Tag: watch collecting

One and done? Nah!

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I have found my one-and-done watch—the Hamilton Murph 38mm on the bracelet. Great watch. Simple. Useful. Beautiful. Durable. Reliable. The best for the price.

After six months of almost wearing it everyday I have finally gotten a little sick of it. I have two watches on bracelet (a Jazzmaster GMT and Seiko 5 GMT), and a diver (an Orient Star ISO compliant) on the rubber strap which I can wear during the summer. So sometimes, like today, I want to wear something different. This is particularly true of the weekends. I like to wear something different (just as I don’t like wearing my casual weekend clothes for work).

I just couldn’t wear the same watch everyday and weekend. Such is being a fashion victim.

So like clothes we choose accessories to match. Not everything matches, though some watches can go with a lot.

I would probably take the Murph with me on trips since it is so versatile. But at home, I can keep a choice.

Watch collecting journey

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I’ve got to say, there is something about collecting that is fun. For whatever reason, men like to collect. It must have been a survival mechanism.

Anyway, I have collected many things over the years. Stamps. Comics. Records. CDs. Cameras. Fountain pens. Art.

At present, it is watches.

Some have a rule to have a limit and a one in, one out policy. That seems manageable. Except when you cheat and buy a bigger watch case. I have a four-watch case right now but I think a six or eight watch case might what I need want.

I have a separate case for three watches that are quartz but I think I will sell those. My wife has a two watch collection for now so the three-watch case may be perfect for her. She may catch the watch collecting bug.