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Please help. I haven't bought a watch in months!

  1. oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months Aug 5, 2017

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    Hello fellow forum members,

    I don't know what's happened to me. I haven't bought a watch for ages (measured in single digit months). Is it the market? Time of year? I dunno. It feels weird.

    Is something wrong with me?

    Should I just buy a watch - any watch - to set things right?

    Please help.

    (Gratuitous random watch pic)

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  2. flyingout Aug 5, 2017

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    Aww
     
  3. Cad290 Aug 5, 2017

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    No one to blame but yourself!
     
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  4. kov Trüffelschwein. Aug 5, 2017

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    Some time to enjoy what you already have isn't bad, either :)
     
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  5. JohnSteed Aug 5, 2017

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    Grab a cool one. Lay out what you got before you, and start to imagine ...
     
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  6. GuiltyBoomerang Aug 5, 2017

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    Reconsolidation time...or save the budget for next year!
     
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  7. Longbow Aug 5, 2017

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    Did you scratch the Globemaster itch yet? I seem to recall you toying with the idea of getting one.
    (Gratuitous random GM pics)
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  8. Davidt Aug 5, 2017

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    Just believe in yourself! You can do it!!!

    Summers a good time for buying. Ok there's much less coming to market but I assume due to holidays etc, pieces don't seem to be as fiercely contested.
     
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  9. M'Bob Aug 5, 2017

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    When you nail most of your grails, there are less grails to nail...
     
  10. MaiLollo Aug 5, 2017

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    I would like to be this way. I've bought a watch per month since last december...
    (Well, when I buy I usually sell, so the count didn't go up that much).
    Yes, it's a disease
     
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  11. Taddyangle Convicted Invicta Wearer Aug 5, 2017

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    It's a sign. You have too many Speedmaster watches.

    Start with owning more than one Seamaster.

    Also strive for a Double Decade Collection (DDC).
     
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  12. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Aug 5, 2017

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    Well I said to myself. Ok I have a nice collection. Let's work on servicing and improving what is there. So two more with no service history went to the spa. Sadly a quest for a UG leaf hand led to yet another OS UG and the hand. Now I am searching for a chrono hand ... lord knows what will happen. Oh and then there is the Hamilton Panda thing....haunting me.
     
  13. Toishome Aug 5, 2017

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    This is one problem I wish I had ::facepalm1::
     
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  14. oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months Aug 5, 2017

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    Inching ever so much closet every time I see pics of one!
     
  15. gemini4 Hoarder Of Speed et alia Aug 5, 2017

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    Two years ago I told you to buy vintage SM300s and Railmasters.
    You should have listened.::facepalm1::
     
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  16. Longbow Aug 5, 2017

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    You might also consider the LE Railmaster. Was blown away by mine this afternoon. Somehow the first viewing last month didn't do it for me...maybe there were too many distractions at the Trilogy event; but today, with the full unboxing and all the accessories ::love::
     
  17. oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months Aug 5, 2017

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    Ooo, ooo,! Vintage Railmaster!::book::
     
  18. cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Aug 5, 2017

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    Have you considered that you may have some sort of genetic based disorder? Have you sought treatment. Looked in the "Watches for sale forums?
     
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  19. SeanO Aug 5, 2017

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    Start again.
     
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  20. Mouse_at_Large still immune to Speedmaster attraction Aug 5, 2017

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