Whatever the wife says is the right answer. 30+ years of marriage and took longer than 5 years for me to figure that out.
I love the reverso, its the watch I always wanted but will never buy. I can dream.
For me, this comes down to three competing factors:
1) I'm subscribing very hard to a one in, one out policy (in fact, more like two out, one in lately);
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stop seeing it as a part of your ‘collection’.
Based on the comments, I'm leaning towards keeping the MUT and just scuttling the thought of a switcheroo... that said, the 50% (total guess) chance that none of the other parties would care (or would encourage me to get what I actually want) does leave me wondering... if I did get the Reverso I would 100% have it engraved on the back. This is actually one of my main beefs with the MUT - no room for an engraving to commemorate the occasion.
All good advice. The watch I have historically worn for every major (birth of my two kids) and minor (date nights, nights out for friends, more casual parties) occasion, and the watch that anyone that has ever noticed I wear a watch would associate with me is my Rolex GMT 16760. I'm scratching my head to think if I've ever even worn the MUT on my anniversary, and I'm thinking that it was probably the GMT most if not all times.
Based on the comments, I'm leaning towards keeping the MUT and just scuttling the thought of a switcheroo... that said, the 50% (total guess) chance that none of the other parties would care (or would encourage me to get what I actually want) does leave me wondering... if I did get the Reverso I would 100% have it engraved on the back. This is actually one of my main beefs with the MUT - no room for an engraving to commemorate the occasion.
Yes, absolutely you should get the Reverso engraved, but most people don't personalize their solid back Reversos, which is a shame.
Both my gold Grand Taille Reverso from Nov 1992 and my wife's Gran Sport Reverso from Oct 2001 are engraved. The Gran Sport just came back from JLC from a full service. My Art Deco enamelled monogram was done by JLC in Switzerland, my wife's was done by J.C. Randell who was JLC's official master engraver in the US for about 20 years, he retired in 2015.
Would not sell it or broach the subject with the wife.
I’m very much in the don’t sell to buy camp.
In fact to be absolutely honest I’m in the
“I can’t believe you’re even thinking about it” camp.
I don’t know your Mrs or her pa but the classic relationship between a daughter and her father leads me to believe that even if she doesn’t say it she’ll be thinking
“what? You want to sell the watch that my dad bought you for our wedding?!!”
On the other hand, you could mention it to her - and then sell it after the divorce....😉
