Two years since I joined this forum. Time really flies!   What better date than a leap day to commiserate celebrate my two-year descent into madness?   What has changed in Year 2? In my first year here, the uptake curve was pretty sharp with monthly updates on my collection. I seem to be more of an accumulator than a collector; the idea of selling reps on M2M initially felt rather daunting.  Sage, old @Waspy dropped in with some words of wisdom about selling and caution on watch fatigue, given my initial intense streak. Second year was spent thinking about honing the collection, watch projects and focusing on gens.  There was truth to the overused adage "less is more". Plus, there were some functions that the reps just aren't able to deliver.    Oh wait, there's a flash sale at Jason007 and I have a couple of USD3 gate coupons?!   All these lofty ideals fly out the window as I frantically ask gate sellers for more real photos   Even so, my own conclusions on my collecting direction are: 1) No, you cannot wear 44mm diameter watches with those lady wrists. 2) Vintage  3) An odd obsession with collecting certain models in sets. One is not enough, there must be one of every variant. Or at least that's what I'd love to do. There just isn't any space. 4) Sell those damn 44mm watches. 5) Vintage Rolex is appealing to me now. But why? Is it for the timeless design? Or due to watch world hype? Or because there are just so much more quality choice when it comes to Rolex reps? 6) Please stop eyeing those 44mm IWCs for fuck's sake.   I'm still trying to figure out how to best show the watches in a group shot. In the meantime, here are the watches presented individually. Frequent posters to the wristcheck threads may die of boredom; you've probably seen them double-fisted already.   Gen Collection Rolex Datejust 16220 Pride of the Fleet and so on and so forth.  A sentimental graduation gift with an unassailable status within the harem.   Dubey & Schaldenbrand index Mobile Rattrapante Poor man's rattrapante with a cleverly-modified Landeron movement to allow for split-second complication     Waltham Maxim Calatrava Homage Cannot afford a gen Patek but find the hobnail bezel reps a bit lacking?  Great Swiss-made gen for less than a ZF Calatrava. I got to this gen after seeing @RussP's Calatrava homages.   Cuervo y Sobrinos Triple Calendar Interesting format for displaying day and date, with a tumultuous brand history.   TagHeuer Monza CR2113-0     Oris Divers Sixty-Five    Oris Artelier Jumping Hour   Swatch Animal Wheel GZ120 The Holiday Watch    Jean d'Eve Sectora Some wholesome bi-retrograde goodness for the bi-curious.   Raymond Weil Tank Homage I tried using Polywatch on the acrylic and now the corners are FUBAR.   Junghans Max Bill Automatic   Junghans Quartz Chronograph Somehow 11 year old me did not destroy/lose this watch.    Zeppelin 7676-2 100 Jahre Chronograph   Hugo Boss Dual Time   Skagen Ancher SKW6082 A nice slim fashion watch form the pre-RWG era. Sleek design but the integrated leather strap will be a bitch to replace in the future.   Ingersoll Union IN1203RWH Chinese made 3970 homage for a brand which used to have a substantial American heritage. A watch I had before discovering RWG or even aware of Philip Patek or whatever silly name.     Three GUB Glashütte   @greg_rintroduced me to vintage Glashüttes. I never had the same bargains he got off eBay though, even with his help.   Post-WW2, the East German government consolidated all the Glashütte-based watch brands into GUB Glashutte. All these watches above are from the 1960s-1970s era. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, many Glashütte-based brands were established/re-established from  GUB Glashutte, including Lange and.... Glashütte    Union of Soviet Socialist Watches These are cheap fun watches to have, if you know what you are looking for. There are some that are clearly re-dials but I don't mind too much for under 50 quid.  To commemorate the launch of Sputnik 1. Novel subsidiary seconds there.     This sleek Poljot is my most recent acquisition. The Bauhaus is strong in this one. Love it!   Seiko Presage Fuyugeshiki SSA385J1 I had a lot of fun watching how the RWG "Christmas Snow" effect play with the snowy dial. Simple pleasures.    Seiko Age of Discovery 6M13-0010 My only functioning perpetual calendar in the collection, but quartz so @Glaude is throwing up in some corner of France.   Henry London Watches Quartz fashion watches with some attempt for vintage styles. Only worth buying when they are heavily discounted Love this last Henry. It is very reminiscent of a Vacheron Historiques 1968 Ultra Thin.   Dan Henry 1939 Military Chronograph All these fucking Henrys in the watch world..... While the colour combination may resemble vomit, I like it for the jarring contrast that is also seen in some vintage Omega chronogaphs from that time period.   Mechanical Timex(es?) Lovely little watch that @cvp3 threw in for a M2M sale. I hear he is still trying to cull the collection   My dad immediately fobbed this safe queen off to me when I gave him a Speedmaster for his 60th. Talk about a bad deal.   People's Republic of Watches Yes gen Chinese watches   Most not worth buying at the inflated Western retailer price. All of them bought within China at discounts.     Casio Edifice Chronograph Childhood watch still going strong.   