I couldn't agree with RJ more - that there's too much contrived justification conjured up by some to buy a watch. Every watch in my collection was bought because I liked it and saved for it. The memories made with a watch are much more important than the reason why it was purchased.
Trust traded one of my favorites to get a watch for my wife. That one hurt(it was a daytona that I bought at a discount and kept through the hype), but went for a good cause.
Definite regrets about not buying watches - both a Moon to Mars and an Alaska Project were hanging around in local dealers for years and were discounted before finally moving. I still want those now but they will cost so much more...
I miss my Fortis! I won’t sell my Speedy, because I bought it new for $3000something in 2008, and I could never validate rebuying one for current prices.
5:19 absolutely …. Bought a couple back only to realize that selling was the right move in the first place. Your story about the Omega SMP300 though is also tangible and I’ve had that experience with others. Finally, there have been a couple I’ve tried to sell and tried to sell and they never did. Perhaps not for the price I was asking and they actually wound up becoming special too!
There is a lot of underestimation of the "regular consumer". Leaving aside whether exceptionalism is warranted, but if you look at the way companies market themselves and the lengths they go through to avoid reputational damage, the regular consumer is perceived to care quite deeply. Which might also explain why most CEO's are background figures that don't really feature in corporate communications a lot, as most CEO's..... well. Behavioral research has a term for most of those. :) That all said: I know buying selling and re-buying watches, and the notion of forgetting why you sold it, and then remembering when you have it again. Lastly, regarding list price development.... Yes, you do pay 11.000 for a watch that is literally the same as what you bought in 2005 for 4K. The fact that the bezel on a new one is now ceramic does not justify the price hike, that hike just goes to inflated profits. If you analyze the development of the EBIDTA of the average luxury house, you see exactly where that money goes. To shareholders. Not into product development.
Interesting stories. Great job. RJ, I love that red seconds hand on the 00’s YM - but not enough to buy it. Worry about the bracelet quality from that Rolex period.
i regret selling my first automatic when i started collecting watches in 2017. it was a seiko turtle with pepsi bezel and black dial. 😢 sold it because it was just too big for my wrist... rebought another turtle a few years later and sold it again because of the size 🤷 life is tough as a watchcollector what should i say...
My biggest regret is buying speedy pro. I liked the story and watch but hated wearing it. That crown digged into case almost gave me blisters. It ended up sitting in a box for months until I sold it.
Regretted selling my black skydweller, so a year later traded a watch I regretted buying, a Czapek Antarctique, for a blue dial Skydweller. Also finding I’m missing the blue dial overseas I sold, but prices have come down now, so I may replace it with the blue dial Overseas chronograph.
Regrets of not buying a watch: I had the opportunity to purchase a Credor GCLP995 Big Date spring drive watch for an OK price, a few years back. I didn't. And then they vanished off the face of the earth. So sad.
Two comments related to seeing your watch on someone else - Looking at yourself & your watch in a full-length mirror gives you a better "viewing distance" and perspective of how the watch actually looks to other people (Good tip for wrist pics, too, instead of close-up wide angle phone camera shots). Or, just let a friend wear your watch! Easier to do with straps than bracelets, if resizing is needed.
It's because he was quiet in the last couple of recordings - have you noticed they batch record? Either that or they're held hostage at FHQ with few clothes but with a ton of watches- so all good. The chap is leaving soon soon; maybe it's a case of ' leaver's loquaciousness'?'.
I couldn't agree with RJ more - that there's too much contrived justification conjured up by some to buy a watch. Every watch in my collection was bought because I liked it and saved for it. The memories made with a watch are much more important than the reason why it was purchased.
Great episode length and topic. I can fully understand RJ's regret with the gold Speedmaster
Great video guys! Very relatable and insightful!
Trust traded one of my favorites to get a watch for my wife. That one hurt(it was a daytona that I bought at a discount and kept through the hype), but went for a good cause.
Biggest regret is selling my Green Seamaster 300m
Definite regrets about not buying watches - both a Moon to Mars and an Alaska Project were hanging around in local dealers for years and were discounted before finally moving. I still want those now but they will cost so much more...
Yeah. The ones that got away - procrastination - are my only regrets.
I miss my Fortis! I won’t sell my Speedy, because I bought it new for $3000something in 2008, and I could never validate rebuying one for current prices.
5:19 absolutely …. Bought a couple back only to realize that selling was the right move in the first place. Your story about the Omega SMP300 though is also tangible and I’ve had that experience with others. Finally, there have been a couple
I’ve tried to sell and tried to sell and they never did. Perhaps not for the price I was asking and they actually wound up becoming special too!
There is a lot of underestimation of the "regular consumer". Leaving aside whether exceptionalism is warranted, but if you look at the way companies market themselves and the lengths they go through to avoid reputational damage, the regular consumer is perceived to care quite deeply. Which might also explain why most CEO's are background figures that don't really feature in corporate communications a lot, as most CEO's..... well. Behavioral research has a term for most of those. :)
That all said: I know buying selling and re-buying watches, and the notion of forgetting why you sold it, and then remembering when you have it again.
Lastly, regarding list price development.... Yes, you do pay 11.000 for a watch that is literally the same as what you bought in 2005 for 4K. The fact that the bezel on a new one is now ceramic does not justify the price hike, that hike just goes to inflated profits. If you analyze the development of the EBIDTA of the average luxury house, you see exactly where that money goes. To shareholders. Not into product development.
Interesting stories. Great job. RJ, I love that red seconds hand on the 00’s YM - but not enough to buy it. Worry about the bracelet quality from that Rolex period.
I wouldn’t be too worried about those bracelets. They are relatively flimsy but they do the job. Even 25 years later.
i regret selling my first automatic when i started collecting watches in 2017. it was a seiko turtle with pepsi bezel and black dial. 😢 sold it because it was just too big for my wrist... rebought another turtle a few years later and sold it again because of the size 🤷 life is tough as a watchcollector what should i say...
I loved this chat.
U guys change your minds about watches like my gf about what to have for dinner
Sold my 16710 too... yes a regret.
My biggest regret is buying speedy pro. I liked the story and watch but hated wearing it. That crown digged into case almost gave me blisters. It ended up sitting in a box for months until I sold it.
Regretted selling my black skydweller, so a year later traded a watch I regretted buying, a Czapek Antarctique, for a blue dial Skydweller. Also finding I’m missing the blue dial overseas I sold, but prices have come down now, so I may replace it with the blue dial Overseas chronograph.
Which Yacht-master did you sell and rebuy and resell?
Regrets of not buying a watch: I had the opportunity to purchase a Credor GCLP995 Big Date spring drive watch for an OK price, a few years back.
I didn't.
And then they vanished off the face of the earth. So sad.
Did Balazs leave the candle in the restroom again?
Two comments related to seeing your watch on someone else - Looking at yourself & your watch in a full-length mirror gives you a better "viewing distance" and perspective of how the watch actually looks to other people (Good tip for wrist pics, too, instead of close-up wide angle phone camera shots). Or, just let a friend wear your watch! Easier to do with straps than bracelets, if resizing is needed.
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‘Man overboard’ 😂
Holy cow Morgan. Let RJ talk…
It's because he was quiet in the last couple of recordings - have you noticed they batch record? Either that or they're held hostage at FHQ with few clothes but with a ton of watches- so all good.
The chap is leaving soon soon; maybe it's a case of ' leaver's loquaciousness'?'.
@@jaysterling26 Some times we have to record two on one day due to capacity and availability of the crew.
Sold my kids, big mistake
Hope you got a nice watch instead!