By Leonard A common theme among watch people is to share stories of one’s and others’ mistakes when buying, owning, and selling watches. The more money involved, the rarer the piece or the higher the stupidity, the more interesting the conversation goes. Here’s a brief post on five common and generic mistakes, and how to…
Category: Owning & Collecting
Musings: Group Think in Our Online Watch Communities and How Best to Avoid It.
By Asim What are you wearing today? I love “What are you wearing today?” threads. Seeing varied wrist shots and clever watch placementsare really fun and inform upon my wider perception of brands. It also gives me a chance to see how arandom watch looks like in the wild. Heck, I may even start obsessing…
A Boy and His Watch: Joining Joe & Watches
By Andreas Many of us have read “A Man and His Watch.” It has become essential reading for the watch enthusiast, as its memoir format eloquently captures our deeply personal fascination with watches. However, it leaves the lasting impression that one must be male, famous, successful, or a noteworthy person in the world of watches…
Buying Expensive Watches: The 200K WTB (want-to-buy) request
Watch communities: the best place to receive validation on taking decisions that are likely to ruin your personal finances. Also watch communities: loads of entertainment. Better managed communities have higher degrees of sophistication in terms of members and discussion. On occasion, there’s still a bunch of fun to be had. And stuff to learn. This…
Watches I’ve owned – Vol. 2
In this post I’ll look at the the honeymoon phase, seller’s remorse and how one’s preferences develop and change. Three very different watches are featured in this post and at least one of them I thought I’d never sell. Three things they have in common is the diameter: 40mm. Tissot Visodate People interested in watches…
Watches I’ve Owned – Vol. 1
In this post, I will have a look back at some of the watches I don’t own any longer. The whole process of buying, trying and – sometimes – selling watches has given me some valuable insights. In general, I try to avoid having too much stuff. Ever since I saw Fight Club in the…