I have decided to do my annual state of the collection in March. I joined on 1 March 2018, weeks after discovering high end replicas. Since then, my journey has been a series of downward spirals into various rabbit holes. My interests have branched out in different directions. Some were expected, some less so.
This is my collection when I first signed up:
A balanced collection with watches for any occasion. Eight would have sufficed for anyone. Indeed, it would have been rather excessive as it were.
One year on, I have more watches, knowledge and experience. All the things I have learnt in the past year can be summed up by this watch:
A Tutima Glashutte WW2 Chronograph homage/replica
From bidding for the donor watch, hunting for the right parts, designing the dial to printing the dial: all these steps would have been far-fetched a year ago, impossible even. Now, I have an ever-growing list of watches to build, matched with an even bigger pile of watch parts.
I've tried to group the watches into logical categories, but that proved problematic soon enough. A Vostok can be both diver and Soviet. In the end, there is no elegant solution. So here goes:
Divers
Gens, reps, Soviet
Nautili
All from da Gate
Royal Oaks
Squaring a Circle
All the square/rectangular/oblong shaped watches
Chronos on Steel...
...Chronos on Leather
Double Time
The Dual-Times and GMTs
The Rolex Box
'nuff said.
Bizarre Dials
The watches with unusual presentations + open heart watches
A Diverse Bunch
Strength in Diversity: Japan, USA(?), Germany, Denmark.
#woke #diversityhire #unitedwestand #dividedwefall #randomhashtags #toolazytocategorisethese
The Calendar Watches
Union of Soviet Socialist Watches
Deutsche Chronometrie Republik
I was inspired by Gary's bargain Glashutte and got three of my own.
Miscellaneous Dress Watches
Not entirely sure where they could fit, but all beauties that I would wear to dressy events!
Peoples's Watches of China
Some actual Chinese branded Chinese watches, that proudly say Made in China. Good value for money.
Uhm, More Squares
Forgot these when taking the Square Watches photo so here you go
Haute Horology
The fancy-pants watches in my collection!
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Damn, what a year!