. After I found a job with a temp agency (before I was enlisted) I bought my first dive watch, a 150m Quartz Seiko (don't know the type any more) and in 2004 (after having bought a few watches) I started collecting. Almost exclusively dive watches and preferably mechanical ones.
In vintage, I look for various movements and unique or textured dials. I try to get a variety of brands.
Like I got a Cricket alarm textured, a Hamilton textured micro rotor, a Louvic Reverso mystery dial, a Nivada textured dial Antarctic, the 430 movement ultra chron Longines etc…. I try to spread it out with movements and brands.
My traveling and vacation watches are micro brands or Chinese homages that are a variety of colors. I don’t care if they get lost or stolen because they are replaceable.
The new watches are hard to vary movements on. There just aren’t as many in-house movements as in the vintage world. I try to get watches I think are cool looking. I only have a couple of quartz watches, so automatic or mechanical is what I prefer. I dont like more than 2-3 of the same brand, but Seiko messes that up. I look for the 4s15 movement watches by Seiko and I have a thing (probably stupid to most) where I look for decent looking watches of brands under Seiko like Alba, Pulsar, J. Springs etc.. or Seiko collaborations with designers or company’s like Honda and Issey Miyake.
I have at least one watch from most countries who put them out, a few more to go and I might be happy.
I also have a small collection of vintage and newer Chinese watches that are decent, like the Maison Celadon with the gold balance cock. An anniversary Beijing Beihai in which the quality was a surprise.
I have 12 true 24hr dial watches, a few more and I will be happy in that department.
Because I want one of everything, I have a lot of watches in my collection. I was looking a few weeks ago and trying to decide if I want to down size or keep it growing.
I guess I generalize, but I have fun.
Like I got a Cricket alarm textured, a Hamilton textured micro rotor, a Louvic Reverso mystery dial, a Nivada textured dial Antarctic, the 430 movement ultra chron Longines etc…. I try to spread it out with movements and brands.
My traveling and vacation watches are micro brands or Chinese homages that are a variety of colors. I don’t care if they get lost or stolen because they are replaceable.
The new watches are hard to vary movements on. There just aren’t as many in-house movements as in the vintage world. I try to get watches I think are cool looking. I only have a couple of quartz watches, so automatic or mechanical is what I prefer. I dont like more than 2-3 of the same brand, but Seiko messes that up. I look for the 4s15 movement watches by Seiko and I have a thing (probably stupid to most) where I look for decent looking watches of brands under Seiko like Alba, Pulsar, J. Springs etc.. or Seiko collaborations with designers or company’s like Honda and Issey Miyake.
I have at least one watch from most countries who put them out, a few more to go and I might be happy.
I also have a small collection of vintage and newer Chinese watches that are decent, like the Maison Celadon with the gold balance cock. An anniversary Beijing Beihai in which the quality was a surprise.
I have 12 true 24hr dial watches, a few more and I will be happy in that department.
Because I want one of everything, I have a lot of watches in my collection. I was looking a few weeks ago and trying to decide if I want to down size or keep it growing.
I guess I generalize, but I have fun.
