The ," Special One"

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YYTIN

·Mar 4, 2024

I’ve always been buying to wear. But then I ended up with a lot more than it is practical to deal with. I try to rotate though.

In the process I’ve started to understand those who keep watches for the pleasure of collecting them.

For instance I appreciate more and more pocket watches but can’t really imagine myself wearing them.

So all in all I’m in the wear them all team but I know I could move to the other side ;-)

 

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TIMElyBehaviour

·Mar 4, 2024

Mine are all in rotation based on what I feel like wearing or what I am doing. But my take on things is simple, watches were made to be worn and enjoyed. So that's what I try and do. I am understanding day by day more and more that I am a luck so and so to have what I have and it brings me more joy making memories with them than storing them away for a better resale value or to baby it for no reason.


Just one man's opinion.

 

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hen

·Mar 4, 2024

I wear both of my special watches. The Seamaster I wear all the time it just feels so solid, maybe too much as it got some scratches and welding spatter. The Geneve I wear just for special occasions because it feels fragile.

"Off course I can help you move that couch before dinner"

 

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fizz

·Mar 4, 2024

I buy to wear and therefore everything gets worn. I also now consider each of my pieces to be a grail of some sort at some point in time (for me at least) but am not precious about putting them on. Due to rotation some pieces certainly do get more wrist time than others (I have a "type") but the others do come on eventually. If a long enough time frame passes without having been worn (say 6 months or so), I consider parting with it, which I think is fair. No point in collecting for hoarding. Best to pass it on to someone who can enjoy it instead.

 

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southtexas

·Mar 4, 2024

fizz

I buy to wear and therefore everything gets worn. I also now consider each of my pieces to be a grail of some sort at some point in time (for me at least) but am not precious about putting them on. Due to rotation some pieces certainly do get more wrist time than others (I have a "type") but the others do come on eventually. If a long enough time frame passes without having been worn (say 6 months or so), I consider parting with it, which I think is fair. No point in collecting for hoarding. Best to pass it on to someone who can enjoy it instead.

perfectly well said in my opinion

 

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watch_er

·Mar 4, 2024

I wear them all, but there is one special one that I wear very infrequently.

 

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Syzygy

·Mar 5, 2024

Great question. I tend to go for a fairly small amount to wear in my collection, based on occasion and weather. I’m realizing I’m a creature of habit…

I did pick up a couple pocket watches, an 1898 Rockford (1 of 300 from what I’ve gathered) that I’m hesitant to risk any damage. And a couple 1912 Waltham’s that the cases are just, well…pretty. Parts would have to be hand made, so those are pretty much lookers, not wearers.

Everything else, wear it if the circumstances fit.

There’s one that is incredibly sentimental, so that one gets the tuxedo treatment, the others, fair game.

That said, I really do need to look at the whole collection and sort out the keeps from sells.

(sorry, Big Blue is staying for awhile James!-)

 

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lawler

·Mar 5, 2024

Vitezi

As long as they are serviced, I wear them all, even the grails. Otherwise what's the point of having them? Yesterday's daily wear was a 33.3 chronograph in 18k from 1935:

Well that is very special.

 

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Dal Cais

·Mar 5, 2024

Thanks all for contributing, great to see the passion about your collection be one or many.

Personally just getting into watches, although only a small collection some hold a special place, be it a family watch handed down or a birthday gift. All watches, I wear, well try, some more than others.

Totally understand why some watches may be treated with extra care.

 

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TIMElyBehaviour

·Mar 5, 2024

That Geneve is a little bit more robust than you think. It will take a little bit of a beating and still keep running well. Omega built them to last. Water is the biggest factor in killing it.

 

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Pvt-Public

·Mar 6, 2024

All joking aside I do have a “special one” that is rarely worn.

 

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ecarpino

·Mar 6, 2024

I generally wear them all, even a full white gold Breguet Marine from 1999. The only one I wear for special occasions only is an 18k Constellation DeLuxe 2852 from 1956, which was kept with the utmost care for more than 60 years and I would feel devastated if I scratched it..