Just keeping one watch from your collection...

If I really needed the money then I could live with a 99p market stall watch.

What we have & share on here are absolute luxuries & we are very lucky to be able to indulge in this passion.

However in the great scheme of things a PP 5711 is worth a bowl of soup if your child is starving.

Sorry if this sound brutal guys,

Jeeper

a little perspective never hurts.

sometimes I do wonder at the money I have tied up in toys, knowing deep down that it would be better used somewhere else.

But we do in theory only go round once, so its hard not to blow some of it off frivolously.

with that said, if I had to live with one I was going to go with one of my railway watches, but then I remembered Dad's Omega Century.

Your father's old watch... could there be another choice

I have three watches that I count, plus a G-Shock I haven’t seen in years and a CWC Fat Case Navigator that I was issued (as a Royal Navy Navigator) in 1985 and regard as an heirloom rather than a watch.

The most valuable of the three is a Rolex GMT II with full set. That has appreciated in value in a way that means it would make no sense keeping it if I were in financial distress. Of the other two, my Seamaster Quartz 2264 is the less valuable but, in the event that the sacrifice of the Rolex meant I could keep the other watch, I’d retain my Fortis B-42 Cosmonaut Chrono with the Lemania 5100. It’s big, but the titanium case and bracelet keep it light, it is very legible and I have had it as an only watch. It’s more functional but less versatile than the SMPQ, and something of a grail for me, so would be my choice.

But the SMPQ would still make a very good one watch choice.

OK, I'll play, with one exception. I have several of my father's watches that will never be sold. With that, the one watch that is my go to watch for ALMOST everything, is my 14000 Rolex Airking. It's smoothe bezel and uncluttered dial makes it OK to wear with a suit and tie. Yet, it's tough enough to wear as an everyday watch. I wear it while working outside or riding my motorcycle. When it gets really filthy, into the sink it goes with a toothbrush and Scrubbing Bubbles. Comes out looking lite new. PS, it's bracelet allows it to be worn on all temps, don't have to worry about a leather strap getting grimy or a fabric band betting stinky.