Trusty Swimming Casio   Xiaomi Amazfit Couldn't be bothered to switch it to 10:10 as this was the last watch photographed   Rep Collection Tutima Chronograph   Cartier Budget Blitzkrieg   Cartier Tank Basculante Sweet Reverso action here!   Cartier Ballon   Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15202   Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15400 Gate cheapie with horrifying blue dial, one of my earlier modding successes. Swapped the white DWO to a matching blue DWO with design help from @Glaude   Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph 26320 PVD    Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar 26579   Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Tourbillon 26510   Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso Classic Automatic The rep that started it all.   That Jaegate LeCoultre   Jaegate LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin   Franck Muller Crazy Hours   Rolex Submariners ZZF V1 116610LN   116610 Bamford Stormtrooper, with a pending DWO repair.   116613LB Serti Dial, technically fantasy as these sort of dials were only available in 5-digit model.   116613LN Serti Dial, fantasy as above   116618LB   116618LN, I prefer this gilt lettering to the white font on the gen. This is much more congruous.   16613L Serti Dial   16610LV Kermit   A Daytona For Every Racer What a car crash of a collection 6234, Technically not a Daytona   6239 Paul Newman   6263 Gold   6265 Paul Newman Artisans de Geneve "La Montoya"   116595RBOW, the other Pride of the Fleet   A GMT for Every Some Time Zones 6542 Serpico y Laino Double Stamped Dial   6542 Pan-Am Albino Dial   1675 Pepsi   1675 Rootbeer   126715CHNR   Rolex Explorer II 1655    Rolex Sky-Dweller 326934 The "August" Watch     Day-Dates for (Almost) Every Day of the Week DIY 18238   18238 Blue Vignette Dial, needs to be re-cased into a vintage case.   18238 Brown Vignette Dial, needs to be re-cased into a vintage case.   118206   128239-0023   Datejusts to Round Off the Rolex Collection 16013 Tapestry   16233 Linen   Datejust 36 Pink, fantasy model as this  dial is not available in 36mm size   Rolex Yacht-Master 116655    Rolex Label Noir Milgauss Tourbillon   Rolex Air-King 14000   Rolex Turn-O-Graph 116264 A terrible cheapie with laughable rehaut and dial font. But Turn-O-Graph reps are rarer than gen.   Patek Philippe Chronographs Ref. 530 beauty.   5070G   5170A, needs to be plated into a 5170J to match the gen.   5370P, A7750 movement, fake 2nd Chrono hand.   5975G, just a simple Miyota movement, no chrono.   3970R   5970R   5204R-001, no chrono   5204R/1R-001, no chrono   5204J, no chrono. Fantasy model as Patek has not released a yellow gold 5204 yet. Lost the central second hand while modding the Day and Month overlays   Patek Philippe Gondolo 5112J Appears to be fantasy. If someone finds the gen version, please let me know,   Patek Philippe Calatrava 5116   Patek Philippe World Time 5131J Modding project with inspiration and guidance from @_DC_   Nautili for the Seven Six Seas All gate. I really need to get a PPF. They look good. 5711   5711 but gold   5726   5980   5740   The 5712, elusive in rep and in gen. Fantasy color combination but beggars can't be choosers.    Vacheron Constantin Historiques American 1921   Vacheron Constantin Historiques 1955 Corne de Vache My first lesson in M2M resolution; seller tried to pull a fast one but all was resolved with the help of @yllekp and @Dr Fun Socks    Vacheron Constantin Harmony Complete Calendar    Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Retrograde Day Date The Tuesdays Watch      Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Traditionelle 47009 Another infamous gate watch!  A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Moonphase Working moonphase   A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 "Tourbillon" Perpetual Calendar   A. Lange & Söhne Datograph 403.032   A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Tourbillon    Breguet Classique 5177BR/15/9V6   Breguet Tradition 7057BB/11/9W6   Breguet Regulator Tourbillon 5307PT/12/9V6    Blancpain Villeret Quantième Complet 6654 Working Moonphase   Glashütte Senator Panorama Date Moon Phase    Glashütte Original Senator Chronometer   H. Moser & Cie  Venturer Big Date   Bovet Virtuoso IV "Tourbillon"   IWC Portugieser 7 Days Many RWI members have found the need to tell me how off these gate subdials are   Omega Constellation Co-Axial    Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 2220.80.00    Omega Seamaster 300 233.32.41.21.01.001   Tudor Heritage Chrono 70330N Black   Tudor Heritage Chrono 70330N Blue Bad influence from @NCRich This one sadly lost a fight to a certain PVD AP chrono, needless to say they are not in the same watchbox anymore.   Tudor Heritage Black Bay Chrono 79350   Breitling Navitimer Montbrillant Datora A21330   TagHeuer Monaco PVD Love it for the similarities with the vintage Heuer Monaco Dark Lord.   TagHeuer Carrera Calibre 17 Reissue    Panerai Luminor Submersible 682 An actual Panerai I can wear!   Parmigiani Fleurier Kalpa Grande QF   Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda Tourbillon A lovely piece I found out from @Hyjynx's Round Table Series   MB&F Legacy Machine Split Escapement Novel design brought to my attention thanks to @Luxuracer     If you made it this far..... well done and thank you. Because I sure as shit wouldn't  have the stamina. Onto another year of watches!