markismyname 70 Posted March 23, 2020 On 12/04/2018 at 18:30, Glaude said: If only there was even a section of the forum dedicated to that ... ..... A whole new world opened up Thank you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markismyname 70 Posted March 23, 2020 On 02/10/2018 at 11:30, MAJ75 said: I must admit I generally think @Waspy is speaking with a great deal of sense here..... @semperfi55 I love the way that you are documenting your ongoing journey (descent) into madness (nice to have a record for posterity). I actually feel quite jealous as you are treading a well-worn path of discovery, it wasn't so long ago that I seemed to be awaiting a new package what seemed like every week. I had TD purchases & M2M one after the other. I think it quietens down naturally for most after 12-18 months my peak was about 25 in total but the vast majority were $300 & above I never bought volumes of the cheaper/gate stuff. I had an eventual epiphany that things were getting out of hand & reflected on how much I had invested/spent/wasted & decided to thin down to around a dozen (currently 15) that I would wear in rotation. My willpower has been generally strong as I still wear a different piece everyday. I do have some sadness that I now no longer see M2M pieces that I want to pick up or feel the need to contact a TD for the latest piece that I've decided I must have. I still thoroughly enjoy the forums though & I religiously wear the remaining reps I have in the collection, my TC LV blows me away everytime I wear it & I love my ZF IWC's. I now inhabit a much quieter less exciting world of making 1 to 2 purchases a year so I'll raise a glass to you & look forward to seeing your further adventures being eloquently documented & captured photographically..... All the best, Mark. I'm happy to hear the Marks are still in the game after spending $7k in watches (I'm at ~$3k, 4 months in so far). I would say I'm slowing down but my daily research has intensified, the slow down part come in where I'll sit with my list of watches for a few weeks and if it's still exciting just thinking about the watch I'll pull the trigger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markismyname 70 Posted March 23, 2020 On 04/10/2018 at 01:24, Waspy said: I too am a dilettante horologist. I can now remove and replace batteries, spring bars, watch straps, SOME casebacks and adjust bracelets. I have replaced (non-ceramic) inserts, destroying the old one in the process of course. I can sometimes even remove a stem, a whole movement, dial and hands (as a complete unit). Sometimes I don't ruin the whole watch. Building on this phenomenal success I bought a watch hands removal tool and actually got a set of hands off a watch. So I just started thinking, 'I'm fucking George Daniels, me.' Then I discovered I have no fucking clue how to get the hands back on, they are just so tiny and refuse to go back on. Youtube reveals I need to buy a hands-pressing-on gadget. But even if I got one, I just know I will completely bollocks it up. Onwards! "I'm fucking Dr. George Daniels, me" I feel the same way and all I did was order watch repair tools on AliExpress and I haven't even gotten them yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
