtowatch not so much. Classic tool watches and watches inspired by them.
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Maybe
·Perhaps I'm a internet driven collector. Unfortunately often I buy a cool watch first and then I start learning about the specific reference...however the hunt goes on. A cliche but the people in this hobby makes it worthwhile.
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ahartfie
··The black sheep in the Spee-ee-eee-eedmaster flockOF has been the biggest influence on my watch collection, both directly and indirectly. Directly because all my watch purchases since I joined in January '16 have been through here, and indirectly because my taste has been a pile of iron filings influenced by other people's magnetic fields. When I joined I was only interested in vintage Constellations. Since then I've bought a vintage and a modern Speedmaster, a quartz Omega, and a crazy Zenith that escaped from 1977.
WRUW is super dangerous to visit, and IG corrupts me daily. I'm now thinking about a Seamaster, and then of course there's that gold Nautilus with the ruby bezel that haunts me.
WRUW is super dangerous to visit, and IG corrupts me daily. I'm now thinking about a Seamaster, and then of course there's that gold Nautilus with the ruby bezel that haunts me.
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watchknut
·In no such order, OF, IG, and ebay.
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georgeszaslavsky
·I started at a very early age at 15, now I am near at 20 watches, I blame one of my uncles and one of his best friends. All over the years, I started to be more nitpicking, more demanding and unforgiving when I purchase something, I want the rare, the uncommon and in the best condition possible with no patina.
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river rat
·When I started I did not have a lot of money. You said you were a school teacher well when I got out of the US Navy first job was a school custodian we defiantly made less money than school teachers. This was back in 1985 I bought my first watch a vintage Hamilton pocket watch at a pawn shop I did have a Seiko quartz Diver watch I had from the Navy but bought it as a working watch but that pocket watch was the first bought watch as a collector and that was it for a while until I got a better job because I went back to school and had some more money to blow. In the 1990's I started collecting wrist watches mainly junk did buy a Ollech & Wajs dive watch from a ad I saw in the Navy Times a military news paper when in the Navy reserve. And stuck with buying a few pocket watches at a time when I could afford it was mainly at NAWCC marts. Then around 2007 or so I found watch forums They did influence me more into wrist watches mainly dive watches and dam I got influence once and bought this ugly micro dive watch to big for the wrist best thing I ever did was traded it for a Omega. Right now I buy what I like I don't let no watch forum tell me what to buy and buy what you like. I like vintage from the start since I did the military mostly reserve for over 20 years vintage military is what I like and a few vintage none military I bought them due to I think they are cool. Don't follow the leader buy what you can afford plus like later in life when you can spend more and collect better stuff. You do it for over 20 years it will get out of hand.
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JMH76
·I blame my childhood mentor John who was our neighbor and was an administrator in the EE department at MIT and 25 years older. He was a clock collector and also had some watches (Hamilton Railway Special, a navigators watch, and a bevy of
Accutrons). My first “good” watch was an Accutron I got for high school graduation which I ultimately traded in on a Datejust seven years later (wish I’d kept it now). More watches have followed over the years including, of course, my 3590.50 (see https://www.fratellowatches.com/why-i-purchased-an-omega-speedmaster-professional/ for that story). He was a major influence on me in other ways (cameras/photography) and was best man at my wedding. Unfortunately he died suddenly a few years ago but I still have a French travel clock he gave me (with which my four year old grandson is fascinated) and I’m still into photography so his influence goes on in more ways than one. I was lucky to have known him and miss him.
Accutrons). My first “good” watch was an Accutron I got for high school graduation which I ultimately traded in on a Datejust seven years later (wish I’d kept it now). More watches have followed over the years including, of course, my 3590.50 (see https://www.fratellowatches.com/why-i-purchased-an-omega-speedmaster-professional/ for that story). He was a major influence on me in other ways (cameras/photography) and was best man at my wedding. Unfortunately he died suddenly a few years ago but I still have a French travel clock he gave me (with which my four year old grandson is fascinated) and I’m still into photography so his influence goes on in more ways than one. I was lucky to have known him and miss him.
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Tik-Tok of Oz
·I blame my wife for everything.... including all my watches. Just easier that way.
And I blame @Mad Dog because.....Mad Dog.
And last but never least... This guy.
https://goo.gl/images/4MBGWq
And I blame @Mad Dog because.....Mad Dog.
And last but never least... This guy.
https://goo.gl/images/4MBGWq
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jimmyd13
·For me it started with a book. Don't even remember the name of the book. It was a tatty old paperback that simply listed watches, by maker and date, along with prices and simple pen sketches of the watches themselves. Damn, there was some breathtaking wrist candy in there. I was always drawn to one of the watches with the highest price tag: a vintage 1931 Jaeger (no LeCoultre) Reverso. I still don't own one. I've never even held one ... but it's pretty much the only one left on my "list". Although the more modern "Night & Day" and the Moonphase versions are bloody gorgeous.
Instead, I bought a 1930s Cyma tank ... and the rest is history. I've owned hundreds of watches since then, costing hundreds of thousands of pounds .... and then, one day, I found OF. You bastards. I blame everything on you from now on. Including my new found desire for play-worn Hotwheels.
Instead, I bought a 1930s Cyma tank ... and the rest is history. I've owned hundreds of watches since then, costing hundreds of thousands of pounds .... and then, one day, I found OF. You bastards. I blame everything on you from now on. Including my new found desire for play-worn Hotwheels.
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Mad Dog
·My Uncle Jim, who is a watchmaker/clockmaker/collector, is my biggest influence regarding my collection...he introduced me to watches in the early 1970s. 👍
Pics from last year, December of 2016, when I visited him in Wisconsin...good times! 👍
LATE ENTRY: Uncle Jim also introduced me to wearing multiple watches at one time in the early 1970s...he would routinely wear anywhere from 2 to 8 watches simultaneously on any given occasion...I thought that was pretty dang cool...so I continue the family tradition today. 😁
Pics from last year, December of 2016, when I visited him in Wisconsin...good times! 👍
LATE ENTRY: Uncle Jim also introduced me to wearing multiple watches at one time in the early 1970s...he would routinely wear anywhere from 2 to 8 watches simultaneously on any given occasion...I thought that was pretty dang cool...so I continue the family tradition today. 😁
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Ninja2789
·Hodinkee gets a bad rap, but all their reference point videos opened up the door for me. Not only learning about the different history behind some of the most iconic watches, but also the story of the people who owned them really inspired me.
After that, it was a mix-mash of forums and local community collectors. I've been lucky enough to befriend people in the NYC community (Analog Shift / RedBar / etc) who keep "enabling" me to speed towards financial ruin.
After that, it was a mix-mash of forums and local community collectors. I've been lucky enough to befriend people in the NYC community (Analog Shift / RedBar / etc) who keep "enabling" me to speed towards financial ruin.
