As you can probably tell, I'm a huge fan of these Bosphorus watch cases.
They are super quality, but I don't pay retail. So I find them cheap on a certain internet auction site.
My first proper watch was a white 1680 Submariner purchased from Alex a Portland Waterworks for $1,400 in 1992 the summer after high school. I wore that watch daily for eight years until I had to sell to make a house payment. . . Then I was fortunate to get that watch back only to trade it off towards my 16718 GMT2. (I was going thorough a weird phase of being inconvenienced by non-quickset date functions. . .)
I finally have a 1680 back and it is a cracker red mark 4 with correct early 9315. With these eight, I'm probably done, but have dreams of 1) a big crown, 2) Blue 18k, and 3) modern ceramic (I owned one for a day and will get one again.
Current (and not going anywhere) Submariner lineup includes:
'54 6205 pencil
hand'58 5508
'64 5513 gilt underline, pcg, all original complete one owner
'68 7298 last of the rose
dials and last gilt with the minute track being gilt'71 1680 Red Mk4
Late 70 something Snowflake
'86 76100 blue Lolipop
'08 16610 one owner (Dad)
Next is my Speedking collection. I have great admiration for these old Oyster workhorses. If not for the durability of these WW2 era watches I doubt we would have the modern Oyster sports lines.
The rest of my Rolex and Tudor collection ranging from a Canadian market Oyster Lipton and Zell Bros. Turtle
Timer to modern 116515 Daytona and 216570 PE2. Yes, and a handful of other gems. Space in here for two more as I have a Monday arrival . . .
My massive Seiko collection.
Most of my others. . . Although there are a handful of some additional about.
I consulted with my financial advisor (Mack) and he told me to keep working on it.
I'm probably good. If I died tomorrow I have been pretty successful. But, there is still an empty case. . .
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