hey not sure I understood todo horo soliloquy...but something like ...if i get hit by a bus I leave my loved ones my beloved 200 box collection...
but seriously... maybe and feel free to disregard unsolicited advice worth less than price paid...
sell the 2 grails...
play with the 198
study grails
wait 10 years buy 1 or 2
give away part of the 198 until there are less...maybe give to charity auction worthy cause ?
hey enjoy 2Manywatches... you have gr8 skills could easily go on youtube or be successful in any endeavor...and thank you for your body of work for the forum...a thing of pride for all wits...and a major jones " on display, on display "
Too kind, Sir Scotty, and thank you for your encouragement. Your thoughts are always a pleasure.
And, yes, that's about the gist of it -- if the bus to lights out arrived, I'd be glad for what I DO have, and have enjoyed, versus saving, saving, saving, but always some day down the road that never seems to come.
Idk, for me I guess, a more expensive watch is just not where I've been, and not where I am, as it almost seems a financial (and "moral" or, better to say, "principled") threshold is needed to "justify" a buy like that, in my mind. My affordables have never strained the budget, lol, which is part of why it's been so joyful. I can buy them, I can even be not thrilled with them and learn from the purchase, but it's never been a regret.
I've been blessed that what's affordable now is more than it used to be, for price point, and it has opened up a range of outstanding watches to me, but part of that is realizing the watches that ARE available, for NOT five grand (and up) pricing.
If I get to the point where five to seven grand is disposable income, then, yes, I can certainly see how any watch fan could rack up pricey watches at the rate of Invictas, haha, but, with other life goals, I just don't see it for me. One or a few trigger pulls at that level, and I'd be more than content to say I'd visited the high realm of watchery and came away with some trophies.
The Oris, well, as I say, that was a pricier buy, but, it retails far above the gray market price I paid and felt very much worth it, and still does, every time I even look at it, let alone wear it. Would a Seamaster impress me as much?? I don't know, I really don't, but I know it would cost me four times as much. Not sure I'd be four times as happy, haha.
But a Sinn, now that feels worthy of saving and holding the trigger finger in check until being able to grab one. At the cost of a handful of affordables, it seems it would outshine the lot, but, again, it seems a brand that doesn't add a lot to the price tag. It does something special for the cost that is asked, and seems "justified" in my little brain.
The Breitling was a very deliberate and researched step into "entry" level luxury, the Colt being widely considered one of the most affordable gateway buys into the "high brand" world, for me to see what that's all about. It was for a special occasion, a self-reward for hard work done, and I had the money to get it, so, no real worries attached to it. And, at about $3600, it's not like I could have bought a whole lot, relatively, and I had no other pressing needs at the time. It strains the limits of justification, however, for me.
My Zelos, for example, seems like far more watch than I paid, which is the end I'd rather be at, and it's my usual approach to any buy, to ask what's the best whatever at the best price. Likely a consequence of being born with a plastic spoon in my mouth!
And, not that the Breitling provided less than its sticker price, because, after all, it IS a Breitling, but that's really all that's expensively amazing about it, to be honest. I mean, lume, yes, build, sure, beauty, absolutely, but those aren't tricks that can only be performed above $3000. So, prestige has its price. Even an in-house movement, if one goes up scale from the Colt, while braggable, isn't necessarily justified in comparative performance, yes??
Reminds me of a seven grand Seiko I saw, that basically had some moss coloring on the dial, haha. A version of a GS movement, but such iterations exist for a lot less and, at day's end, a power reserve only two hours greater than my 3rd Gen Sumo (and eight hours less than my Tissot), so it comes back to asking if it is worth it. Don't get me wrong, it's stunning, and I'd love to have one, but wow it seems like they are asking just way too much. Maybe for a life milestone? Oh, how we seek to justify....
I struggle with higher end watch pricing. I get it, the world it is in, and why it is priced as such, but when so much less money provides such a great watch, it continues to elude me, the point, personally, of dropping five or seven grand, even if I did have it as "disposable" income. That's a lot of disposing, and I could buy someone a car, who needed it, or do any range of deeds that would bring more happiness to me than a wrist bauble that comes with a nagging sense of unjustified indulgence.
The question of, "is it worth it" is certainly subjective and relative, for every watch buyer. But, affordables have always been easily worth it. Higher buys, I still debate. Plus, the worry of loss, theft, damage, and add in servicing costs, etc., and it's almost its own snack bracket of living and, should I be in that bracket, I don't even know if it's worth it, at that point. Just so many damn good watches for less money, haha, that don't bring a sense of wondering what else I could have done with the dough, or feeling that most of what I paid was for a brand.
So, maybe as a "crowning" piece to add, I don't know....is the graily grail worth it....I don't know.