Omega collection down to one: How are your watch tastes changing (or not)?

It’s a two drink err I mean watch minimum here. What’ll ya have?

Nice that you have managed to downsize your Omega collection...
Lots of my friends wonder often why I need more than one watch??
And my children don't even use watches...🙁

MUST..
NOT..
BUY..
ANOTHER..
SPEEDY..

😉

Have a nice weekend!

My issue is that I love buying watches. The process, anticipation and excitement of waiting for it to arrive, opening the parcel to (hopefully) reveal the diamond in the rough sealed with years of dirt and grime, an hour or so for a crystal polish and clean of the case, movement inspection, then strapping it onto my wrist. That’s the bit I love. I constantly find that after this part is done with, the watch then sits in my box for a few months, perhaps coming out for a periodic look under a loupe or 30 minutes on the wrist.

Realistically I reckon I could reduce my collection to probably 6-8 watches that I wear, but I simply don’t want to pull out of the hunt.

David - that was/is Spot On!

You summed it up in a few sentences!!

The best way I can describe it, is it's like Christmas when i was a kid. The excitement of seeing the presents all wrapped up and the anticipation of opening them and seeing if what's inside lives up to your expectations. That was the best bit. Once you've opened them, they simply become another toy. The magic's right at the start!

You can sum it up with one word even, ADDICTION 😁

I’m deep into it. Omega (from 40s to 70s & all sorts) dominates. I need to consolidate.

Well my collection has grown wildly but I’m still in my youth (as a collector at least 😉) :
- 2019, the 1st year : I bought 1 Omega Constellation in Jan and started spending time on the web, bought a Croton Casd as my first vintage chrono/diver (« coup double » I thought, as if it was the end of it)

- 2020, my second year I joined OF in Feb : +8 watches including 2 omegas (a 145.018 and a FOIS), the rest were all first, that I could afford, venturing in different areas of the watch world : eterna, lemania, zenith, grand seiko, longines.
- 2021 got crazy : +22 . Including 6 omega ( a 145.029, a CCase Connie, 2 seamaster from the 50s and 2 1940s 30T2) The rest was an extension of my first steps of 2021 : more Eterna (50s 60s) more Tissot (60s 70s), more Seikos, more of everything

-2022 : « I should consolidate »… NOT : +18 watches of which 10 omega (166.009, a first speedy and a markII, a 176.007,2 more seamaster from the 50s) and a first IWC and Rolex….

- 2023 : still want to buy but money is not growing on trees… and do I start to be more focus ? +6 including 5 omega (a 165.024, a deluxe constellation, a 145.006…) and first 2 watches sold 👍

- 2024 : who knows ? But 1 so far and a wonderful 145.012-67…

The vast majority of my Omega collection is from OFers.

So I’m deep into it. Omega (from 40s to 70s & all sorts) dominates. I need to consolidate.


Edit : I realized I did not answer the OPs question. I would say my tastes are evolving of course but mainly leading me to enlarge what I appreciate rather than saying 'nay, not for me'. This is not helping to focus 😀

For instance : I thought watches over 40mm would be too big for me or below 34mm would be too small. I know now that for me the up-limits are more related to the lug to lug dimensions and that depending on my mood and apparels I could go from a 44mm 'willard' seiko to a 32mm longines.
Also I learned to love different case forms : I did not like the C shape / Cushions initially but I have learned to appreciate them (from Chronos to Constellation). Looking in OF I am leaning over trying very distinctive shapes to see if I like wearing them or not : like scarab lugs.
Last example but somehow related to the size I already mentioned and the occurence of those : but I feel like exploring more the 30s and 40s that what I've done so far (90% of my collection is from the 50s to 70s).

At the end it is a little bit like food : it's great to explore but you keep having your favorite dishes.
For the moment, I still feel I need to keep exploring before being more selective again.

I can stop anytime I want to. I just don’t want to.
Besides, I have ONE for sale. 😁

you need cross hair & and black dial

😁😁😲😁 Soon one for every day of the month!!

And nice Speedys!

I find my preference have swung toward more advanced complications as my collection grows. While I love all the watches in my current collection, just having the time and date isn't scratching the itch anymore. I mean, how many more divers do I really need?



I love calendar complications such as triple date moonphase, annual calendars, and perpetuals. The ingenuity of just using wheels and levers is amazing to me. Unfortunately, what I like are expensive and so I'm doing more research before I pull the trigger in another year or two. Some contenders are the JLC perpetual 140.2.80 in rose gold at 37mm and the Patek 5146 annual calendar. Some pictures for reference that I pulled from Chrono24.