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25 April 2020, 02:03 PM | #1 |
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We've probably all made purchase decisions that we have later regretted. If you could jump in a DeLorean like Michael Fox and go back in time. Which watch would you tell your former self not to buy and why?
For me it would be a Yellow Gold Cellini manual wind on a leather strap from a jewellers in Spain during a vacation in 1990s. An impulse purchase. I bought into the name rather than the watch. Never really wore it except for formal events. Sold it a few years later to help fund a car purchase. Promised myself I'd never buy an expensive watch ever again haha. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk |
25 April 2020, 02:14 PM | #2 |
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I would tell myself not to buy the Reverso because I won't wear it enough. I bought it well, so I really wont lose too bad, but still.
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25 April 2020, 02:28 PM | #3 | |
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25 April 2020, 02:45 PM | #4 | |
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It’s the same watch you’re considering, I think. It’s a great watch, honestly. I just hardly wear it, considering it’s my most expensive piece. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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25 April 2020, 04:02 PM | #5 |
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None, love 'em all, no regrets. Well, maybe expecting more from the Patek 5167. Thought it was a sports watch, yet it's just sporty.
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25 April 2020, 04:03 PM | #6 |
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25 April 2020, 04:11 PM | #7 | |
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Why are you not wearing it? Is it because it’s somehow dressy and not suited for casual wear? I am doing research for the Jaeger-LeCoultre 240.8.18 ref and I’d swear it would be one of my top watches. Here’s an online picture of it: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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25 April 2020, 05:11 PM | #8 |
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I regret purchasing a OP39 brand new. Looking back I just wanted a watch that said rolex on it. ended up selling it at a loss..
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25 April 2020, 07:43 PM | #9 | |
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I bought that Grande GMT Reverso just before it was discontinued. Hardly wear it , but would never sell it. Love it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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25 April 2020, 08:59 PM | #10 |
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Love the reverso... great pics.
Sorry OP - no regrets here! |
25 April 2020, 10:03 PM | #11 |
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My subC. I wanted one and was impatient.
A week later my AD offered me a SD43, which I bought and prefer. |
25 April 2020, 10:14 PM | #12 |
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I think some of us have had to make a few mistakes to learn what we do and don’t like
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25 April 2020, 10:15 PM | #13 |
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Probably this grand seiko SGBK005. Amazing watch. Amazing dial. Just don’t have as much need for a dressy watch these days. Additionally, the AP15450 is starting to fill the niche of an all blue dial but I digress.
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25 April 2020, 10:34 PM | #14 |
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114060. Wanted “classic” model. Never bonded with it. Eventually ended up with 116610 which corrected that mistake. Wasn’t to costly though at the time! Been happy ever since.
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25 April 2020, 10:36 PM | #15 |
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If I could do it over, I would have tried to keep every Rolex I sold or traded to end up with my current watches.
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25 April 2020, 10:54 PM | #16 |
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My biggest mistake was the IWC Da Vinci. chrono Model 376403. It was beautiful to look at in pictures but once on my wrist I did not bond with it. It was the older model that was an oblong shape. IWC seems to have changed back to a round shape for this model and I think more people might consider it because all the specs of the watch were excellent . Just the shape was too strange for me once I wore it some. It was also pretty big being 43X51.
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26 April 2020, 12:02 AM | #17 | |
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You nailed it. It’s a lovely watch, I just need to make it a point to wear it more. The one you are hunting down it’s probably for the same reasons why I got mine. It’s a great looking one, as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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26 April 2020, 12:15 AM | #18 |
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Probably should’ve gone with those vintage pre-moon speedmasters instead of the Ball Engineer because it was “newer and less upkeep”. Oh well.
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26 April 2020, 03:09 AM | #19 |
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26 April 2020, 10:20 AM | #20 |
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26 April 2020, 12:45 PM | #21 |
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No regrets. And +10 on the Reverso. I have a few that I wear quite often. You don't have to be so "formally dressed" as people think to pull it. Some pieces are quite sporty.
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